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Outreach

2010-02-02T16:39:28Z

Rkufrin: /* Upcoming Workshops */

==Workshops==

===Previous Workshops===

We have previously taught workshops and tutorials at [http://sc08.supercomputing.org SC'08], [http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/conferences/index.html LCI'09], [http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2009/ ICCS 2009], [http://www.teragrid.org/tg09/ TeraGrid'09], and [http://sc09.supercomputing.org SC '09].

===Upcoming Workshops===
March 8, 2010 LCI '10 tutorial:

[http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/conferences/program.html Using POINT Performance Tools (PAPI, PerfSuite, TAU, Scalasca and Vampir) to Understand and Optimize Multicore Codes]

===Workshop Materials===
The POINT LiveDVD which contains lecture slides, tool software, and workshop examples, is available [http://tau.uoregon.edu/point.iso here]. You can use the LiveDVD to boot your computer with a patched Linux kernel that can access the processor hardware counters.

==Portal==
The TAU Portal is an extension of the TAU Performance System. The Portal is designed to help users manage their high-performance computing applications and performance data, and to facilitate collaboration with performance analysis experts. Using the Portal, you can create a password-protected workspace that will be accessible only to you and your colleagues. You may upload performance data from any of the POINT tools, as well as some third-party tools, into your workspace. The sidebar of thePortal now has a ParaProf launcher button that will show you all the performance data in the workspace in one ParaProf window. You can log comments, experiment notes, or performance questions directly on the Portal to be shared with your colleagues.

Go to the [http://tau.nic.uoregon.edu/user/login TAU Portal] to create an account, login, or see the demo.

Outreach

2010-02-02T16:36:40Z

Rkufrin: /* Previous Workshops */

==Workshops==

===Previous Workshops===

We have previously taught workshops and tutorials at [http://sc08.supercomputing.org SC'08], [http://www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/conferences/index.html LCI'09], [http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2009/ ICCS 2009], [http://www.teragrid.org/tg09/ TeraGrid'09], and [http://sc09.supercomputing.org SC '09].

===Upcoming Workshops===

November 16, 2009 SC'09 tutorial:

[http://scyourway.nacse.org/conference/view/tut138 Productive Performance Engineering of Petascale Applications with POINT and VI-HPS]

===Workshop Materials===
The POINT LiveDVD which contains lecture slides, tool software, and workshop examples, is available [http://tau.uoregon.edu/point.iso here]. You can use the LiveDVD to boot your computer with a patched Linux kernel that can access the processor hardware counters.

==Portal==
The TAU Portal is an extension of the TAU Performance System. The Portal is designed to help users manage their high-performance computing applications and performance data, and to facilitate collaboration with performance analysis experts. Using the Portal, you can create a password-protected workspace that will be accessible only to you and your colleagues. You may upload performance data from any of the POINT tools, as well as some third-party tools, into your workspace. The sidebar of thePortal now has a ParaProf launcher button that will show you all the performance data in the workspace in one ParaProf window. You can log comments, experiment notes, or performance questions directly on the Portal to be shared with your colleagues.

Go to the [http://tau.nic.uoregon.edu/user/login TAU Portal] to create an account, login, or see the demo.

News

2010-01-29T03:09:40Z

Rkufrin:

==January 25 2010==
[http://perfsuite.ncsa.uiuc.edu PerfSuite 1.0.0 alpha 4 released]
* Updated for compatibility with PAPI version 4.

* Numerous enhancements to the psprocess utility (Java version).

* A redesign of the Java metric calculation API for efficiency.

* Additional bug fixes and enhancements.

==October 28 2009==
[http://perfsuite.ncsa.uiuc.edu PerfSuite 1.0.0 alpha 3 released]
* A new Java-based version of the "psprocess" command (the existing Tcl version is still available).

* A new JVMTI-based Java agent called "psjrun" for performance measurement of unmodified Java programs. This is the Java analogue of PerfSuite's "psrun" command.

==August 31 2009==
[http://perfsuite.ncsa.uiuc.edu PerfSuite 1.0.0 alpha 2 released]
* New Java API for performance measurement of Java programs.

* New support for calculation of derived metrics via a Java API that interprets metric definitions encoded in PerfSuite format.

* Expanded support for generation of Cube files; now supports parallel runs.

==July 10 2009==
[http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/scalasca/software/download#scalasca Scalasca 1.2 released]
Includes improved support for OpenMP & hybrid MPI/OpenMP codes, MPI File I/O analysis, PGI compilers,
Cray XT & NEC-SX, a new User Guide, and numerous other bug fixes & improvements.

[http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/scalasca/software/download#cube CUBE 3.2 released]
Stand-alone distribution of the graphical user interface component of Scalasca 1.2.

==June 22 2009==
[http://tau.uoregon.edu/point.iso POINT LiveDVD] now points to the latest version of the LiveDVD used in POINT training workshops. It adds support for the
latest releases of PAPI, TAU, VampirTrace, and Scalasca and features
workshop examples for VampirTrace and Scalasca.

==May 15 2009==
[http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/tau/news.php TAU v2.18.2 released]

==March 4 2009==
[http://perfsuite.ncsa.uiuc.edu Perfsuite 1.0.0 alpha 1 released]
* Introduction of Java-based software into PerfSuite, with the first component being a Java package for programmatic access to data contained in PerfSuite-generated XML documents.

* PerfSuite can now generate output files suitable for use with the Cube visualization tool. Cube is part of Scalasca, a set of open source software tools for scalable performance analysis.

==January 23 2009==
[http://icl.cs.utk.edu/papi/news/news.html?id=203 Support for Intel Core i7 (Nehalem)]
PAPI now supports Intel's new Core i7 (Nehalem) processor.

==January 22 2009==
[http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/tau/news.php TAU v2.18.1 released]

TAU can now interface with PGI's runtime library and extract performance information associated with kernels that execute on the GPGPUs. TAU tracks the interactions with the GPGPU as seen from the host and generates the performance data. This data includes the name of the routine, file, line number as well as block and grid sizes and individual variable names. This feature works with PGI 8.0.3+ compilers that support the #acc region/end region directives. These source annotations may be placed around loops to automatically generate GPGPU code that executes on CUDA enabled NVidia cards. Users do not need to write any GPGPU specific code explicity. Instead, they use a compiler flag (-ta=nvidia) to generate this code using a special add-on package with the PGI compiler.

This release improves support for Charm++ and NAMD. We have a [http://www.nic.uoregon.edu/tau-wiki/Guide:NAMDTAU wiki page] that describes how to build and use TAU with NAMD.

==November 10 2008==
The POINT team will have a large presence at [http://sc08.supercomputing.org/ SuperComputing 2008] including our full day [http://scyourway.nacse.org/conference/view/tut136 tutorial] Monday (8:30am-5:00pm) and our [http://scyourway.nacse.org/conference/view/bof127 BOF presentation] on Tuesday (12:15pm-1:15pm).

You can also find our team at their respective booths:
* [http://scyourway.nacse.org/exhibits/view/NCSA National Center for Supercomputing Applications (booth 351)]
* University of Oregon at the [http://scyourway.nacse.org/exhibits/view/NNSA_ASC NNSA ASC (booth 521)]
* [http://scyourway.nacse.org/exhibits/view/Pittsburgh_Supercomputing_Center Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (booth 741)]

==June 9th 2008==
We have a put together a [[Media:POINT.pdf|Poster (PDF)]] for [http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/tg08/ TeraGrid '08], it provides a good introduction to the POINT project.

==March 21st 2008==

HPC wire has written an article about our project, here is the [http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/2232188.html link].

==February 8th 2008==
The first iteration of the website has been deployed; take a look around and learn more about our project.

News

2009-10-28T16:16:07Z

Rkufrin:

==October 28 2009==
[http://perfsuite.ncsa.uiuc.edu PerfSuite 1.0.0 alpha 3 released]
* A new Java-based version of the "psprocess" command (the existing Tcl version is still available).

* A new JVMTI-based Java agent called "psjrun" for performance measurement of unmodified Java programs. This is the Java analogue of PerfSuite's "psrun" command.

==August 31 2009==
[http://perfsuite.ncsa.uiuc.edu PerfSuite 1.0.0 alpha 2 released]
* New Java API for performance measurement of Java programs.

* New support for calculation of derived metrics via a Java API that interprets metric definitions encoded in PerfSuite format.

* Expanded support for generation of Cube files; now supports parallel runs.

==July 10 2009==
[http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/scalasca/software/download#scalasca Scalasca 1.2 released]
Includes improved support for OpenMP & hybrid MPI/OpenMP codes, MPI File I/O analysis, PGI compilers,
Cray XT & NEC-SX, a new User Guide, and numerous other bug fixes & improvements.

[http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/scalasca/software/download#cube CUBE 3.2 released]
Stand-alone distribution of the graphical user interface component of Scalasca 1.2.

==June 22 2009==
[http://tau.uoregon.edu/point.iso POINT LiveDVD] now points to the latest version of the LiveDVD used in POINT training workshops. It adds support for the
latest releases of PAPI, TAU, VampirTrace, and Scalasca and features
workshop examples for VampirTrace and Scalasca.

==May 15 2009==
[http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/tau/news.php TAU v2.18.2 released]

==March 4 2009==
[http://perfsuite.ncsa.uiuc.edu Perfsuite 1.0.0 alpha 1 released]
* Introduction of Java-based software into PerfSuite, with the first component being a Java package for programmatic access to data contained in PerfSuite-generated XML documents.

* PerfSuite can now generate output files suitable for use with the Cube visualization tool. Cube is part of Scalasca, a set of open source software tools for scalable performance analysis.

==January 23 2009==
[http://icl.cs.utk.edu/papi/news/news.html?id=203 Support for Intel Core i7 (Nehalem)]
PAPI now supports Intel's new Core i7 (Nehalem) processor.

==January 22 2009==
[http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/tau/news.php TAU v2.18.1 released]

TAU can now interface with PGI's runtime library and extract performance information associated with kernels that execute on the GPGPUs. TAU tracks the interactions with the GPGPU as seen from the host and generates the performance data. This data includes the name of the routine, file, line number as well as block and grid sizes and individual variable names. This feature works with PGI 8.0.3+ compilers that support the #acc region/end region directives. These source annotations may be placed around loops to automatically generate GPGPU code that executes on CUDA enabled NVidia cards. Users do not need to write any GPGPU specific code explicity. Instead, they use a compiler flag (-ta=nvidia) to generate this code using a special add-on package with the PGI compiler.

This release improves support for Charm++ and NAMD. We have a [http://www.nic.uoregon.edu/tau-wiki/Guide:NAMDTAU wiki page] that describes how to build and use TAU with NAMD.

==November 10 2008==
The POINT team will have a large presence at [http://sc08.supercomputing.org/ SuperComputing 2008] including our full day [http://scyourway.nacse.org/conference/view/tut136 tutorial] Monday (8:30am-5:00pm) and our [http://scyourway.nacse.org/conference/view/bof127 BOF presentation] on Tuesday (12:15pm-1:15pm).

You can also find our team at their respective booths:
* [http://scyourway.nacse.org/exhibits/view/NCSA National Center for Supercomputing Applications (booth 351)]
* University of Oregon at the [http://scyourway.nacse.org/exhibits/view/NNSA_ASC NNSA ASC (booth 521)]
* [http://scyourway.nacse.org/exhibits/view/Pittsburgh_Supercomputing_Center Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (booth 741)]

==June 9th 2008==
We have a put together a [[Media:POINT.pdf|Poster (PDF)]] for [http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/tg08/ TeraGrid '08], it provides a good introduction to the POINT project.

==March 21st 2008==

HPC wire has written an article about our project, here is the [http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/2232188.html link].

==February 8th 2008==
The first iteration of the website has been deployed; take a look around and learn more about our project.

News

2009-10-26T19:30:59Z

Rkufrin:

==August 31 2009==
[http://perfsuite.ncsa.uiuc.edu PerfSuite 1.0.0 alpha 2 released]
* New Java API for performance measurement of Java programs.

* New support for calculation of derived metrics via a Java API that interprets metric definitions encoded in PerfSuite format.

* Expanded support for generation of Cube files; now supports parallel runs.

==July 10 2009==
[http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/scalasca/software/download#scalasca Scalasca 1.2 released]
Includes improved support for OpenMP & hybrid MPI/OpenMP codes, MPI File I/O analysis, PGI compilers,
Cray XT & NEC-SX, a new User Guide, and numerous other bug fixes & improvements.

[http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/scalasca/software/download#cube CUBE 3.2 released]
Stand-alone distribution of the graphical user interface component of Scalasca 1.2.

==June 22 2009==
[http://tau.uoregon.edu/point.iso POINT LiveDVD] now points to the latest version of the LiveDVD used in POINT training workshops. It adds support for the
latest releases of PAPI, TAU, VampirTrace, and Scalasca and features
workshop examples for VampirTrace and Scalasca.

==May 15 2009==
[http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/tau/news.php TAU v2.18.2 released]

==March 4 2009==
[http://perfsuite.ncsa.uiuc.edu Perfsuite 1.0.0 alpha 1 released]
* Introduction of Java-based software into PerfSuite, with the first component being a Java package for programmatic access to data contained in PerfSuite-generated XML documents.

* PerfSuite can now generate output files suitable for use with the Cube visualization tool. Cube is part of Scalasca, a set of open source software tools for scalable performance analysis.

==January 23 2009==
[http://icl.cs.utk.edu/papi/news/news.html?id=203 Support for Intel Core i7 (Nehalem)]
PAPI now supports Intel's new Core i7 (Nehalem) processor.

==January 22 2009==
[http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/tau/news.php TAU v2.18.1 released]

TAU can now interface with PGI's runtime library and extract performance information associated with kernels that execute on the GPGPUs. TAU tracks the interactions with the GPGPU as seen from the host and generates the performance data. This data includes the name of the routine, file, line number as well as block and grid sizes and individual variable names. This feature works with PGI 8.0.3+ compilers that support the #acc region/end region directives. These source annotations may be placed around loops to automatically generate GPGPU code that executes on CUDA enabled NVidia cards. Users do not need to write any GPGPU specific code explicity. Instead, they use a compiler flag (-ta=nvidia) to generate this code using a special add-on package with the PGI compiler.

This release improves support for Charm++ and NAMD. We have a [http://www.nic.uoregon.edu/tau-wiki/Guide:NAMDTAU wiki page] that describes how to build and use TAU with NAMD.

==November 10 2008==
The POINT team will have a large presence at [http://sc08.supercomputing.org/ SuperComputing 2008] including our full day [http://scyourway.nacse.org/conference/view/tut136 tutorial] Monday (8:30am-5:00pm) and our [http://scyourway.nacse.org/conference/view/bof127 BOF presentation] on Tuesday (12:15pm-1:15pm).

You can also find our team at their respective booths:
* [http://scyourway.nacse.org/exhibits/view/NCSA National Center for Supercomputing Applications (booth 351)]
* University of Oregon at the [http://scyourway.nacse.org/exhibits/view/NNSA_ASC NNSA ASC (booth 521)]
* [http://scyourway.nacse.org/exhibits/view/Pittsburgh_Supercomputing_Center Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (booth 741)]

==June 9th 2008==
We have a put together a [[Media:POINT.pdf|Poster (PDF)]] for [http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/tg08/ TeraGrid '08], it provides a good introduction to the POINT project.

==March 21st 2008==

HPC wire has written an article about our project, here is the [http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/2232188.html link].

==February 8th 2008==
The first iteration of the website has been deployed; take a look around and learn more about our project.

Project Info

2008-02-11T22:28:46Z

Rkufrin:

The Productivity from Open, INtegrated Tools (POINT) project is funded as part of the NSF's [http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5174 Software Development for Cyberinfrastructure (SDCI)] program. The goal of the this project will be to integrate, harden, and deploy an open, portable, robust performance tools environment for NSF-funded high-performance computing centers. We will leverage the widely-used [http://tau.uoregon.edu TAU], [http://icl.cs.utk.edu/papi/ PAPI], [http://icl.cs.utk.edu/kojak/ KOJAK], and [http://perfsuite.ncsa.uiuc.edu/ PerfSuite] technologies as core components, improving them as necessary to meet our stringent support guidelines.

* [[Milestones|Project Milestones]]

Four major institutions are collaborating in this project: [http://www.uoregon.edu University of Oregon], [http://www.utk.edu University of Tennessee at Knoxville] and [http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu National Center for Supercomputing Applications] are developing the performance tools. The [http://psc.edu Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center] is helping to introduce these tools to the HPC community.

* [[People|Principal Researchers]]