High-End Computing Capability
Computing power to answer NASA's complex science and engineering questions
HECC User Training
HECC is presenting a series of web-based training sessions (webinars) on a variety of topics of interest to users. These webinars will be held about once a month, and will be recorded for on-demand playback over the web. Once a session is completed, you'll be able to access its recording and slide deck in the past webinars archive.
Next Webinar
- Are Cloud Environments Ready for NASA HPC Applications?
- Wednesday, May 30, 2012 11:00 am, PDT (San Francisco, GMT-07:00)
- Cloud computing environments are now widely available and are being increasingly utilized for technical computing. They are also being touted for high-performance computing (HPC) applications in science and engineering. For example, Amazon EC2 Services offers a specialized Cluster Compute instance to run HPC applications. Recently we compared the performance of these Amazon instances to that of NASA's Pleiades supercomputer. For this study, we utilized the HPCC kernels and the NAS Parallel Benchmarks along with four full-scale applications. In this talk we present the results of the study and draw conclusions on the suitability of Amazon EC2 for NASA HPC applications.
- URL for attendees: https://nasa-hecc-training.webex.com/nasa-hecc-training/...
- Password: HECC (same for all of our webinars)
Other Upcoming Webinars
- How Do I Use the New Sandy Bridge Nodes?
- Date and Time, TBD
- This webinar focuses on using the Sandy Bridge nodes on Pleiades. We begin by detailing what is new and different about these nodes. We'll then discuss how to measure whether or not they will be an efficient use of your SBU (System Billing Unit) allocations. Finally, we describe how to change your application builds to make the best use of the new nodes. By the end of the session, you should have all the information you need to determine if your code will benefit from running on Sandy Bridge nodes.
Instructions for Participating in Live Webinars
Attending Online
To attend the webinar online, click on the "URL for Attendees" link in the webinar description above. Then enter your name, email address, and the event password ("HECC"). Click "Join" and your browser should be directed to the meeting room online. We recommend that you join the meeting 10 minutes early so that we can address any WebEx connection issues you may encounter. If you experience any difficulties, please refer to the HECC Training WebEx Instructions page.
Attending in Person
If you are in the vicinity of NASA Ames Research Center, you may wish to attend in person. The webinars are held in room 221 of Building N258. Note that in-person participants without NASA badges will need to submit a badge request. (Please note that US citizenship or permanent residency is required for such requests.)
Past Webinars Available for Playback
After a webinar has taken place, links to the recorded presentation and the slide deck (PDF) will be available in the past webinars archive.
User Quick Links
Can't find what you're looking for? NAS Control Room staff are available 24x7x365: (800) 331-8737, (650) 604-4444, support@nas.nasa.gov
