The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) will host the third annual, five-day Summer Supercomputing Institute in Austin, Texas, from August 10-14, 2009. For more details and to apply online, visit: http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/summerinstitute/

The TACC Summer Supercomputing Institute will provide researchers with an intensive introduction to TACC's computing resources. The Institute is appropriate for all levels of researchers, faculty, staff, and graduate students, from new users of advanced computing technologies to those who have research projects requiring powerful computing, visualization, storage, or software.

• Applications Seminars: Leading computational researchers will discuss their work, including examples of how they are applying TACC's resources such as Ranger, Lonestar, and Spur.
• One-on-one Consulting: On the final day of the Institute, TACC staff will assist participants in applying the techniques and technologies covered in the Institute to their own applications.
• Researchers across Disciplines: Users across multiple disciplines are encouraged to apply, including Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Geology, Geophysics, Computer Sciences, Biosciences and Nanosciences.
• Attendees: Preference will be given to TACC users, Minority Serving Institutions, industrial affiliates, and faculty, staff, and graduate students from universities and non-profit research organizations.
• MSI Participation: TACC encourages participation from all Minority Serving Institutions, including Hispanic Serving Institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

TACC staff will deliver presentations and lead interactive labs focused on using TACC's resources and technologies, including:

• Ranger:  Sun Constellation Linux Cluster;
• Spur:  Sun Remote Visualization Cluster;
• Lonestar:  Dell Linux Cluster;
• Ranch:  Petabyte archival storage system;
• Visualization and data analysis systems and remote visualization;
• Developing parallel programs with OpenMP and MPI;
• Analyzing and optimizing application performance; and
• Using distributed resources with grid computing technologies.

Important Dates

• June 5, application deadline
• June 12, notifications sent to applicants
• June 19, payment ($150) deadline for accepted applicants (covers lunch, snacks and course materials)

Refund Policy

Accepted applicants needing to cancel must do so by Tuesday, August 4, to receive a refund.

For more information, contact Chris Hempel, TACC Associate Director for User Services. Email: hempel@tacc.utexas.edu; Phone: 512-475-9479.

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