Andrew J. Caird Director of High Performance Computing University of Michigan College of Engineering phone: 734.647.5273 fax: 734.763.7830 address: Center for Advanced Computing 2356 Duderstadt Ctr. 2281 Bonisteel Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2094 email: acaird at the umich edu institution PGP:PGP/GPG Public Key

LaTeX: Eh? What is it, what isn't it, who cares?

I gave this talk in the Fall of 2005 to the U of M Engineering CAEN Hotline students; it is intended as a brief introduction to the TeX and LaTeX typesetting packages. The slides can be downloaded in PDF.

Queuing and Scheduling on Compute Clusters

I gave this talk to the U of M Cluster Administrators group in January of 2006; it is intended as an overview of queuing and scheduling on compute clusters, including a overview of software, techniques, and our experiences at the Center for Advanced Computing. The slides can be downloaded in PDF.

Introduction to the Center for Advanced Computing

This is a summary of what the Center for Advanced Computing was in May 2005; much of what is in here was out of date in June 2005. For updated information contact the Center for Advanced Computing. The slides can be downloaded in PDF.

A Brief Introduction to the Center for Advanced Computing

I gave this talk in May 2006 to the Bioinformatics group at U of M; it is very focused on the mechanics of using the CAC and very specific to our local environment. The slides are available here in PDF and a video of the talk is available here in streaming Quicktime and here as a downloadable .mov file.

EITC 2006: HPC at the University of Michigan College of Engineering

I gave this talk at the 2006 Big10 Engineering IT Conference (EITC) in October 2006 at UIUC. The slides are available here in PDF.

Scheduling Jobs on Clusters

I gave this talk as part of the CAEN Staff Brownbag Lunch Seminar series on March 21, 2007. It is a brief introduction the the ideas behind job scheduling and a little bit about how we do it at the CAC. The slides are available here in PDF.

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