HPC Workshop 2022 - Upward Bound
Exploring the power of computational science
Upward Bound students get first-hand experience in this summer workshop for high-performance computing taught by University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire faculty and staff volunteers. Six faculty members collaborate with UW-Eau Claire’s Upward Bound program to share techniques used to process large amounts of data and perform complex calculations at high speed. The workshop’s topics featured this year include: biology, computer science, chemistry, materials science and biomedical engineering, mathematics, and physics and astronomy.
With this workshop, we hope to bring HPC and computational sciences to local high school students, potentially attracting bright minds to UW-Eau Claire.
Workshop Schedule
The workshop will be split between a few different rooms in Hibbard Humanities Hall (HHH) to accommodate all students. Zoom will be set up in all of the rooms to watch the presenter.
Rooms:
- HHH 107 (24 Seats)
- HHH 201 (32 Seats)
- HHH 106a (12 Seats - Overflow)
- HHH 180 (REU / Non-UB Students Only)
Friday, June 17th
Time |
Session |
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9:00 - 10:15 |
Introduction to high performance computing (HPC), computational science, and basic Linux commands. Blugold Center for HPC Staff Links: Presentation |
10:30 - 12:00
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Making the atoms dance Dr. Sudeep Bhattacharyay Links: Presentation | Configure Q-Chem | Example Output File |
12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch Break |
1:00 - 2:30 |
Building “trees” of South African shrubs – using the HPC to understand evolutionary relationships Dr. Nora Mitchell Links: Presentation |
2:30 - 2:45 |
Wrap Up Blugold Center for HPC Staff |
Friday, June 24th
Time |
Session |
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9:00 - 10:15 |
Recap of June 17th and submitting jobs to a supercomputing cluster using Slurm. Blugold Center for HPC Staff Links: Presentation | Unsplash |
10:30 - 12:00 |
The Lives of Stars Dr. Bill Wolf Links: Presentation | Tasks 2 & 4 - ZAMS | Task 7 - TAMS |
12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch Break |
1:00 - 2:30 |
Cryptocurrency Trading Strategies Based on Market Signals and Deep Learning Approach Dr. Wufeng Tian Links: Presentation |
2:30 - 2:45 |
Wrap Up Blugold Center for HPC Staff |
Friday, July 8th
Time |
Session |
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9:00 - 10:15 |
Session 7 Review of high performance computing, Linux commands, and submitting jobs using Slurm. Blugold Center for HPC Staff Files: Presentation |
10:30 - 12:00 |
Session 8 How to Teach a Machine to Detect Sentiment - A Machine Learning Approach Dr. Rakib Islam Links: Presentation |
12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch Break |
1:00 - 2:30 |
Session 9 How to engineer a super-bouncy ball Dr. Ying Ma Links: Presentation |
2:30 - 2:45 |
Wrap Up Blugold Center for HPC Staff |
Workshop Session Faculty
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Tyler Bauer (he/him/his) Alum
Blugold Supercomputing Cluster | Learning and Technology Services
System Administrator for HPC
- Schofield Hall 103B, Eau Claire | Directions
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Dr. Sudeep Bhattacharyay, Ph.D. (he/him/his)
Chemistry and Biochemistry | Blugold Supercomputing Cluster
Professor
- Phillips Science Hall 455, Eau Claire | Directions
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Mitchell Ewan (he/him/his)
Blugold Supercomputing Cluster
HPC Student Admin
- Schofield Hall 103 Complex, Eau Claire | Directions
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Dr. Rakib Islam, Ph.D.
Computer Science | Blugold Supercomputing Cluster
Assistant Professor
- Phillips Science Hall 141, Eau Claire | Directions
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Dr. Ying Ma, Ph.D.
Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering | Materials Science + Engineering Center | Blugold Supercomputing Cluster
Associate Professor
- Phillips Science Hall 177A, Eau Claire | Directions
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Dr. Nora Mitchell, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
Biology
Assistant Professor
Dr. Mitchell is a plant evolutionary biologist who's research focuses on how hybridization affects the evolution of diversity in plants using DNA sequence data, macroscale studies, and experiments in sunflowers and poplars.
- Phillips Science Hall 355, Eau Claire | Directions
- Office hours: Mon 9-10, Thurs 12-1
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Treesmorn Tanboonrith (she/her/hers)
Blugold Supercomputing Cluster
HPC Student Admin | UW-Eau Claire WiSys Student Ambassador
- Schofield Hall 103 Complex, Eau Claire | Directions
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Wufeng Tian, Ph.D.
Mathematics | UW-Eau Claire – Barron County
Associate Professor
- Ritzinger Hall 229, Rice Lake | Directions
- Hibbard Humanities Hall 733, Eau Claire | Directions
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Dr. William Wolf, Ph.D. (he/him/his)
Physics and Astronomy | Blugold Supercomputing Cluster
Assistant Professor
- Phillips Science Hall 240, Eau Claire | Directions
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Jacob Weber (he/him/his)
Blugold Supercomputing Cluster
HPC Student Admin
- Schofield Hall 103 Complex, Eau Claire | Directions
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