This is a proposal to teach HPC Carpentry at Supercomputing '16, as part of the tutorials section of the conference. This document is developed collaboratively. To contribute, please submit a pull request. For discussion, please raise an issue. Discussion on issues and reviews of existing pull requests are equally welcome! This proposal is written based on the discussion here.
Ongoing work as a follow-on from this proposal is going on in the hpc-novice lesson.
The final document submitted to SC '16 can be viewed here.
Please see the call for tutorials for all information related to the submission. Here is the section about the requirements:
A successful proposal will clearly describe (in English) the tutorial topic, the target audience, why it is of relevance to that audience, and the content, schedule, and organization of the tutorial in a detailed course outline. The “detailed course outline” is the most critical part of the submission. To better understand the content and format of a submission, we encourage potential submitters to view a sample submission form well before the submission deadline by visiting http://submissions.supercomputing.org, and clicking on the “sample submission forms” link.
The proposal file should contain the following sections, each beginning on a separate page:
- Abstract - 200 words maximum
- Description - 2 pages maximum, containing the following sections:
- General description of tutorial content;
- Targeted audience (researchers, students, developers, practitioners, etc.)
- Why the topic is relevant to SC16 attendees
- If the tutorial has a state of the practice component, a clear description of what and how those parts involve state of the practice
- Content level (% beginner, % intermediate, % advanced);
- Audience prerequisites;
- If there are multiple presenters, how presenters will ensure presentations form a cohesive whole as opposed to a sequence of disparate talks; and
- If your tutorial has been presented previously, a list of when and where it has been presented and how it will be updated for SC16
- Detailed course outline - 1 page maximum
- Description of hand on demos/exercises
- Curriculum vitae for each presenter (2-page maximum each). Each should include a list of tutorials/courses the presenter has taught.
Submission of samples of visual aids is strongly recommended, either as an appendix to the tutorial proposal file, a separate file uploaded with the tutorial proposal file, or in the form of URLs in the main proposal file that point to materials hosted elsewhere. If the proposed tutorial includes hands-on demos and/or exercises, the proposal should include detailed evidence that the computing and networking resources needed for the demos/exercises will be available during the tutorial, and that the demos/exercises will work for attendees on those resources (i.e., they have been fully tested and debugged). SC16 will provide SCinet wireless network access to all tutorial rooms, and may provide wired network and power to classroom-style seating for “hands-on” tutorials upon request. (Tutorials requesting wired network and power must include a clear justification for the request in their proposal.) Demos and exercises may target common attendee laptop configurations (e.g., using a bootable “live cd”), but should provide a fallback configuration for attendees without access to such a laptop during the tutorial."