HPC Newsletter Articles:

These are the articles I have written for the ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter:

• Using PAPI with PMPI for Performance Measurement ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 385 [April 25, 2008]
• Matlab Functions on the Command Line ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 381 [Feb 22, 2008]
• Running Multiple Serial Executables from a PBS script ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 378 [Jan 25, 2008]
• PGI Floating Point Traps ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 377 [Jan 11, 2008]
• Fortran Floating Point Traps for Linux ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 376 [Dec 14, 2007]
• PathScale Debugging Flags ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 373 [Nov 2, 2007]
• Introduction to PAPI ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 373 [Nov 2, 2007]
• Resolving Linker Errors - Part III ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 367 [Aug 10, 2007]
• Resolving Linker Errors - Part II ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 364 [Jun 22, 2007]
• Resolving Linker Errors - Part I ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 363 [Jun 8, 2007]
• Better C++ Compiler Warnings ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 357 [Mar 9, 2007]
• IBM- 5 Tips for Building Applications on AIX ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 356 [Feb 23, 2007]
• Passing Environment Variables to Loadleveler Jobs ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 355 [Jan 26, 2007]
• Using gdb to Debug Running Programs ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 352 [Nov 10, 2006]
• Compiler Warnings ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 346 [Aug 18, 2006]
• Introduction to Modules for Environment Management ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 342 [Jun 23, 2006]
• Optimizing XD1 Codes with SSE Hardware Instructions ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 340 [May 12, 2006]
• Interactive Shell Nuances ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 338 [Apr 14, 2005]
• Error Checking in Job Scripts ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 331 [Dec 16, 2005]
• IBM: Multiple Program Multiple Data - Part I ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 330 [Dec 2, 2005]
• Introduction to PMPI Part II ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 329 [Nov 18, 2005]
• Introduction to PMPI Part I ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 328 [Nov 4, 2005]
• Your Own Personal SSH Configuration File ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 327 [Oct 21, 2005]
• IBM: Trace/BPT trap ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 326 [Oct 07, 2005]
• Chaining and PBS Dependencies ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 322 [Aug 12, 2005]
• XLF -qextname and -brename ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 318 [Jul 29, 2005]
• Floating Point Exception Handling with C99 ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 318 [Jun 18, 2005]
• Performance Statistics with libhpm ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 315 [May 6, 2005]
• IBM: Array Bounds Checking ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 314 [Apr 22, 2005]
• IBM XLF: Floating Point Exceptions and Traps ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 313 [Apr 8, 2005]
• Iceberg High Performance Switch ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 311 [Mar 14, 2005]
• Using Loadleveler Job Steps ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 306 [Jan 14, 2005]
• tcsh "autologout," Especially on the ARSC IBMs ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 306 [Dec 17, 2004]
• IBM: Running Jobs Interactively with Loadleveler ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 305 [Dec 3, 2004]
• IBM Lightweight Core Files ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 304 [Nov 19, 2004]
• Using Totalview with LoadLeveler on iceberg ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 303 [Nov 5, 2004]
• Retrieving Compile Information From an IBM Executable ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 299 [Sep 10, 2004]
• Using krcp ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 294 [June 25, 2004]
• Using TurboMPI 3.0 ARSC HPC Users' Newsletter 289 [Mar 26, 2004]

As of Newsletter Issue 301 I have acted as the co-editor of the HPC Users' Newsletter.

HPC User's Newsletter Topic Index (Under Development)

Links:

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
ARSC Weather Page
Geophysical Institute
International Arctic Research Center
University of Alaska Fairbanks
UAF Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
UAF Department of Computer Science
UAF Department of Mathematics and Statistics
UAF Department of Mechanical Engineering

Other Related Sites

National Weather Service Fairbanks Office

IBM

IBM Documentation Links

• Compilers and Assemblers
• APIs
• Performance Tools
• Loadleveler
• Parallel Operating Environment (poe)
• Hardware
• Other Resources

Compilers / Assemblers 

• Assembler Language Reference [SC23-4871-02]
• IBM C for AIX: C/C++ Language Reference, Version 6.0 [SC09-4958-00]
• VisualAge C++ for AIX Compiler Reference [SC09-4959-00] 
• C for AIX Compiler Reference [SC09-4960-00] 
• VisualAge C++ Standard C++ Library Reference [SC09-4949-00] 
• XL Fortran for AIX: User's Guide, Version 8.1.1 [SC09-4946-01] 
• XL Fortran for AIX: Language Reference, Version 8.1.1 [SC09-4947-01] 
• AIX Linking and Loading Mechanisms [N/A]

APIs

• Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library for AIX, Version 4 Release 1 Guide and Reference [SA22-7904-01]
• Parallel Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library for AIX, Version 3 Release 1, Guide and Reference [SA22-7906-01]

Performance Tools

• AIX 5L Performance Tools Handbook [SG24-6039-01]

Loadleveler

• IBM Cluster information center [web based LoadLeveler and Parallel Operating Environment documentation]
• IBM LoadLeveler for AIX 5L: Diagnosis and Messages Guide, Version 3 Release 1 [GA22-7882-00]

Parallel Operating Environment

• IBM Parallel Environment for AIX: Messages, Version 3 Release 1 [GA22-7419-00]
• IBM Parallel Environment for AIX: MPI Programming Guide, Version 3 Release 1 [SA22-7422-00]
• IBM Parallel Environment for AIX: MPI Subroutine Reference, Version 3 Release 1 [SA22-7423-00]
• IBM Parallel Environment for AIX: Hitchhiker's Guide, Version 3 Release 1 [SA22-7424-00]
• IBM Parallel Environment for AIX 5L Operation and Use, Volume 1 Using the Parallel Operating Environment Version 4 Release 1 [SA22-7948-00]
• IBM Parallel Environment for AIX 5L Operation and Use, Volume 2 Using the Parallel Operating Environment Version 4 Release 1 [SA22-7949-00]

Hardware

• An Introduction to the New IBM E server pSeries High Performance Switch [SG24-6978-00] 
• The POWER4 Processor Introduction and Tuning Guide [SG24-7041-00]

Other Resources

• IBM Message Reference A list of messages and corresponding reference documents.
• IBM Software A-Z (Grace Bauer of IBM shared this link with me... a good place to look for compiler and other documentation.)
• XL Fortran Docs
• VAC C/C++ Docs

Cray

Cray
Cray Documentation Compiler and Environment Documentation

Sun Microsystems (midnight)

Sun
Sun Developer Network
Sun Studio Compilers (for Solaris and Linux)
Sun Studio Compilers (Download)
Sun's HPC blog
Blog for the Head Developer for Sun Studio on Linux
MVAPICH Website
Pathscale Compilers
Pathscale Documentation
Portland Group Compilers
Portland Group Documentation
Totalview Technologies
Tau Performance Tools

UPC (Unified Parallel C)

UPC page at George Washington University
Berkeley UPC compiler
IBM's UPC compiler

Modules

modules on sourceforge

Miscellaneous Tools

PanoPly [Java based netCDF viewer]
ncview [X11 netCDF viewer]

Examples

Misc Examples

Past Work:

BLUIsculpt:

While a student at UAF, I was a member of the BLUI project which is investigating computer user interface design in virtual reality environments.  BLUIsculpt is a virtual sculpting program and the most well known product of the BLUI project.  The source code for BLUIsculpt is available on sourceforge.  BLUIsculpt is the brainchild of Bill Brody, Dr Chris Hartman, and Dr Glenn Chappell.

Qubicle:

Qubicle was the main focus of the research I did while a student assistant at ARSC.  Dr. Glenn G. Chappell (UAF CS department) was the inspiration behind this project and my mentor.  Qubicle is an exploration into common object interfaces in Virtual Reality.  

Links last checked 09/04/2005