National Center for Computational Sciences

New, returning and potential users get familiar with upgraded XT5 systems

May 10-12, 2010, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) and the National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS) will host a workshop aimed at educating returning, new and potential users on the recently upgraded Cray XT5 systems known as Jaguar and Kraken.
Owned respectively by the Department of Energy (DOE) supported OLCF and the National Science Foundation- (NSF) supported NICS, Jaguar and Kraken underwent an upgrade from four-core processors to six-core ones in late 2009.

The workshop (May 10-11, 2010) will focus on familiarizing new, returning and potential users with both the Jaguar and Kraken upgraded systems. The workshop will feature lectures from NCCS, NICS and Cray staff covering key topics like XT5 architecture, using debuggers on the XT5 and developing applications capable of scaling to 100,000 or more cores. Hands-on sessions throughout the workshop will allow participants to access Jaguar and/or Kraken using their own codes and work one-on-one with NCCS, NICS , Cray staff members to resolve any issues.

The OLCF Users Meeting (May 12) will focus on the INCITE groups who have been granted allocations on Jaguar through the INCITE program. New OLCF users will be introduced not only to the upgraded Jaguar system, but also to the various support groups available to them at OLCF. The OLCF Users’ Council will also meet on this day to elect a new chair. This elected council member will act as the voice of the users, presenting user views, opinions and ideas to OLCF management.

Workshop pages:
OLCF & NICS XT 6-Core Workshop
2010 OLCF Users’ Meeting