High-Performance Cluster Computing: A Tool for Undergraduate Instruction?

Session Details

Speaker(s)

• Patrick Dreher, Chief Domain Scientist, Cloud Computing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Phillip D. Long, Prof. of Innovation & Visiting Research Scientist, MIT
• Session convener: Douglas Blair, Assistant Director, Administrative Computing, Carnegie Mellon University

Abstract

High-performance computing clusters (HPCCs) are common entities in research labs and departments. They provide cost-effective computation-intensive environments that are built and tuned to address specific problems. However, as workstations and PCs have become commodities, the viability of using HPCCs to support undergraduate assignments, problem sets, and projects may be approaching.

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