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Center Announcements
  – User Assistance Center Open; Follow Normal Support Procedures

Meetings & Workshops
  – March OLCF User Conference Call (Mar 25)
  – Kokkos Bootcamp and Training (Apr 21-24)
  – Incite Proposal Writing Webinars (May 5, Jun 5)
  – GPU Hackathon Series
  – CUDA Training Series
  – OpenACC Training Series

Upcoming Scheduled Outages
  – HPSS (Apr 7)

CENTER ANNOUNCEMENTS

USER ASSISTANCE CENTER OPEN; FOLLOW NORMAL SUPPORT PROCEDURES
The OLCF User Assistance Center remains open and available for support. Users should follow normal support procedures (including email to help@olcf.ornl.gov and forms on the OLCF website) when reporting issues or requesting help.

MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS

MARCH OLCF USER CONFERENCE CALL (MAR 25)
Thanks for joining us for the March OLCF User Conference Call, which included an overview of Job Step Viewer by OLCF’s Jack Morrison. The call video and slides will be linked to the event page for anyone who missed the call (or for anyone who attended and would like to review things). Please note there may be a delay in getting the video posted.

KOKKOS BOOTCAMP AND TRAINING (APR 21-14)
The OLCF will host a Kokkos training workshop organized by the Exascale Computing Project (ECP) on April 21-24, 2020. This workshop is intended to teach new Kokkos users how to get started and to help existing Kokkos users to further improve their codes. The training will cover the minimum required topics to get your application started on using Kokkos, and Kokkos experts will be on hand to help the more advanced users. For more information or to register, please visit the event page.

INCITE PROPOSAL WRITING WEBINARS (MAY 5, JUN 5)
To help you prepare your proposal for submission, the INCITE program is offering instructional webinars on May 5 and June 5. For more information or to register, visit https://www.olcf.ornl.gov/calendar/2021-incite-call-for-proposals-webinar-2/.

GPU HACKATHON SERIES
The following organizations, in conjunction with OLCF and NVIDIA, will be hosting GPU Hackathons as part of our annual GPU Hackathon Series. These hackathons are 5-day coding events in which teams of developers prepare their own application(s) to run on GPUs or focus on optimizing their application(s) that currently run on GPUs. Teams typically consist of three or more developers who are intimately familiar with (some part of) their application, and they work alongside two mentors with GPU programming expertise. These hackathons offer a unique opportunity for teams to set aside 5 days, surround themselves with experts in the field, and push toward their development goals. During the event, teams will have access to compute resources provided by OLCF. If you’re interested in more information, or to apply, you can visit the site-specific event pages below. If you have questions, please contact Tom Papatheodore.

  NERSC
   – https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/nersc-gpuhackathon
   – Event Dates: July 13-17, 2020
   – Deadline to apply: May 13, 2020

CUDA TRAINING SERIES
NVIDIA will present a 9-part CUDA training series intended to help new and existing GPU programmers understand the main concepts of the CUDA platform and its programming model. Each part will include a 1-hour presentation and example exercises. The exercises are meant to reinforce the material from the presentation and can be completed during a 1-hour hands-on session following each lecture. The full list of topics can be found on the series page. If you have any questions about this series, please contact Tom Papatheodore. For more information on the next event in this series, or to register, please visit the link below:

  Fundamental CUDA Optimization – 2 of 2 (Thursday, April 16)

OPENACC TRAINING SERIES
NVIDIA will present a 3-part OpenACC training series intended to help new and existing GPU programmers learn to use the OpenACC API. Each part will include a 1-hour presentation and example exercises. The exercises are meant to reinforce the material from the presentation and can be completed during a 1-hour hands-on session following each lecture. The full list of events can be found on the series page. If you have any questions about this series, please contact Tom Papatheodore. For more information on the individual events in this series, or to register, please visit the links below:

  Introduction to OpenACC (Friday, April 17)
  OpenACC Data Management (Thursday, May 28)
  Loop Optimizations with OpenACC (Tuesday, June 23)

UPCOMING SCHEDULED OUTAGES

HPSS will be unavailable from 8:00 AM until 8:00 PM on Tuesday, April 7.