Merge pull request #25 from boegel/fixes_tweaks

last minor fixes/tweaks for SC24 EESSI tutorial submission

sc24/EESSI/abstract.tex

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 Can we avoid having to install a broad range of scientific software from scratch on every HPC cluster or
-cloud instance we use without compromising on performance?
+cloud instance we use, without compromising on performance?
 
-Installing scientific software for supercomputers is typically a tedious, time-consuming task (especially as the
+Installing scientific software on supercomputers is typically a tedious, time-consuming task, especially as the
 HPC user community becomes more diverse, computational science expands, system architecture diversity increases, the
-application software stack deepens and interest in cloud computing for scientific research surges).
+application software stack deepens, and interest in cloud computing for scientific research surges.
 Delivering optimised software installations, and providing access to them reliably and reproducibly,
 is a highly non-trivial task impacting application developers, HPC user support, and users themselves.
 
-This tutorial will show attendees how they can stream optimized scientific software instead.
-The tutorial introduces the European Environment for Scientific Software Installations (\emph{EESSI}), a collaboration
-between European HPC sites \& industry partners, with the common goal of creating a shared repository of scientific
+This tutorial will show attendees how they can stream optimized scientific software installations,
+by introducing the European Environment for Scientific Software Installations (\emph{EESSI}), a collaboration
+between European HPC sites \& industry partners, with the common goal of creating a public shared repository of scientific
 software installations usable on a variety of systems, regardless of Linux flavour or processor architecture, or
 whether it's a full size HPC cluster, the cloud, or a desktop.
 

sc24/EESSI/cv-jordi.tex

@@ -2,10 +2,43 @@
 % Jordi
 %===============================================================================
 
-\subsection{CV for Jordi Blasco Pallares}
+\subsection{CV for Jordi Blasco}
 \begin{description}
 \item[] HPCNow!
-\item[] Carrer de Marie Curie, 8, 14, Nou Barris, 08042 Barcelona
+\item[] 61 Kahawairahi Drive Beachlands, 2018 - Auckland (New Zealand)
 \item[] [email protected]
 \end{description}
 
+\subsection*{Education}
+\begin{description}
+    \item[] Masters in Physics, Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)
+    \item[] Bachelor's degree in Physics, Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)
+\end{description}
+
+\subsection*{Professional Experience}
+\begin{description}
+    \item[] 2012--present: Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer,. HPCNow! (Spain)
+    \item[] 2015--2017: HPC Solutions Architect, New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (New Zealand)
+    \item[] 2012--2014: Computational Scientist, New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (New Zealand)
+    \item[] 2008--2012: Solutions Architect, XRQTC (Spain)
+    \item[] 2005--2008: Senior Systems Administrator, CESCA (Spain)
+\end{description}
+
+\subsection*{HPC related Conference and Training}
+
+\begin{description}
+  \item[] Automate Application Deployment and Orchestration Using Docker and Containers, Microsoft (2016)
+  \item[] Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions, Microsoft (2016)
+  \item[] Modern IT: DevOps to ITIL, Creating a Complete Lifecycle for Service Management, Microsoft (2016)
+  \item[] Building Linux-Based Solutions on Azure, Microsoft (2016)
+  \item[] Productive Programming in Chapel: A Computation-Driven Introduction, Supercomputing Conference'15 (2016)
+  \item[] HPC Knowledge Meeting'16, HPCNow! (2016)
+  \item[] BeeGFS Training '15, ThinkParQ (2015)
+  \item[] Slurm Training'15, HPCNow! (2015)
+  \item[] HPC Knowledge Meeting'15, HPCNow! (2015)
+  \item[] First International Workshop on HPC Tools for User Support, Supercomputing Conference (2014)
+  \item[] Accelerators Workshop, NeSI : New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (2014)
+  \item[] Slurm User Workshop, NeSI : New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (2014)
+  \item[] Slurm Administrator Workshop, NeSI : New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (2014)
+  \item[] Solutions Architect Fundamentals, EquinoxIT (2014)
+\end{description}

sc24/EESSI/cv-kenneth.tex

@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ \subsection*{Conferences, Workshops and Tutorials}
 \item[] (co-)organisation of \emph{Getting Scientific Software Installed} Birds-of-a-Feather sessions at \href{http://2013.isc-hpc.com/isc13_ap/presentationdetails.php?t=contribution&o=2108&a=select&ra=eventdetails}{ISC'13}, \href{https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild/wiki/SC13-BoF-session}{SC'13}, \href{https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild/wiki/ISC'14-BoF-session}{ISC'14}, \href{https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild/wiki/SC14-BoF-session}{SC'14}, \href{https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild/wiki/SC15-BoF-session}{SC'15}, \href{https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild/wiki/SC18-BoF-session-Getting-Scientific-Software-Installed}{SC'18}, \href{https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild/wiki/SC19-BoF-session-Getting-Scientific-Software-Installed}{SC'19}
 \item[] \emph{Modern Scientific Software Management using EasyBuild \& co}, invited tutorial at PRACE-VI-SEEM	2017 Spring School, Nicosia (Cyprus), April 2017 (\url{https://events.prace-ri.eu/event/601} - \href{https://users.ugent.be/~kehoste/EasyBuild_20170425_PRACE_Spring_School.pdf}{presentation} - recording \href{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WNcTHRyDxk}{part 1}, \href{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiv_p87w9XM}{part 2})
 \item[] \emph{Introduction to EasyBuild: Getting Scientific Software Installed With Ease}, invited tutorial at HPC Advisory Council 2016, Lugano (Switzerland), March 2016 (\url{https://www.hpcadvisorycouncil.com/events/2016/swiss-workshop} - presentation \href{https://users.ugent.be/~kehoste/EasyBuild_HPCAC_intro_20160323.pdf}{part 1}, \href{https://users.ugent.be/~kehoste/EasyBuild_HPCAC_start_20160323.pdf}{part 2} - recording \href{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL_UcPIIxzE}{part 1},  \href{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo_KwlDtg0w}{part 2})
-\item[] (co-)organisation of 11 EasyBuild hackathons across Europe + Austin (US) (2011--2016)
-\item[] co-organisation of the \href{http://sc14.supercomputing.org/schedule/event_detail-evid=wksp152.html}{1st International Workshop on \emph{HPC User Support Tools} (HUST-14)} at SC'14, New Orleans (USA), Nov. 2014
+\item[] Co-organisation of 11 EasyBuild hackathons across Europe + Austin (US) (2011--2016)
+\item[] Co-organisation of the \href{http://sc14.supercomputing.org/schedule/event_detail-evid=wksp152.html}{1st International Workshop on \emph{HPC User Support Tools} (HUST-14)} at SC'14, New Orleans (USA), Nov. 2014
 %\item[] \emph{5 Years of Getting Scientific Software Installed Using}, presentation at HPC Knowledge Portal conference 2017, San Sebastian (Spain), June 2017 (\url{http://www.hpckp.org/index.php/conference/2017})
 
 \end{itemize}

sc24/EESSI/description.tex

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ \section*{Tutorial description}
 
 The \textbf{European Environment for Scientific Software Installations
 (EESSI)}\footnote{\href{https://eessi.io}{https://eessi.io}} project is a collaborative project
-between different partners in the HPC community supported by the MultiXscale EuroHPC Centre of Excellence to build a
+between different partners in the HPC community, supported by the \mbox{MultiXscale} EuroHPC Centre of Excellence, to build a
 common stack of optimised scientific software installations for everything from laptops to big HPC systems and cloud
 infrastructures.
 The project uses EasyBuild to install software on top of a compatibility layer (to give independence from the underlying
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ \section*{Tutorial description}
 scientific software installation that the users require are streamed (via CernVM-FS) to the host
 platform as they are accessed.
 
-EESSI is an initiative built on the foundations of the EasyBuild community (which is used by well over
-100 HPC sites worldwide (incl. JSC, CSCS, the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, LUMI,\ldots)), and goes one
+EESSI is an initiative built on the foundations of the EasyBuild community (which comprises of well over
+100 HPC sites worldwide, incl. JSC, CSCS, the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, LUMI, \ldots), and goes one
 step further by providing a truly uniform software stack.
 It already has a wide spectrum of collaborators despite being a relatively young project.
 
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ \subsection*{Tutorial Goals}
 variety of instruction set architectures (ISAs). Additionally, they will learn how to access EESSI in different ways such as native,
 in a production HPC setup as well as inside containers.
 
-The hands-on components will showcase the use cases of EESSI, how to add support for new software,
-troubleshooting, GPU support, and how they can contribute to EESSI.
+The hands-on components will showcase the basic usage of of EESSI, the use cases it enables, how to add support for new software,
+GPU support, and how they can contribute to EESSI.
 % They will also learn that EESSI
 % project consists of 3 layers, which are constructed by leveraging various open source software projects:
 % \begin{itemize}
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ \subsection*{Content level}
 
 \subsection*{Audience Prerequisites}
 Attendees wishing to participate in the guided examples are expected to use their
-own notebook computers with a working SSH client.
+own notebook computers.
 
 Detailed information on how to prepare for this tutorial will be provided
 through the tutorial website, similar to

sc24/EESSI/handson.tex

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ \subsection*{Hands-on feasibility analysis}
 Before each example session the theoretical concepts are explained through a consistent set of presentation materials.
 The guided examples will be carried out in a pre-configured environment on virtual machines in the Cloud that can be
 accessed by the
-attendees from their laptops using SSH. 
+attendees from their laptops.
 The examples cover accessing EESSI in different ways such as native, in a production HPC setup as well as inside
-containers, the use cases of EESSI, adding support for new software to EESSI, troubleshooting, GPU support, selected
+containers, the use cases of EESSI, adding support for new software to EESSI, GPU support, selected
 advanced features, and how to contribute to EESSI.
 % Each example builds on the previous one and hence also showcases a typical workflow.
 % The guided examples will happen mostly in the proximity of a coffee break allowing the attendees to continue

sc24/EESSI/main.tex

@@ -62,15 +62,18 @@
 
 % \author[1]{Sebastian Achilles}
 %\author[2]{Alan \'O Cais}
-\author[1]{Kenneth Hoste}
-\author[2]{Elisabeth Ortega-Carrasco}
-\author[2]{Jordi Blasco Pallares}
-\author[1]{Lara Peeters}
-\author[2]{Helena Vela Beltran}
+\author[1,4]{Kenneth Hoste}
+\author[2,4]{Elisabeth Ortega-Carrasco}
+\author[3,4]{Jordi Blasco Pallares}
+\author[1,5]{Lara Peeters}
+\author[2,5]{Helena Vela Beltran}
 % \affil[1]{J\"ulich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum J\"ulich GmbH, Germany}
 %\affil[2]{Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire (CECAM), Switzerland}
 \affil[1]{HPC-UGent, Ghent University, Belgium}
 \affil[2]{HPCNow!, Spain}
+\affil[3]{HPCNow!, New Zealand}
+\affil[4]{presenter}
+\affil[5]{assistant}
 
 \renewcommand\Authands{ and }
 

sc24/EESSI/outline.tex

@@ -12,23 +12,23 @@ \subsubsection*{Half-day format, 3 hours of tutorial content}
 \begin{itemize}[style=standard, labelwidth=1.9cm]
 
 
-    \item [00:00-00:10] \emph{(30min)} \textbf{Tutorial outline + Practical info}
+    \item [00:00-00:10] \emph{(10min)} \textbf{Tutorial outline + Practical info}
 
         To kick off the tutorial, we will briefly outline the contents of the tutorial,
         and provide practical information on accessing and using the prepared environment.
 
-        Attendees will be able to access the prepared environment through a standard internet browser,
-        without the need to install any software.
+        Attendees will be able to access the prepared environment through a standard internet browser
+        (without the need to install any software), or use SSH.
 
-    \item [00:10-00:40] \emph{(30min)} \textbf{Introduction to EESSI}
+    \item [00:10-00:30] \emph{(20min)} \textbf{Introduction to EESSI}
 
         We will start with a general introduction to the European Environment for Scientific Software
         Installations (EESSI), which covers the motivation, goals, and high-level design of the project.
 
         We will also briefly cover the relation to the MultiXscale EuroHPC Centre-of-Excellence,
         which is currently funding the development effort for EESSI.
 
-    \item [00:40-01:10] \emph{(30min)} \textbf{Using EESSI} \emph{(hands-on)}
+    \item [00:30-01:10] \emph{(40min)} \textbf{Using EESSI} \emph{(hands-on)}
 
         In the first hands-on part, we will focus on the user experience of EESSI.
         Attendees will learn how they can start using the rich software stack provided by EESSI.