[lug] [CLUE-Tech] Super Computing Event: SC2001 (fwd)

[D. Stimits]

Scott Herod wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, D. Stimits wrote:
> 
> > "J. Wayde Allen" wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, D. Stimits wrote:
> > >
> > > > Still it is interesting. Linux clusters for modeling DNA would be a
> > > > kick-*ss job.
> > >
> > > How about weather forecasting?  Chuck Morrison had some flyers about a
> > > possible job availability on the NOAA Jet cluster
> > > <http://lwn.net/2000/features/FSLCluster/> at last weeks meeting.  I
> > > remember that you were in attendance, did you get one of those?  Chuck
> > > might be able to point you to the relevant URL.
> >
> > I did, but unfortunately I don't have all of the skills. I don't
> > remember the exact problems, but I know it wanted some scripting
> > language experience I don't have or know. For example, I suppose I
> > should learn PERL, and improve my bash skills. Hmm, I think it also
> > required Fortran. I'm really a C/C++ person at heart; I can learn any of
> > the requirements, but most of these jobs do not allow one to "learn as
> > you go". The whole arena of scientific computing is interesting, often
> > it requires specialized skills though, I wish there were more ways to
> > work into these fields.
> >
> > D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
> >
> 
> Shoot, I've got all of that but didn't he also say that you needed
> experience with Beowulf clusters?  I didn't pick a flyer up because
> the closest I've ever come to such a cluster was the video at the
> talk a few months back.

I don't know if clusters would be so mandatory, as much as parallel
programming. I suspect he's using MPI (a cluster API for concurrent
programming), which I doubt would be much different than threads in some
overall scheme.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

> 
> Scott
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