Focused Effort Title: Prototype Distance HPC Training for DoD Users

 

Thematic Area(s): Training and User Productivity

 

PI Name: Dr. David Bernholdt (NPAC-Syracuse)

 

PI EMail Address: bernhold@npac.syr.edu

 

PI Telephone: (315) 443-3857 PI Fax: (315) 443-1973

 

Statement of Work: The purpose of this effort is to take the lessons learned from prior efforts in Distance Learning and Distance Consulting to develop a prototype capability to provide training classes for MSRC users via the Tango collaborative environment. This effort will identify capabilities not currently available that need to be added; develop approaches to managing training materials and presenting them via Tango; develop procedures to allow MSRC users to participate in Tango-based classes; test and evaluate these approaches and procedures; and conduct one or more "trial" classes with MSRC users demonstrating the prototype capability. For this effort, OSC will provide or develop the training materials for the prototype course and will work with Syracuse to incorporate these materials into a format applicable to Tango. Syracuse will modify the Tango toolset as required to produce the prototype capability in cooperation with OSC.

 

Deliverables:

• Training course content (April 1998, OSC)

• Training materials in format suitable for Tango (May 1998, OSC)

• Tango training & setup for first training (May 1998, Syracuse)

• Dry-run with early recipient sites (June 1998, OSC & Syracuse)

• Distance training delivered to early recipient sites (July 1998, OSC & Syracuse)

• Initial Report (August 1998, OSC & Syracuse)

• Training course content (August 1998, OSC)

• Training materials in format suitable for Tango (September 1998, OSC)

• Tango training & setup for second training (September 1998, Syracuse)

• Contributions to PET bi-weekly and Annual reports (every two weeks according to schedule and March 1999)

• Presentations for PET Mid-Year and Annual Reviews (August 1998, January 1999)

• Dry-run with all recipient sites (October 1998, OSC & Syracuse)

• Distance training delivered to all recipient sites (January 1999, OSC & Syracuse)

• "Pre-print" report on results of effort (March 1999)

 

Funding: $75,000 (Syracuse), including travel

 

 

Expenditure Profile:

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