EduHPC-24: Workshop on Education for High-Performance Computing

https://tcpp.cs.gsu.edu/curriculum/?q=eduhpc24

From supercomputers forecasting weather and developing vaccines to multicore desktops, laptops, and mobile devices, most people use the methods and paradigms of high-performance computing (HPC) and parallel and distributed computing (PDC), either directly or indirectly.

Consequently, companies and laboratories require skilled personnel to efficiently utilize these modern computing systems. It’s essential that Computer Science (CS), Computer Engineering (CE), Data Science (DS), Machine Learning (ML), Computational Biology (CB) and similar compute-intensive programs provide students with HPC/PDC skills. However, rapid changes in hardware, programming languages, and development environments pose challenges for educators in deciding what and how to teach to suitably prepare students for HPC/PDC careers.

The EduHPC workshop invites unpublished manuscripts from academia, industry, and national laboratories on topics in HPC and PDC relating to computation-oriented undergraduate and graduate curricula, education, professional training, and workforce development. This year’s workshop places emphasis on Machine Learning/Deep Learning at scale, reflecting the increasing importance of AI workloads on HPC systems. Previous workshops have featured papers from diverse fields, including Computer Science, Computational Science and Engineering, Data Science, and computational courses across STEM and non-STEM disciplines.

The workshop unites stakeholders from industry, national labs, and academia in the context of SC (Supercomputing) to discuss pedagogical challenges, share approaches, and exchange ideas on incorporating HPC/PDC education in undergraduate and graduate curricula. Activities include paper presentations, panels (e.g., sustainability and reproducibility in technical education), special sessions like “Peachy Assignments,” “Lightning Talks,” and collaboration opportunities, resource sharing, educator training, internships, and other cross-sector interactions.

Important Dates

Submission deadline: July 15, 2024
Author notification: August 25, 2024
Camera-ready deadline: September 8, 2024
These deadlines are for all submission types: papers, lightning talks, and peachy assignments.

Organization

Workshop Chair: Sushil K.Prassd, University of Texas at San Antonio
Program Chair: George K. Thiruvathukal, [email protected]
Program Vice Chair: Erik Saule, [email protected]
Peachy Assignments Coordinator: David Bunde, [email protected]
Lightning Talks Chair: George K. Thiruvathukal, [email protected]
Proceedings Chair: Satish Puri, [email protected]
Previous Program Chair: Apan Qasem, Texas State University
WebMaster: Buddhi Ashan Mallika Kankanamalage, University of Texas at San Antonio

For additional information, see the full CFP at https://tcpp.cs.gsu.edu/curriculum/?q=eduhpc24Tuesday, June 18th

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