edwest@utcs.UUCP (12/09/86)
CRAY SUPERCOMPUTER SEMINARS The Centre for Large Scale Computation at the University of Toronto regularly schedules courses on "Basic COS and Fortran" (CRAY101) and "Efficient Use of the CRAY System" (CRAY102). Because hands-on experience with the CRAY is provided as part of the course, enrollment is limited to ten participants per session. Each course lasts a week and consists of one two-hour session each day. CLSC recognizes that this arrangement may be inconvenient for Cray users from outside the Toronto area. A course designed specifically for these users has been scheduled on the 12th and 13th of January. Its contents will be identical to CRAY101 and CRAY102 combined, but it will offer more hours per day, therefore reducing total number of days to two. Because the number of participants which can be accommodated at each session is limited, some users may have to wait for the next cycle of courses. In order to provide a large number of people with basic introductory information about CRAY computing issues, CLSC is offering the following special lecture-only presentation. An Introduction to Computing on the CRAY ---------------------------------------- Friday, January 30, 1987 12:30 pm to 8:30 PM Media Room: room 179 University College 15 King's College Circle University of Toronto 1. Summary of CRAY XM-P architecture (1hr) 2. Access to the CRAY (1hr) 3. COS Job Control Language (JCL) overview (2hrs) 4. Dinner break (scheduled for 4:30pm) (1hr) 5. Cray Fortran (CFT and CFT77) usage (1hr) 6. Code optimization and vectorization (2hrs) The lectures are free, but there will be a charge of $20.00 to cover the cost of producing course materials. The presentation will consist of seven 50 minute lectures separated by 10 minute breaks. An hour will be allowed for dinner. Adequate time for questions will be included during lectures. Course handouts will contain copies of all overheads as well as selected problems and their solutions, including Cray job and output datasets. The handouts will emphasize what tools are available and where to find out about them (i.e. pointers to Cray manuals), rather than details of the various options which are available in the manuals. We cannot provide an on-line Cray demonstration to a wide audience, but ample run examples will be discussed and will be included in the handouts. We have prepared on-line examples which we can send by electronic mail to interested parties. Although in the amount of time allowed we cannot provide examples of real code conversion, we will discuss code migration issues. Participants are advised to reserve a place by contacting CLSC by mail or phone and prepaying for the handouts by cheque payable to the University of Toronto or by supplying a valid CLSC CAN. Pre-registration by electronic mail (providing a CLSC CAN for payment) is also encouraged. Mailing address: Centre for Large Scale Computation at the University of Toronto Room 345, Mclennan Laboratories Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7 Telephone: (416) 978-8255 or (416) 978-8256 Electronic mail: PEZACKI at utoronto [VM/CMS] YANNA at utorscs [VMS]