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K: HPC Distance Training at NPACI by Amitava Majumdar ---------------------------
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K: 1. Project description (one or two sentence description)
K: HPC Distance Training to teach parallel programming languages, parallel
K: computer architectures, optimiztion techniques for codes on RISC machines etc.
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K: 2. PACI relevance of the project (how it relates to PACI goals/strategies)
K: Both PACI insititutes have users who are interested in these classes. The
K: distance training effort could provide HPC training for users who are not
K: able to attend the on site parallel computing training classes. This
K: effort can also be complimentary to the on site classes so that attendees
K: could later (when they are back in their university or institute) go
K: through these asynchronously.  
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K: 3. Potential audience or user base
K: Users of HPC machines at both PACI sites and also non-PACI users who are
K: interested in getting into the field of parallel computing.
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K: 4. Partnership links both internal (AT/ET/EOT) and external; can include
K: potential "targets of opportunity" for partnership 
K: This could be a part of PACI HPC Training.
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K: 5. Diversity and universal access issues
K: Experience gained from this effor`t could be used in any other EOT PACI
K: effort for distance education and training. Conversely any distance
K: learning technologies developed in any other EOT PACI effort could be used
K: for HPC training.
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K: 6. Barriers (with technology or other areas)
K: Need to evaluate effectiveness of this approach  and see if this is an
K: useful alternative to on site training. Should we make trainiers
K: available (via chat room etc.) at a pre advertised time? Should we try to
K: make it synchronous?
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K: 7. Status of project (i.e. planning, development, production)
K: NPACI, with help from University of Michigan, is in the process of making
K: recorded lectures (video/audio) and synchronized slides available on the
K: web. I am not sure about NCSA's effort at this time, but they might have
K: their own effort on this.
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K: 8. Dissemination avenues - contributions to the literature (i.e. reviewed
K: journals, conference presentations, etc.)
K: Demoed at NPACI all-hands meeting.
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