INSTITUTION NAME: Florida State University

WORK PACKAGE TITLE: IC

PROJECT TITLE: I/C Training Activities

POC NAME: Geoffrey C. Fox
   EMAIL: gcf@cs.fsu.edu
   PHONE: 850 644 4587
     FAX: 850 644 0098

CTA or PEI: I/C

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

This project bundles together our plans to provide training for the
ARL PET program.  Additional events may be offered, but the following
have been discussed with the Training staff and PET management.

Seminar: "Use of and Value of Commercial Learning Systems"
	 This seminar will discuss a number of popular commercial
	 tools for network-based learning, such as LearningSpace,
	 Blackboard, WebCT, and tools from RealNetworks, based on our
	 planned assessment of them as part of the I/C Core effort.
	 This seminar will be aimed at everyone in the HPCMP community
	 who has a need for distance learning tools, including:
	 o PET Training staff
	 o HPCMP academic affiliates interested in developing distance
  	   learning courses to help educate current and future DoD
	   Scientists and Engineers
	 o DoD Scientist and Engineers who may wish to develop
     	   training materials, for example in conjunction with
	   particular packages or techniques used in their work

Tutorial: "Handheld Digital Devices in HPC Computing Environments"
	  The low cost and increasing performance of handheld devices,
	  including personal digital assistants (PDAs) and even cell
	  phones and two-way pagers, has made them increasingly interesting
	  tools in the world of business.  They are equally
	  interesting, though to date less used, in the context of 
	  Science and Engineering research, for example in the
	  DoD. Last year, we began tracking and analyzing these
	  technologies for the ERDC MSRC PET program under a "Handheld
	  Supercomputing" initiative.  This tutorial will leverage
	  that experience to present the capabilities, tools, and
	  techniques that are available today to link handheld devices
	  to HPC and S&E activities.  The target audience will include
	  anyone interested in the possibilities for use of these
	  devices.

Workshop: "Gateway PSE Developers Workshop"

	  Gateway is a prototype environment for seamless
	  metacomputing in a web-based environment, which is being
	  developed by FSU and the Ohio Supercomputer Center under the
	  sponsorship of the ARL and ASC PET programs.  Gateway is
	  intended to provide software developers and environment in
	  which it is easy to create web-based front-ends to a suite
	  of software tools targeted to a particular CTA or type of
	  problem (a problem solving environment, PSE).  Initial
	  versions of Gateway are being deployed in testbeds at ASC
	  and ARL with a CCM PSE, and soon the system will be ready to
	  accomodate more general PSE development.  This workshop will
	  be aimed at PET CTA staff and HPCMP users with an interest
	  in developing or extending PSEs for the Gateway system,
	  introducing them to the Gateway system and the procedures
	  for creating a PSE.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES:

This effort provides training and seminars for HPCMP users.

DELIVERABLES:

1) One seminar, as described above or as jointly agreed by future
   discussions with ARL PET management.
2) One tutorial, as described above or as jointly agreed by future
   discussions with ARL PET management.
3) One workshop, as described above or as jointly agreed by future
   discussions with ARL PET management.

CUSTOMERS/END USERS:

HPCMP users and staff

BENEFIT TO THE WARFIGHTER:

These activities give DoD Scientist and Engineers access to seminars
and training events in areas relevant to the HPCMP, helping them to be
aware of and make use of tools and technologies to enhance their work
for the DoD.

PROJECT DEPENDENCIES AND SCOPE:

Though we recommend offering trainings on the Tango Interactive
collaboration system periodically as long as Tango continues to be
used at ARL, we have not included them here as deliverables because
FSU is not in a position to deliver them.  We recommend that such
trainings be provided by Derek Moses (half-time I/C on-site) or by
purchasing them from WebWisdom.com.

The Gateway PSE Developers Workshop will be a collaborative effort
with the Ohio Supercomputer Center, our partner in the Gateway
project, and may be offered jointly with ASC MSRC, who also sponsors
Gateway. The value of this workshop will depend on progress in the
Gateway project itself, particularly in the development of a limited
number of additional PSEs to insure that we have the "right" interface
between the PSE and the Gateway system.

RISK ELEMENT:

Minimal

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