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AG00:Overview for Decision Makers

This tutorial provides the information needed to determine the benefits of establishing an Access Grid Node at your organization and the resources you will need to set up and operate it.

AG01: How to Build and Install an Access Grid Node (AGN)

This tutorial identifies the room recommendations, hardware and software needed, configuration and installation provisions, and networking requirements for an AG node.

AG02: How to Operate an Access Grid Node (AGN)

This tutorial looks inside the operations of an Access Grid Node (AGN) from the functional aspects of starting up the node through runtime adjustments. After this tutorial, the reader will have the necessary knowledge to monitor and adjust video, audio and collaborative tools (e.g., distributed presentation software).

AG03: How to Produce an Access Grid Event

This tutorial explores the characteristics of an AG event, the staffing recommendations, and roles and responsibilities. Through experiences gained from others, this tutorial also provides a perspective for node operators and suggests ways to minimize risks.

AG04: How to Set Up an Access Grid Meeting

From a non-technical view, this tutorial provides a glimpse of the Access Grid and highlights the reservation process.

AG05: Introduction to Access Grid Troubleshooting

This tutorial introduces you to basic concepts related to troubleshooting Access Grid sessions.

AG06: Access Grid Multicast Network Troubleshooting:

This tutorial is designed to assist an Access Grid (AG) Node Operator (Node Op) to evaluate multicast network problems.

AG07: Access Grid Audio Troubleshooting

This tutorial identifies and discusses solutions to common audio problems people encounter on AGNs.

AG08: Access Grid Video Troubleshooting

This tutorial identifies and discusses solutions to common video problems people encounter on AGNs.

AG09: Collaborating over the Access Grid

This tutorial introduces you to basic concepts related to developing and managing collaborations where some or all of the communications will take place over the Access Grid.

AG10: Introduction to AG Toolkit 2.x

This tutorial provides the background of Access Grid ToolKit 2.x, new functionalities in Access Grid ToolKit 2.x, and an overview of the user experience.

AG11: AG 2.1 2 on Personal and Room-Based Nodes

This tutorial discusses the installation and configuration of AG 2.1.2.

AG12: Creating Shared Applications for AG Toolkit 2.x

This tutorial is designed to introduce developers to the basic concepts in developing shared applications for use with Access Grid ™ Toolkit 2.x.

Debugging Serial and Parallel Codes

This course introduces you to techniques for debugging serial and parallel codes using debugger software. After completing the course you will be able to recognize a variety of bugs you might make and how to debug them using debugger software.

Intermediate MPI

This tutorial covers intermediate-level topics in MPI. Since what "intermediate" means varies from person to person, we initially found it difficult to determine which topics to include. So what we did was select topics that cover questions we had been asked by actual MPI programmers!

Introduction to MPI

An introduction to the Message Passing Interface, or MPI. MPI is a standard library of subroutines (Fortran) or function calls (C) that can be used to implement a message passing program.

Introduction to OpenMP

This tutorial provides an introduction to OpenMP, a standardized API for parallelizing Fortran, C, and C++ programs on shared-memory architectures. Upon finishing this tutorial you should be able to apply OpenMP to your codes in a minimum amount of time. Examples are presented in both Fortran and C.

Introduction to Visualization

This tutorial covers the evolution of Scientific Visualization, its uses in computational science, and the creative process involved. Also included are descriptions of various software tools currently available and examples of work illustrating various visualization techniques.

Multilevel Parallel Programming

This tutorial describes how to develop multilevel parallel programs (MLP) using MPI and OpenMP. A problem set is included so that you can write your own MLP programs and compare your code with the solution given.

Parallel Computing Explained

This course covers a variety of introductory topics on parallel computing.

Parallel Numerical Libraries

This course is an introduction to using parallel numerical library routines. Each lesson covers a specific mathematical area and describes which routines in which libraries you should use.

Performance Tuning for Clusters

This course introduces techniques for optimizing code performance on a cluster. You will learn how to measure the performance of your program, what bottlenecks to look for, and techniques to eliminate or reduce these bottlenecks.

Tuning Applications for High Performance Networks

This tutorial focuses on applications that use the TCP and UDP protocols for development and covers the basics of getting them to work well on high-performance networks. Also covered are a small set of system tools available to test network domain parameters.