Dear NERSC users, Below are some upcoming training events in December that you are encouraged to attend:1) Learn to Use Spin to Build Science Gateways at NERSC: Next SpinUp Workshop Starts December 6! Spin is a service platform at NERSC based on Docker container technology. It can be used to deploy science gateways, workflow managers, databases, and all sorts of other services that can access NERSC systems and storage on the back end. New large-memory nodes have been added to the platform, increasing the potential of the platform for new memory-constrained applications. To learn more about how Spin works and what it can do, please listen to the NERSC User News podcast on Spin: https://anchor.fm/nersc-news/episodes/Spin--Interview-with-Cory-Snavely-and-Val-Hendrix-e1pa7p . Attend an upcoming SpinUp workshop to learn to use Spin for your own science gateway projects! Applications for sessions that begin Wednesday, December 6 are now open <https://www.nersc.gov/spinup-workshop-dec2023/>. SpinUp is hands-on and interactive, so space is limited. Participants will attend an instructional session and a hack-a-thon to learn about the platform, create running services, and learn maintenance and troubleshooting techniques. Local and remote participants are welcome. If you can't make these upcoming sessions, never fear! More sessions are being planned for next year. See a video of Spin in action at the Spin documentation <https://docs.nersc.gov/services/spin/> page. 2) Using HPE Cray Programming Environment to Port and Optimize Applications to a GPU Environment using OpenMP Offload or OpenACC, December 7 This NERSC-hosted training presented by HPE Distinguished Technologist John Levesque will demonstrate how the HPE Cray Programming Environment can be used to port codes to hybrid systems with GPUs via OpenMP Offload and/or OpenACC directives. The three-hour tutorial will have lecture and hands-on exercises throughout, to help attendees learn about the compiler, performance analysis tools, and debuggers targeting GPU usage. Attendees can bring their own applications or work on example codes. For more details and to register, please see https://www.nersc.gov/using-hpe-programming-env-for-gpus-dec2023. 3) Kokkos User Group Meeting December 12-15 The Kokkos team is excited to announce the upcoming Kokkos User Group Meeting 2023, which will be held on the 12th through 15th of December 2023 in Albuquerque, NM. This meeting is an opportunity for the growing Kokkos community to come together to present progress in adopting Kokkos, exchange experiences, discuss challenges, and help set priorities for the future roadmap of Kokkos. We are inviting submissions for 20-minute presentations and/or 5min lightning talks that focus on the following topic areas: - Kokkos use-cases - Performance Analysis - Development practices and debugging - Experiences with teaching/learning Kokkos - Student contributions For registration and more details visit https://kokkos.github.io/community/kug-2023. 4) IDEAS-ECP Webinar on "Secure Software Programming Practices and Development", December 13 The next webinar in the Best Practices for HPC Software Developers <http://ideas-productivity.org/events/hpc-best-practices-webinars/> series is entitled "Secure Software Programming Practices and Development", and will take place on Wednesday, December 13, at 10:00 am Pacific time. This webinar, presented by Nitin Sukhija (Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania), will discuss a development process and practices that incorporate secure software knowledge into scientific software development. The process seeks to mitigate and defend against malicious attacks that can cause extreme damage to any software, compromising integrity, authentication, availability, and long-term sustainability. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. Please register at the event webpage <https://www.exascaleproject.org/event/securesoftware/>. Best Regards, Helen He NERSC Training _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@nersc.gov