Welcome to the HPC Training Working Group

• Double check with Nvidia if we can record

• Julia training with ORNL hosted by LANL
  • Thu 7/16/26 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Cross-advertised by NERSC and NCAR
• Rust training with PNNL hosted by LANL
  • Thu 7/30/26 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• NERSC workflow training
  • https://www.nersc.gov/workflows-may-2026

Discussed an SC26 submission

• Prepare a BoF submission?
• Prepare a Panel submission?

Discuss Spack training

• Interest in hosting a Spack training event
• Requesting potential dates for an event

Discussed meeting format

• Open forum preferred?
• Agenda-driven preferred?

Discussed a USRSE'26 submission

• Refined goals for "Day in the Life" sections
• Need to revisit interest among the group

Discussed user personas

• What do our user bases look like?
• How can we learn more about each other's users?

Discuss CMake training

• 143 unique Day 1 attendees, 96 unique Day 2 attendees
• Training well-received with good feedback

Discussed training ideas

• Spack suggested for a future event
• Event could target Spack best practices and team guidance

Discussed hackathons

• Several hosting OpenHackathon events
• Mentors needed
• Typically 5-10 teams per event

Discussed a USRSE'26 submission

• Outline ready to be divvied up for writing
• Assigned intial authors for some sections

Welcoming new institutions

• North Dakota State University
• Stanford Univeristy

CMake Training

• Website

USRSE paper

• Deadline will be around mid of May 2026
• Brainstormed the outline
• Authors will add more bullet points and text before the next meeting

BPHTE25 paper

• Preprint published

Discussed CMake training

• Week of Feb. 23rd the current target
• Early system access needed for center-specific content

Discussed short-form content

• Several centers developing such videos
• 5-10 minutes a "sweet spot"
• Examples include "How to Login", "What is SSH"
• "Tip of the Day" when logging onto systems also popular

Discussed the paper opportunity

• Several interested
• Scope needs decided upon
• Compare academia, industry, and national labs?
• USRSE'26 a potential venue?

Discussed material collections

• Revisit the 2024 spreadsheet?
• HPC-ED an option

Shared resources

• https://www.youtube.com/@CornellCAC
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL20S5EeApOStFIgRcXq4ug8kzdobIP3mW
• https://www.youtube.com/@TACC_training/videos

• Idaho National Laboratory

• We are still interested in hosting the training
• The decision is postponed until after the government shutdown is resolved

• There is interest in developing a paper about experiences working at national labs
• The theme is not yet finalized
• The next step is to conduct a literature review to help decide on the focus

Discussed training opportunities

• All ready for ParaView training
• CMake training pending decision on funding
• LaTeX training available as part of Overleaf subscription

Discussed the BPHTE25 paper submission

• Full paper submitted
• Initial slides submitted
• Edits welcome to finalize slides

Discussed training opportunities

• Advertisement page live for ParaView training
• Who can contribute funds for CMake training?
• Who is interested in Chapel training?

Discussed the BPHTE25 paper submission

• Extended abstract submitted
• Full passes needed before paper submission

Discussed public presence

• Host a BoF at SC or ISC?
• Host a training collaborator matching event?

Discussed HPC Carpentry

• Shared experiences with past events
• Discussed training models and certification

Shared resources

• https://www.bpccenter.org/inspired-25
• https://intersect-training.org/training-links/
• https://opensource.utexas.edu/

• How to handle walk-in training events?
• Physical tokens or proxy accounts?

• How to split CMake training cost?
• Discussion to plan ParaView training soon
• Potential opportunity for Chapel training

• Center-specific drafts started
• Cross-center collaborations next

Discussed training advertisements

• Current Slack-based approach works well for centers
• Cross-center training calendar not needed at the time
• Targeted event-specific announcements bring most registrants

Discussed training opportunities

• Cross-center CMake training discussions in progress
• Potential opportunity for ParaView training

Discussed a BPHTE25 paper submission

• https://sighpceducation.acm.org/events/bphte25cfp/
• Highlight individual and collaborative efforts across centers
• Highlight challenges and lessons learned through the group
• Highlight other collaborative efforts in HPC education and training

• https://us-rse.org/usrse25/
• Highlight challenges and lessons learned through the group
• Highlight ways we've found to collaborate

Discussed ways to store training materials

• Box, Dropbox, GitHub, Google Drive
• No preference, let contributors decide when linking materials

Discussed updating last year's training spreadsheet

• Easy way to stay up to date on each other's efforts
• Continue to maintain as a Google Sheet?
• Document on GitHub instead?

Discussed HPC-ED for sharing training materials

• https://hpc-ed.github.io/
• Federated repository with many ways to contribute
• Already maintain a Google Sheet, update for HPC-ED?

Discussed monthly meeting notes

• Cumbersome to follow through email
• Document on GitHub instead

Discussed common goals

• Key goal to stay up to date on each other's efforts
• Set group goals for 2025

Discussed use of a GitHub repository to share training materials

• Provides a linkable, centralized location
• Eases collaborative development
• What does material licensing look like?

Discussed creation of a GitHub organization for the group

• Provides a referenceable public presence
• Create a working group repository under the OLCF organization?
  • Yes, create one similar to the HPC System Test Working Group

Discussed upcoming events across centers

• Cornell: Scientific Computing Training Series
• NERSC: Deep Learning at Scale Training
• OLCF: New User Training

Discussed how training allocations work across centers

• Training tokens vs. traditional logins