ARSC 2009 Summer Training

The Arctic Region Supercomputing Center will offer free training for new and current users of high performance computing resources. Users can learn the latest programming tools and techniques for organizing, manipulating and displaying data.

The training is scheduled for June 9 - 12 and all classes will be held in the ARSC classroom, room 009 of the West Ridge Research Building (WRRB).

For more information, contact Tom Logan at or visit Training at ARSC.

Tuesday, June 9

9 - 10 a.m. Linux/Unix

Instructor: Don Bahls

Introduction to the basic commands necessary to navigate the Linux/Unix programming environment.

10 - 11 a.m. Building from Source

Instructor: Don Bahls

How to use Make to invoke the compilers on ARSC machines.

11 a.m. - 12 p.m. VI editor

Instructor: Tom Baring

Basic file editing using the vi editor.

2 - 5 p.m. Fortran Programming

Instructors: Tom Logan and Lee Higbie

Overview for programmers who need to read Fortran programs or begin to write them.

Wednesday, June 10

9 - 11 a.m. Python

Instructor: Anton Kulchitsky

Overview for programmers who need to read programs or begin to write them.

11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Subversion

Instructor: Anton Kulchitsky

Basics of using Subversion source code repositories.

1:30 - 2 p.m. Portable Batch System

Instructor: Tom Logan

How to launch and monitor batch jobs using the PBS workload management system.

2 - 5 p.m. C Programming

Instructor: Ed Kornkven

Overview of the C programming language for programmers who need to read C programs or begin to write them.

Thursday, June 11

9 - 10 a.m. Network Common Data Form

Instructor: Kate Hedstrom

Introduction to the netCDF file format and tools.

1:30 - 2 p.m. NCAR Command Language

Instructor: Don Morton

Using the National Center for Atmospheic Research Command Language for scientific data processing and visualization.

2 - 5 p.m. Weather Research and Forecasting Tutorial

Instructor: Don Morton

Orientation to the weather model WRF.

Friday, June 12

10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Paraview and Integrated Data Viewer

Instructor: Patrick Webb

Introduction to using Paraview and IDV for data visualization.

Complete list of scheduled classes.