Assessing Shared Material Usage in the High Performance Computing (HPC) Education and Training Community

Volume 14, Issue 2 (November 2023), pp. 18–22

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@article{jocse-14-2-4,
  author={Susan Mehringer and Kate Cahill and John-Paul Navarro and Scott Lathrop and Charlie Dey and Mary Thomas and Jeaime H. Powell},
  title={Assessing Shared Material Usage in the High Performance Computing (HPC) Education and Training Community},
  journal={The Journal of Computational Science Education},
  year=2023,
  month=nov,
  volume=14,
  issue=2,
  pages={18--22},
  doi={https://doi.org/10.22369/issn.2153-4136/14/2/4}
}

This paper shares the results of a survey conducted October- November 2022. The survey's intent was to learn how the community both shares and discovers training and education materials, whether those needs were being met, and if there were interest in improving how materials are shared. The survey resulted in 112 responses primarily from content authors who are, or support, academics. While the majority of respondents considered themselves successful in finding materials, most also encountered barriers, such as finding materials, but not at the needed depth or level. Most respondents were both interested in, and able to, work toward community efforts to improve finding materials, with most citing lack of staff time as a barrier to doing so. Proposed efforts in community engagement to work toward these efforts are discussed.