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@INPROCEEDINGS{Zjupa:1038177,
      author       = {Zjupa, Jolanta and Zhukov, Ilya},
      title        = {{M}odular structure of training courses in {HPC} at {JSC}},
      reportid     = {FZJ-2025-01224},
      year         = {2024},
      abstract     = {One of the major challenges in designing HPC related
                      training courses conducted at Supercomputer Centres is to
                      accommodate participants with diverse background and
                      expertise level in HPC. This is in contrast to university
                      lectures which are designed for students with similar
                      knowledge base as they progress through the curriculum. The
                      course structure should impart the knowledge of HPC basics
                      to newcomers while augmenting the knowledge base of more
                      experienced HPC users. A way to achieve this is by
                      introducing a modular course structure.The modularity
                      concept is applied onto the scheduling of lectures,
                      thematically grouping them into topical study units, as well
                      as to hands-on exercises that are crucial in HPC and
                      facilitate the internalisation of the learned
                      content.Furthermore, the modularity concept extends also to
                      the course registration process. It comes with the advantage
                      of allowing selective booking of course parts, which allows
                      for efficient planning of the needed human resources on the
                      instructors’ side. Ultimately, this leads to a setup where
                      more student can be admitted to course parts relevant to
                      them and thus profit from the offered training. This however
                      comes at the drawback of increased organisational effort on
                      the organisers’ side.We showcase the implementation of
                      modular structure in two running courses, namely
                      ‘Introduction to parallel programming with MPI and
                      OpenMP’ conducted on-site at JSC/FZJ and ‘Introduction
                      to Supercomputing at JSC - Theory $\&$ Practice’ conducted
                      online, and share our first hand experience conducting those
                      modular training courses.Clear communication of the modular
                      structure and the associated difficulty levels was observed
                      to lead to an increased ability amongst the participants to
                      focus on course parts primarily relevant to them, as well as
                      to higher levels of engagement during those course parts.},
      month         = {Nov},
      date          = {2024-11-21},
      organization  = {Talking about Education Across
                       Communities at Helmholtz, Berlin
                       (Germany), 21 Nov 2024 - 22 Nov 2024},
      subtyp        = {After Call},
      cin          = {JSC},
      cid          = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406},
      pnm          = {5112 - Cross-Domain Algorithms, Tools, Methods Labs (ATMLs)
                      and Research Groups (POF4-511) / BMBF 01 1H1 6013, NRW 325
                      – 8.03 – 133340 - SiVeGCS (DB001492) / ATMLAO - ATML
                      Application Optimization and User Service Tools (ATMLAO)},
      pid          = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5112 / G:(DE-Juel-1)DB001492 /
                      G:(DE-Juel-1)ATMLAO},
      typ          = {PUB:(DE-HGF)6},
      url          = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1038177},
}