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\author{\textbf{Andrew Fitz Gibbon} \\
  \small Shodor Foundation \\
  \texttt{fitz \textit{at} cs.earlham.edu} \normalsize \\
  \and
  \textbf{Sam Leeman-Munk} \\
  \small Shodor Foundation \\
  \texttt{sleemanmunk \textit{at} gmail.com} \normalsize \\
  \and
  \textbf{Tom Murphy} \\
  \small Contra Costa College \\
  \texttt{tmurphy \textit{at} contracosta.edu} \normalsize \\
  \and
  \textbf{Charlie Peck} \\
  \small Earlham College \\
  \texttt{charliep \textit{at} cs.earlham.edu} \normalsize \\
  \and
  \textbf{Skylar Thompson} \\
  \small University of Washington \\
  \texttt{skylar \textit{at} cs.earlham.edu} \normalsize \\
  \and
  \textbf{Aaron Weeden} \\
  \small Earlham College\\
  \texttt{amweeden06 \textit{at} cs.earlham.edu} \\
}
\title{Bootable Cluster CD \\ Intro Parallel 2011}
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\maketitle

\begin{slide}{Sponsors}
  
  \begin{itemize}
    
  \item Intel Corporation
    
  \item Supercomputing Conference
    
  \item Earlham College
    
  \item Shodor Foundation
    
  \item Contra Costa College
    
  \end{itemize}
  
\end{slide}

\begin{slide}{What is the BCCD?}
  
  \begin{itemize}
    
  \item A software tool for domain educators for teaching CSE
    
  \item A stable platform for the writing of curricula for CSE
    
  \item A live CD with pre-configured clustering software
    
  \item One part of a larger CSE community
    
    \subitem Shodor Foundation
    
    \subitem National Computational Sciences Institute (NCSI)
    
    \subitem CSE Reference Desk (CSERD)
    
  \item ``Teaching Parallelism Made Easy''
    
    \subitem Just keep pushing ``Enter''
    
  \end{itemize}
  
\end{slide}

\begin{slide}{Short history}
  
  \begin{itemize}
    
  \item First versions developed by Paul Gray and Students at University of Northern Iowa
    
  \item Current version (BCCDv3) collaboratively developed by a number of educational institutions
    
  \item BCCDv3 much easier to maintain and able to respond to new needs
    
  \item BCCDv3 has the same user experience as BCCDv2, so curricula written for
    v2 will still work with v3
    
  \end{itemize}
  
\end{slide}

\begin{slide}{What is the problem?}
  
  \begin{itemize}
    
  \item STEM education is more important than ever \cite{Wing:2006:CT:1118178.1118215}
    
  \item Computers have become a large part of any science curriculum
    
  \item BUT ... it's hard to find suitable resources for teaching computational science and parallel programming at scale
    
  \item Many schools do not have the resources or expertise to provide the hardware or software
    
  \item Those that do tend to provide the resources primarily for research and not for education
    
  \item Even with a dedicated educational resource, it tends not to be ``hands-on'', and is difficult to see how it works.
    
  \end{itemize}
  
\end{slide}

\begin{slide}{How is BCCD a solution?}
  
  \begin{itemize}
    
  \item Almost every school will have a computer lab. BCCD is designed to be used on existing systems non-disruptively.
    
  \item Many laptops are now dual-core. Virtualization software can be used to setup a cluster right in front of you.
    
  \item Regardless of how it's used, BCCD provides an environment that facilitates education.
    
  \end{itemize}
  
\end{slide}

\begin{slide}{Live Demo!}
  
  \begin{itemize}
  \item Double click on VMware player
  \item Go to File-\textgreater\ New
  \item Click on ``Install OS Later''
  \item Select ``Linux'', then make sure ``Ubuntu'' is selected
  \item Set the name to ``BCCD''
  \item Take the defaults for the storage
  \item Click Customize
  \item Set Procs-\textgreater\ 4 (if your system says QUAD) or 2
  \item Set the Network Adapter-\textgreater\ Bridged
  \end{itemize}
  
\end{slide}

\begin{slide}{Boot}
  
  \begin{itemize}
    
  \item Just keep pressing Enter.
    
  \end{itemize}
  
\end{slide}

\begin{slide}{GalaxSee - Single node}
  
  \begin{itemize}
    
  \item \texttt{\$ cd \$HOME/GalaxSee}
  \item \texttt{\$ module purge \&\& module load mpich2}
  \item \texttt{\$ make}
  \item \texttt{\$ time mpirun -np 1 \$HOME/GalaxSee 500 400 5000}
  \item \texttt{\$ time mpirun -np 2 \$HOME/GalaxSee 500 400 5000}
  \item You might not see speedup in VMware, because of virtualization overhead.

  \end{itemize}

\end{slide}

\begin{slide}{GalaxSee - Multi-node}
  \begin{itemize}
  \item \texttt{\$ bccd-snarfhosts}
  \item \texttt{\$ cat \$HOME/machines}
  \item \texttt{\$ bccd-syncdir --ni \$HOME/GalaxSee \textbackslash}
    \subitem \texttt{\$HOME/machines}
  \item \texttt{\$ time mpirun -np 16 \textbackslash} 
    \subitem \texttt{/tmp/\$(hostname -s)-\$(whoami)/GalaxSee \textbackslash}
    \subitem \texttt{500 400 5000}
  \item Once again, speedup is limited by virtualization.
    
  \end{itemize}
  
\end{slide}

\begin{slide}{Miscellaneous information}
  
  \begin{description}
    
  \item[Where to find documentation?] \url{http://bccd.net}
  \item[What software is available?] \texttt{module avail}
  \item[How to load new software?] \texttt{module load \textit{name}}
  \item[How to unload software?] \texttt{module unload \textit{name}}
  \item[How to reset networking?] \texttt{sudo /bin/bccd-reset-network}, use the password you set when you booted
    
  \end{description}
  
\end{slide}

\begin{slide}{References}
  
  \bibliography{../bccd}{}
  \bibliographystyle{plain}
  
\end{slide}

\begin{slide}{Questions (and answers)}
  
\end{slide}

\end{document}