Advanced School In High Performance and Grid Computing

3 - 14 November 2008
the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics - Trieste, Italy

GUIDELINES FOR REQUESTING PARTICIPATION

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GENERAL
• Scientists and students from all countries which are members of the United Nations,
UNESCO or IAEA may attend the activity.
• Participants must have an adequate working knowledge of English.
• Although the main purpose of the Centre is to help research workers from developing
countries, a limited number of students and post-doctoral scientists from developed
countries are also welcome to attend.
• There is no registration fee to be paid

FINANCIAL SUPPORT
• May be requested only by candidates who are nationals of, and working in, a
developing country, and who are not more than 45 years old.
• Limited funds are available for a few participants, to be selected by the Organizers,
and who accept to attend the entire activity
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REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION
The Application Form should be completed and returned before 1 June 2008 by using only
one of the following ways:

If sending an application by e-mail:

mailto:smr1967@ictp.it
please save and send file attachments in either PDF (preferably) or RTF zipped or Doc format

If sending an application by regular mail or courier it should be posted to:

Advanced School In High Performance and Grid Computing
(smr 1967 c/o Ms. Ave Lusenti)
the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Strada Costiera 11
34014 Trieste, Italy

IMPORTANT:
The ICTP will process the application form only if duly filled in all its parts. It cannot
process any visa request, unless all requested personal data are provided. Recent
photograph and signature of the candidate are compulsory.
ACTIVITY SECRETARIAT
Telephone: +39-040-2240544
Fax: +39-040-2240585
E-mail: smr1967@ictp.it
Activity Website: http://agenda.ictp.it/smr.php?1967
ICTP Home Page: http://www.ictp.it/
 UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
and
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

the ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS

Strada Costiera 11 Telephone: +39-040-2240544

I-34014 Trieste Telefax: +39-040-2240585
Italy E-mail: smr1967@ictp.it

APPLICATION FORM
Advanced School In High Performance and Grid Computing
3 - 14 November 2008
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INSTRUCTIONS
Each question must be answered clearly and completely. Type or print in ink.
A recent
Return the form to the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, as photograph of the
inidcated on the Guidlines for Requesting Participation. candidate should
To arrive no later than 1 June 2008. be attached here
The ICTP will process this form only if duly filled in all its parts. and signed on the
The ICTP cannot process any visa request, unless all requested personal data are provided . reverse
.

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PERSONAL DATA
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SURNAME/FAMILY Name: MAIDEN Name: First name: Middle name(s): Gender:
For women only (if applicable)

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IMPORTANT: PLEASE ALSO COMPLETE THIS SECTION, IF YOUR NAME(S) IN YOUR PASSPORT ARE
SPELT DIFFERENTLY FROM THE ABOVE.
SURNAME/FAMILY Name: MAIDEN Name: First name: Middle name(s): Gender:
For women only (if applicable)

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Place of birth (City and Country): Present nationality: Date of birth: Day - Month - Year

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Full name/address of permanent Institution: Institute: Tel. No.
Telefax
Your Office: Tel. No.
Telefax
E-mail: *
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Full name/address of present Institution : Institute: Tel. No.
(only if different from permanent) Telefax
Your Office: Tel. No.
Telefax:
until: Date .................. E-mail: *
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Home address: Tel. No.

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Mailing address - please indicate one: Permanent ❑ Present ❑ Home ❑
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Name and address of person to notify in case of emergency - Relationship: Tel. No.

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* I agree that my e-mail address(es) may be made public on the ICTP WWW page: YES ❑ NO ❑
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 PROFESSIONAL DATA
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EDUCATION (higher degrees)
University or equivalent Years attended Degrees
Name and place From to

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EMPLOYMENT
Previous
Institute / Place Period of duty Academic Responsibilities

Present employment and duties, and foreseen employment upon return to home country after the
activity (if different):

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State any positions you hold in the scientific administration of your Institution or any national Scientific
Institution:

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List your scientific publications including books and articles (authors, title, Journal) in the last five
years:

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Seminars, summer schools, conferences or research attended:
Name and place Year

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Mention briefly your previous research experience, and explain your reasons for wishing to participate
in this activity:

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 I N TE R E S T IN THE HPC/GRID SCHOOL
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Note: The following subsections are designed to aid the directors in

determining the appropriateness of the course material for your intended
purposes. Please take great care in answering these questions.

During tthe second week activities which lab. section do you wish to attend? (mark an x in ❑; you
may choose only one)

Software lab. (working on local workstations improving my own software applications) ❑

(Note proprietary software in this lab will not be allowed due to licensing issues)

Hardware lab. (setting up advanced computing platforms and testing my own applications) ❑
(Limited availability)

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Mention briefly your current employment activities, and how you anticipate this school will impact your
work.

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What specific computer skills do you wish to acquire or improve during this school?

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What specific small (3 days of work) computational project do you want to pursue during the school ?l
(example: parallelizing my code, improving serial performances, porting my code on computational
grids, etc.)

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 P R E S E N T F I E L D OF I N T E R E S T
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(please indicate on the list below your TWO primary fields of interest,in order of priority).

10. CONDENSED MATTER AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS 80. MISCELLANEOUS

11. Solid State Physics 81.Misc. Research
12. Atomic and Molecular Physics 82.Digital Communications &
13. Materials Science Computer Networking
14. Surfaces and Interfaces 83.Quantum Computation, and related
15. Liquids and Statistical Mechanics
16. Computational Physics in Condensed Matter 90. PHYSICS OF THE LIVING STATE
17.Synchrotron Radiation 91.Neurophysics
92.Biophysics
20. HIGH ENERGY, COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS 93.Medical Physics
21. High Energy and Particle Physics
22. Relativity, Cosmology and Astrophysics AO.APPLIED PHYSICS
23. Plasma Physics A1.Physics in Industry
24. Nuclear Physics A2.Microelectronics
A3.Fibre Optics for Communications
30. MATHEMATICS A4.Instrumentation
31. Applicable Mathematics, including: A5.Ecological and Environmental
Mathematical Ecology Economics
Systems Analys A6.Non-destructive Evaluation
Networking A7.Lasers
Mathematical Economy A8.Physics and Energy
Mathematics in Industry A9. Physics of nuclear Reactors
33. Algebra
34. Geometry AA.Applied Superconductivity
35. Topology AB.Physics of Controlled Fusion
36. Differential Equations AC.Non Conventional Physics
37. Analysis AD.Plasma Physics
38. Mathematical Physics AE.Nuclear Physics
AF.Nuclear Energy Related
40. PHYSICS AND ENERGY Technologies
41. Physics of Nuclear Reactors AG.Physics of the Living State
42. Physics of Controlled Fusion AH.Neurophysics
43. Non-Conventional Energy (Solar, Wind & others) AI.Biophysics
AL.Digital Communications, and
50. PHYSICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT Computer Networking
51.Solid Earth Geophysics AM.Medical Physics
52.Soil Physics AN.Quantum Computation, and
53.Climatology and Meteorology Related
54.Physics of the Oceans AQ.Fluids Dynamics
55.Physics of Desertification
56.Physics of the Atmosphere, B1.Space Physics
Troposphere, Magnetosphere, Aeronomy
57.Environmental Monitoring and Remote Sensing C1.Microelectronics
C2.Instrumentation
60. PHYSICS TEACHING C3.Real-Time Systems
61.English
62.French
63.Spanish
64.Arabic
NB: Our Scientific Information System keeps track of all applications made by the candidate to earlier ICTP
activities. As a consequence, when the subject of the present activity is far from your previous applications, an
explanation (not more than 200 words) of your change of interest should be included.
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Supply a keyword description of your current scientific activities strictly within the indicated lengths:
1) Area of research: (e.g. Computational Condensed Matter Physics, Computational Chemistry,
Computational Fluidynamics, Computational Astrophysics)
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(no more than 50 characters, including spaces)
2) Specific topic of interest: (e.g. Ab initio calculation, MD simulation, MC simulations, Numerials
differential equation)
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(no more than 50 characters, including spaces)
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 T E C H N I C AL SKILLS

Knowledge of programming languages

Fortran/Fortran90 ❑
C/C++ ❑
other ❑ (please specify ____________________)

Knowledge of Linux O.S.

Good ❑ (sys administration)
Average ❑ (experienced user)
Poor ❑

Knowledge of parallel computing/programming :

Good ❑ Average ❑ Poor ❑

Knowledge of Cluster Computing:

Good ❑ (sys administration)
Average ❑ (user)
Poor ❑

Which platform are you currently using for your computational tasks ?
Linux cluster ❑
Serial Linux machine ❑
Serial Windows machine ❑
Other parallel machine ❑ (please specify:____________________)

Knowledge of Grid computing technologies:

Good ❑ Average ❑ Poor ❑

Describe scientific applications you are currently using:

It is written in ________________________________________(specify programming language)

It is home-made or a standard scientific package ( i.e. CPMD/Cactus/Gaussian etc.)

It uses / does not use external libraries Yes ❑ No ❑

( if yes please specifty which ones ___________________________________________

It uses / does not use parallel Yes ❑ No ❑

(if yes please specify which ones (SMP/OpenMP/MPI/PVM, etc.)

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Your application is: (more than one answer allowed)

❑ CPU intensive ❑ I/O intensive ❑ Memory intensive

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Have you participated in past ICTP activities? If yes, which? Yes ❑ No ❑

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Are you applying to any other 2008 ICTP activities? If yes, which? Yes ❑ No ❑

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Indicate below your proficiency in the English language:

Reading: Good ❑ Writing: Good ❑ Speaking: Good ❑

Average ❑ Average ❑ Average ❑
Poor ❑ Poor ❑ Poor ❑
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For junior scientists: It would be of assistance to the Selection Committee if this request for
participation were accompanied by a letter of recommendation from your Supervisor

Name: .....................................................................................
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REQUEST for FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

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APPLICABLE ONLY TO CANDIDATES WHO ARE NATIONALS OF, AND WORKING IN, A
DEVELOPING COUNTRY.

(Important: Owing to limited funds, support for travel will be granted only in exceptional cases.
Therefore, every effort should be made by applicants to secure support for their fare (or at least a
partial contribution) from their home country).

(Please tick ONE box only)

❑ Full Travel + Subsistence ❑ Subsistence only

❑ Half Travel + Subsistence ❑ No financial support requested

I certify that if granted funds for my

travel, I shall attend the whole activity

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Signature

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I certify that the statements made by me above are true and complete. If accepted, I undertake to
refrain from engaging in any political or other activities which would reflect unfavourably on the
international status of the ICTP. I understand that any breach of this undertaking may result in the
termination of the arrangements relating to my visit at the Centre.

Signature of applicant Date

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