2019 CHPC-NITheP Summer School

In late January 2019, the CHPC and NITheP combined the 9th CHPC Introductory Programming School and the30th Chris Engelbrecht Summer School in a joint venture aimed at bridging the gap between theoretical studies and high performance computing. The workshop took place from 26 January 2019 until 6 February 2019, at the Premier Resort. The school that was attended by 70 students and speakers targeted Master’s and Doctoral students engaged in science and engineering degrees in South African Universities. The syllabus covered an introduction toLinux, which covered a basic introduction to the Linux command line, bash scripting and Introduction to PBS Pro and job submission at CHPC. It was conducted by Dr Krishna Govender, CHPC Research Scientist, with the support of Dr Daniel Moeketsi, CHPC Research Scientist and HPC Technician, Zama Mtshali.