Intro to HPC Bootcamp: Engaging New Communities Through Energy Justice Projects

Journal Article · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2024 · Journal of Computational Science Education

DOI:https://doi.org/10.22369/issn.2153-4136/15/1/10· OSTI ID:2447313

Leung, Mary Ann ^[1]; Cahill, Katharine ^[2]; Hartman-Baker, Rebecca ^[3]; Kinsley, Paige ^[4]; Curfman McInnes, Lois ^[4]; Parete-Koon, Suzanne ^[5]; Ramprakash, Sreeranjani ^[4]; Abraham, Subil ^[5]; Beach Barrier, Lacy ^[1]; Chen, Gladys ^[6]; DeStefano, Lizanne ^[7]; Feister, Scott ^[8]; Foreman, Sam ^[4]; Fulton, Daniel ^[3]; Gupta, Lipi ^[3]; He, Yun ^[3]; Figueroa, Anjuli Jain ^[9]; Keceli, Murat ^[4]; Capozzoli Kessler, Talia ^[7]; Leland, Kellen ^[5] ; Lively, Charles ^[5]; Moore, Keisha ^[1]; Ouma, Wilbur ^[2]; Sandoval, Michael ^[5]; Thomas, Rollin ^[3]; Vazquez-Mayagoitia, Alvaro ^[4]

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1. Sustainable Horizons Institute, Rancho Mirage, CA (United States)
2. Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC), Columbus, OH (United States)
3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
4. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
5. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
6. Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK (United States)
7. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
8. California State University, Channel Islands (CSUCI), CA (United States)
9. US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States). Office of Economic Impact and Diversity

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is a long-standing leader in research and development of high-performance computing (HPC) in the pursuit of science. However, we face daunting challenges in fostering a robust and diverse HPC workforce. Basic HPC is not typically taught at early stages of students' academic careers, and the capacity and knowledge of HPC at many institutions are limited. Even so, such topics are prerequisites for advanced training programs, internships, graduate school, and ultimately for careers in HPC. To help address this challenge, as part of the DOE Exascale Computing Project's Broadening Participation Initiative, we recently launched the Introduction to HPC Training and Workforce Pipeline Program to provide accessible introductory material on HPC, scalable AI, and analytics. We describe the Intro to HPC Bootcamp, an immersive program designed to engage students from underrepresented groups as they learn foundational HPC skills. Here, the program takes a novel approach to HPC training by turning the traditional curriculum upside down. Instead of focusing on technology and its applications, the bootcamp focuses on energy justice to motivate the training of HPC skills through project-based pedagogy and real-life science stories. Additionally, the bootcamp prepares students for internships and future careers at DOE labs. The first bootcamp, hosted by the advanced computing facilities at Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley, and Oak Ridge National Labs and organized by Sustainable Horizons Institute, took place in August 2023.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 2447313
• Journal Information: Journal of Computational Science Education, Journal Name: Journal of Computational Science Education Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 15; ISSN 2153-4136
• Publisher: Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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96 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
bootcamp
diversity
energy justice
high-performance computing
training
workforce development