Today was a very special day at CHPC. We reached here at 7.30 in the morning and were told that we would be having class on C Programming. We learnt some C programming and then came the exciting part. Finally, we got to see what's within the CHPC room!
We were shown the high performance computer we have here at FISAT. It was really interesting to know that it was made up of many parts, which looked like a normal CPU, connected together. Then, we were shown the Server Room. Something that we noticed quickly was that the room was quite noisy. The operation of the equipments inside produced such a lot of noise. We were also shown the UPS room.
Then, we had class and in between we talked on various topics ranging from hacking to the Blue Waters project (the supercomputer being developed by the University of Illinois). We also discussed about the ethics of a professional. Then we had a small Christmas celebration. Mahesh Sir bought us a cake and we cut it in the lab. Unni Sir and Jestin Sir also joined us in the celebration.
During the afternoon session, we were asked to give feedback about the classes we had here at CHPC. The unanimous reply was that everyone enjoyed it. We were also given a chance to tell the topics we had trouble with.
We got tips for the Christmas vacation. Digital Electronics and Discrete Mathematics were to be familiarised. Watching TED videos, atleast one a day, was mandatory. Something important that we were reminded about was to keep updating our blogs.
That was the end of CHPC classes for this year and we dispersed after wishing each other Christmas.
We were shown the high performance computer we have here at FISAT. It was really interesting to know that it was made up of many parts, which looked like a normal CPU, connected together. Then, we were shown the Server Room. Something that we noticed quickly was that the room was quite noisy. The operation of the equipments inside produced such a lot of noise. We were also shown the UPS room.
Then, we had class and in between we talked on various topics ranging from hacking to the Blue Waters project (the supercomputer being developed by the University of Illinois). We also discussed about the ethics of a professional. Then we had a small Christmas celebration. Mahesh Sir bought us a cake and we cut it in the lab. Unni Sir and Jestin Sir also joined us in the celebration.
During the afternoon session, we were asked to give feedback about the classes we had here at CHPC. The unanimous reply was that everyone enjoyed it. We were also given a chance to tell the topics we had trouble with.
We got tips for the Christmas vacation. Digital Electronics and Discrete Mathematics were to be familiarised. Watching TED videos, atleast one a day, was mandatory. Something important that we were reminded about was to keep updating our blogs.
That was the end of CHPC classes for this year and we dispersed after wishing each other Christmas.
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