A mathematically focused curriculum for computer science
Communications of the ACM
A real introduction to supercomputing: a user training course
Proceedings of the 1990 ACM/IEEE conference on Supercomputing
Local supercomputing training in the computational sciences using remote national centers
Future Generation Computer Systems - Special issue: Selected papers from the workshop on education in computational sciences held at the ICCS 2002
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There is need for a mechanism to transfer supercomputing technology into the hands of scientists and engineers in such a way that they will acquire a foundation of knowledge that will permit integration of supercomputing as a tool in their research. Most computing center training emphasizes computer-specific information about how to use a particular computer system; most academic programs teach concepts to computer scientists. Only a few brief courses and new programs are designed for computational scientists.This paper describes an eleven-week training program aimed principally at graduate and postdoctoral students in computationally intensive fields. The program is designed to balance the specificity of computing center courses, the abstractness of computer science courses, and the personal contact of traditional apprentice approaches. It consists of seminars and clinics given by many visiting and local faculty and covers a variety of supercomputing concepts, issues, and practices related to architecture, operating systems, software design, numerical considerations, code optimization, graphics, communications, and networks. Its research component encourages understanding of scientific computing and supercomputer hardware issues. Flexibility in thinking about computing needs is emphasized by the use of several different supercomputer architectures, such as the CRAY X-MP/48, the IBM 3090 600E/VF, and the Alliant FX/8.