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authors: ["Trevor Keller", "Alan O'Cais", "Wirawan Purwanto", "Annajiat Alim Rasel", "Andrew Reid", "Toby Hodges"]
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teaser: "Project teaching high-performance computing skills takes another step towards joining The Carpentries"
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title: "HPC Carpentry Enters Lesson Program Incubation"
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date: 2024-07-24
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time: "09:00:00"
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tags: ["HPC Carpentry", "Lesson Program Implementation"]
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---
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_Cross-posted, with minor changes of voice, from The Carpentries Blog post:
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[__HPC Carpentry Enters Lesson Program Incubation__][announce]._
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We are thrilled to announce that [HPC Carpentry][hpcc] has entered Lesson
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Program Incubation with [The Carpentries][carpentries]. This is another big
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step towards the project joining Data Carpentry, Library Carpentry and Software
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Carpentry as The Carpentries Lesson Program.
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Toby Hodges, The Carpentries Director of Curriculum, said:
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> I am delighted to see HPC Carpentry move a big step closer to joining The
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> Carpentries. I attended my first HPC Carpentry workshop in Dublin in 2018 --
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> the day before the first ever CarpentryCon! -- and have been enthusiastically
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> following them ever since. I know from previous roles how challenging it can
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> be for researchers to get to grips with high-performance computing
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> environments, and the positive impact good-quality training in these skills
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> can have on the scale and reproducibility of their work. So I find the
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> prospect of adding HPC Carpentry workshops to the list of training offered by
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> The Carpentries really exciting. The project is also supported by an
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> inspiring community that shares the values of our own: adopting the project
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> as an official Lesson Program and merging our two communities will strengthen
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> both groups.
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Alan O'Cais, a member of the HPC Carpentry Steering Committee said:
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> I organised that first workshop in Dublin in 2018! Even before then, there
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> were others in the community working hard for a Carpentries direction for HPC
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> training. Given all those incremental efforts of different people over the
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> years, it's really satisfying to see the tree they planted and nurtured start
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> to blossom in the way they hoped. Of course this is only the beginning, but
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> we are now in a place where we can really address the pedagogical and
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> technical challenges that an HPC Carpentry Lesson Program raises. I look
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> forward to a time when any lingering sense of eliteness around HPC is gone,
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> and it is seen for what it should really be: just another tool in our
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> learners' box!
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## How You Can Get Involved
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### Help with Workshops
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During Lesson Program incubation, the HPC Carpentry community will continue to
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teach and gather feedback on their workshops. You can help with this!
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If you are interested in teaching an HPC Carpentry workshop to your local
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community, hosting a workshop taught by other Instructors, or getting involved
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in an existing workshop as an Instructor or Helper, [HPC Carpentry wants to
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hear from you](mailto:[email protected])!
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### Contribute to Lessons
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HPC Carpentry is looking to expand its community of contributors to the
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existing lesson projects. Many members of The Carpentries community will have
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expertise and experience to bring to the project's lessons. During the
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Incubation phase, HPC Carpentry will be establishing and polishing its core
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curriculum, and you can help to guide the ongoing development of the lesson
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program.
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### Tell Your Friends!
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Do you know somebody who may be interested in contributing to HPC Carpentry, or
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who could benefit from learning the skills it teaches? If so, tell them about
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it and share the information below about how they can learn more and get
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involved.
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* __Contact:__ [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
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* __Website:__ [hpc-carpentry.org][hpcc]
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* __Community Calls:__ 11:00 & 21:00 UTC on the first & third Thursdays of every month
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* [Find these calls in the Community Calendar][community]
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## More About HPC Carpentry
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As computational power has exploded, and with it the size of problems that can
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be solved computationally, High Performance Computing (HPC) has become
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fundamental science lab equipment. _Not_ using HPC is likely to put you at a
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disadvantage, but new users are often unable to engage because of the
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complexity of HPC resources and the lack of formal curricula to teach HPC
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skills. The mission of HPC Carpentry is to lower the barrier to entry to HPC
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operations for a wide range of users, so that more learners can benefit from
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the increasing availability of increasingly sophisticated computer systems.
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The core curriculum of HPC Carpentry bridges the gap between using a laptop and
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wielding a supercomputer through 3 lessons:
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* the [Software Carpentry Unix Shell][shell] lesson,
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* an [Introduction to High Performance Computing][intro] lesson, and,
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* a lesson on [HPC Workflow Management][work] (with Snakemake)
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## More about the Incubation Process
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After several years of development and informal communication between the
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organisations, HPC Carpentry applied for and was invited to enter the
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Incubation process to formally join The Carpentries. Incubation is the second
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of three phases in a process that onboards new projects into The
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Carpentries. During this phase, a new Lesson Program has 18 months to
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demonstrate high-quality curriculum, demand for workshops, a healthy community
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of contributors, and structures and policies that can align with The
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Carpentries existing governance. We're excited to take this step towards
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onboarding another Lesson Program into The Carpentries and invite you to
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support the efforts of HPC Carpentry as they continue to build out their
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community and lesson infrastructure!
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Learn more about the Lesson Program Incubation process in the
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[Community Handbook][handbook].
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[announce]: https://carpentries.org/blog/2024/07/hpc-carpentry-incubation-announcement/
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[carpentries]: https://carpentries.org
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[community]: https://carpentries.org/community/#community-events
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[handbook]: (https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/governance/lesson-program-policy.html)
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[hpcc]: https://hpc-carpentry.org/
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[shell]: https://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice
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[intro]: https://carpentries-incubator.github.io/hpc-intro/
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[work]: https://carpentries-incubator.github.io/hpc-workflows/

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