SC07:NTC07

From SC Education

This page contains information about the workshop scheduled for July 15-21 at the Navajo Technical College in Crownpoint.

Contents 1 Instructors 2 Audience 3 Materials 4 Content 5 Schedule 6 Logistics 7 Questions and Open Items

Instructors

• Likely to be Dave Joiner, Tom Murphy, Charlie Peck, Jeff Sale, Matt Link's person, Barney Maccabe (presentation? staff?), Jean Whitehorse?, Kristina Wanous.

Audience

• This workshop is designed to be truly introductory in nature; no prior exposure to computational science will be assumed.
• High school science, math, and computer science teachers.
• High school technology coordinators.
• College science, math, and computer science teachers.
• College technology coordinators.

Materials

• Notebook
  • Section 1 - Computational Science
    • 1-a-acme.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/1-a-acme.pdf
    • 1-b-computational-science.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/1-b-computational-science.pdf
  • Section 2 - Bootable Cluster CD
    • 2-a-BCCD_Presentation.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/2-a-BCCD_Presentation.pdf
    • 2-b-bccd-bootup.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/2-b-bccd-bootup.pdf
    • 2-c-galaxsee.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/2-c-galaxsee.pdf
    • 2-d-game-of-life.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/2-d-game-of-life.pdf
    • 2-e-parameter-space.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/2-e-parameter-space.pdf
  • Section 3 - Linux, C, and MPI
    • 3-a-linux-introduction.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/3-a-linux-introduction.pdf
    • 3-b fun-with-linux.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/3-b-fun-with-linux.pdf
    • 3-c introduction-to-c.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/3-c-introduction-to-c.pdf
    • 3-d-mpi-slides.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/3-d-mpi-slides.pdf
    • 3-e-hello-world-mpi-bccd.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/3-e-hello-world-mpi-bccd.pdf
    • 3-f-mpi-reference.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/3-f-mpi-reference.pdf
  • Section 4 - High Performance Computing
    • 4-a-hpc-ipe-1.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/4-a-hpc-ipe-1.pdf
    • 4-b-sipe-hn-pg.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/4-b-sipe-hn-pg.pdf
    • 4-c-hpc-support-and-software.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/4-c-hpc-support-and-software.pdf
  • Section 5 - Data Visualization and GIS
    • 5-a Exploring Complex Data Sets - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/5-a-lesson1.pdf and http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/5-a-lesson2.pdf
    • 5-b GIS material (Jeff and Charlie, develop and duplicate on-site)
  • Section 6 - Agent Modelling with NetLogo
    • 6-a-netlogo.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/6-a-netlogo.pdf
    • 6-b-Atlantic-Corners-Rauch.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/6-b-Atlantic-Corners-Rauch.pdf
    • 6-c Second module (Tom, develop and duplicate on-site)
  • Section 7 - Curriculum and Pedagogical Tools
    • 7-a-CSERD.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/7-a-CSERD.pdf
    • 7-b-Curriculum.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/7-b-Curriculum.pdf
    • 7-c-littlefe-slides.pdf - http://cluster.earlham.edu/~charliep/ntc/7-c-littlefe-slides.pdf
    • 7-d SC Education Program announcement (Scott, edit and duplicate on-site)
• Windows CD - Current one plus
  • Firefox (see Charlie's email)
  • Flash (see Charlie's email)
  • VinSem (see Dave's email)
  • EasyViz (Jeff)
  • Data Bridge (Jeff)

Content

• Integrating computational methods into science and mathematics classes using simple modeling tools including AgentSheets, VenSim, and NetLogo, and web based tools such as Interactivate. Participants will work with techniques, software and curriculum modules which can be directly integrated into their classroom activities.
• LittleFe + Bootable Cluster CD + Computational Science Education Reference Desk = Acme, an inexpensive, portable platform for teaching computational science and high performance computing. Participants will learn the basics of cluster computing, both hardware and software, and see how the Acme platform can be used to teach high performance computing and computational science in a variety of educational settings.
• First Look - Introduction to Computational Science (Interactivate) with AgentSheets and VenSim
• Bootable Cluster CD and High Performance Computing Curriculum Modules
  • Taxonomy of High Performance Computing, aka Supercomputing in Plain English
  • Using MPI, the Message Passing Interface
  • Building LittleFe
• Agent Modeling with NetLogo
  • Predator/Prey systems with cellular automata and system dynamics simulations
  • Anasazi simulations
• Exploring Complex Data Sets
• GIS/GeoRSS/Mashups
• Participant Projects
• Potential parallel sessions:
  • HPC network architectures (local clusters, Dine grid with LittleFe units at each location)
  • Grid computing examples and software stacks
  • Bioinformatics Curriculum Modules
    • GROMACS
    • MPIBlast

• Wednesday afternoon tour of local facilities, etc.

• The instructors plan to familiarize themselves with Arizona's and New Mexico's math and science standards. This will make it possible for the group to consider questions about how the material might be used with respect to those standards.
  • Standards for New Mexico
  • Standards for Arizona
• Include Interactivate items for the high school teachers.

Schedule

Typically the daily schedule is 8a-12p, 1p-5p, and 7p-9p.

Schedule time for Tim Thomas.

• Sunday
  • Evening dinner and opening presentation
• Monday
  • Morning
  • Afternoon
  • Evening - open lab
• Tuesday
  • Morning
  • Afternoon
  • Evening - open lab
• Wednesday
  • Morning
  • Afternoon - tour local projects and facilities
  • Evening - Chaco canyon
• Thursday
  • Morning
  • Afternoon
  • Evening - open lab
• Friday
  • Morning
  • Afternoon
  • Evening dinner
• Saturday
  • Project presentations

Logistics

• Between 20-60 participants. (If it's more than 25-30 than we're likely to need a couple of student assistants, they're inexpensive.)
• Housing on-site at NTC for participants and instructors.

Questions and Open Items

• Vernon Burton or another presenter who can show how technology can help to preserve culture.
• Cost model - room, board, stipends (instructors, participants), instructor travel, facilities (Diane and Colleen)
• If there is funding for the hardware, and interest, it may make sense to have a 1-2 day parallel track for building your own LittleFe.
• Consider a raffle, if a school brings three or more people they are entered into a drawing for a LittleFe.
• Produce a CD image with the most popular tools. Some/many/most of these school don't have an Internet connection. Multi-platform?