2nd UK Computational Steering School

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Research Computing Services

The University of Manchester, Kilburn Building
Helen Wright, Lakshmi Sastry, Martin Turner
Description

Research Computing Services is hosting the 2nd UK Computational Steering School.

The 2nd UK Computational Steering School, supported through the past endeavors of CompuSteer and sponsored by NWGrid and vizNET, will take place at Research Computing Services, The University of Manchester, Kilburn Building, (Undergraduate Training Room) on 18th and 19th March 2008.

Using a mixture of lectures and practicals, participants, who should be competent in either Fortran or C/C++, will learn the principles of steering and how these can be applied to two real, example applications.

On completing the school, participants will have the required knowledge to begin making their own applications steerable, and will be aware of relevant software, documentation and examples that will help them.

Participants will also be introduced by talks to the potential of computational steering for collaborative research using Grids, with particular focus upon the UK's National Grid Service.

Please registration at STFC Registration Page

For further details please do not hesitate to contact Fiona Cook.

Chaired by John Brooke, Helen Wright, Lakshmi Sastry and Martin Turner

  • Tuesday 18 March
    • 10:00 → 10:30
      Arrival and coffee
    • 10:30 → 10:45
      Welcome and introduction to computational steering
    • 10:45 → 11:15
      Steering libraries: Reality Grid and gViz specifications and showcase
    • 11:15 → 11:45
      NGS overview and current steering support
    • 11:45 → 12:00
      Introduction to practical challenges
    • 12:00 → 12:45
      Challenge A: Fortran and gViz
    • 12:00 → 12:45
      Challenge B: RealityGrid and C/C++
    • 12:45 → 13:30
      Lunch
    • 13:30 → 17:30
      Challenge A continues: - breaks ad lib
    • 13:30 → 17:30
      Challenge B continues: - breaks ad lib
    • 17:30 → 18:30
      break 1h
    • 18:30 → 21:00
      Dinner and discussions
  • Wednesday 19 March
    • 09:00 → 09:30
      Coffee
    • 09:30 → 10:30
      Comparator systems: RVSLIB, RAVE, SciRun, VizTrails, e-Viz (indicative list only)
    • 10:30 → 12:00
      Challenge A resumes: - final fixing - breaks ad lib
    • 10:30 → 12:00
      Challenge B resumes: - final fixing - breaks ad lib
    • 12:00 → 12:45
      Groups present solutions; tutors give feedback
    • 12:45 → 13:30
      Lunch
    • 13:30 → 14:30
      NGS and future steering support
    • 14:30 → 15:00
      Complete feedback questionnaires; pose final questions