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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The PRACE 2017 Spring School will be a joint training event with the VI-SEEM project and will be organised by CaSToRC at The Cyprus Institute.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The school will be a 3-day event starting Tuesday 25 April and ending Thursday 27 April 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Seasonal School will provide insights into topics of high interest to people of the PRACE, VI-SEEM and European communities and will have two parallel sessions
- a </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/program#developerTrack"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Developer Track</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> and
a </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/program#systemAdministrationTrack"><b><span lang="EN-GB">System Administration Track</span></b></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/program#developerTrack"><span lang="EN-GB">Developer
Track</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> includes (among others) the following topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- <b>Introduction to Parallel and Scalable Machine Learning</b>: Basics and Parallelization Benefits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- <b>Introduction to Deep Learning with Convolutional Neural Networks & Applications</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- <b>Accelerator Programming</b>: GPU and Xeon Phi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- <b>Data Visualisation</b>: Information visualization, visual analytics, VisIt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Speakers from the <b>EUDAT, OpenSESAME and VI-SEEM projects</b> will also present these project and relevant case studies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For more details on the Developer Track please visit the link below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/program#developerTrack"><span lang="EN-GB">https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/program#developerTrack</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/program#systemAdministrationTrack"><span lang="EN-GB">System
Administration Track</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> includes (among others) the following topics:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- <b>System Administration Tools</b>: Easybuild and other tools<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- <b>Security Aspects of HPC Centers</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- <b>PRACE Network and Monitoring Issues</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- <b>System Monitoring</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- <b>Cloud Services - OpenStack</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">-- OpenStack and HPC, the crossroads of scientific research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">-- How to build your first OpenStack Cloud<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">-- Considerations for maximising the performance of OpenStack<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">-- RDMA enabled fabrics in an OpenStack environment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">-- IOPS in the cloud – impossible! Or is it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">-- Case studies from HPC centres using OpenStack for HPC workloads.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For more details on the System Administration Track please visit the link below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/program#systemAdministrationTrack"><span lang="EN-GB">https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/program#systemAdministrationTrack</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">A
<b>Keynote Address</b> will also be given by the Winner of the 1st PRACE Ada Lovelace Award for HPC – Dr Zoe Cournia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Useful Links<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/"><span lang="EN-GB">Seasonal School Homepage</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/"><span lang="EN-GB">https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/program"><span lang="EN-GB">Scientific Programme</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/program"><span lang="EN-GB">https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/program</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/timetable/"><span lang="EN-GB">Event Timetable</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/timetable/"><span lang="EN-GB">https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/timetable/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">- </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/registration/"><span lang="EN-GB">Registration</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/registration/" title="https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/registration/
Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link"><span lang="EN-GB">https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601/registration/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For any questions concerning the Seasonal School please contact Stelios Erotokritou – </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:s.erotokritou@cyi.ac.cy"><span lang="EN-GB">s.erotokritou@cyi.ac.cy</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Please forward this email to anyone you think may be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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