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+**Syllabus - 2016 Scientific Computing Bootcamp**
+Woodruff Scientific, Inc., 4000 Aurora Ave. N, Seattle, WA 98103
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+**SCBC1 – Grand Challenges in Computational Plasma Physics**
+  - Computation as third pillar of science
+  - Multi-physics and multi-scales for nuclear fusion simulations
+  - OFES HPC (initiatives, centers, SciDac)
+  - Current research directions globally, nationally, and locally
+//Duration: 2 hours lecture//
+**SCBC2a – Some Computer Science Considerations**
+  - Modeling & simulation, and why
+  - Overall process of computational simulation
+  - Some sources of approximation*
+  - Algorithmic (in)stability
+  - Accuracy versus precision
+//Duration: 1 hour lecture (* can be partially hands-on)//
+**SCBC2b – Using UNIX**
+  - Introduction to the UNIX command line
+  - Introduction to make
+//Duration: 4 hours interactive hands-on//
+**SCBC3 – Introduction to R&D codes**
+  - Introduction of some codes we use and why
+  - FORTRAN syntax
+  - Compiling and debugging
+  - Revision control and repositories
+//Duration: 3 hours lecture + hands-on//
+**SCBC4 – High Performance Computing**
+  - Parallel computing, scalability
+  - Schedulers, jobs, batching, queue handling
+  - Hands-on: running an R&D code at NERSC, retrieving data
+  → local facility tour (2016, 2015: Hyak@UW; 2014: Hutch)
+//Duration: 3 hours lecture + hands-on, without tour//
+**SCBC5 – Post-Processing**
+  - VisIt introduction, tutorial, application to SCBC4 generated data
+  - ParaView introduction, tutorial, application to SCBC4 generated data
+  - Scripting with Octave
+//Duration: 4 hours lecture + hands-on//
+**SCBC6 – Verification and Validation in Scientific Computing**
+  - Verification & validation
+  - Predictive capabilities, restrictions
+  - Synthetic diagnostics
+  - Reproducibility of results
+//Duration: 3 hours//
+**SCBC7 – Solving PDEs Numerically with Finite Elements**
+  - Partial differential equations background, as needed
+  - Equation sets most regularly used in plasma physics
+  - Spatial and temporal discretization
+  - Common time advance methods
+  - Demonstration of Fluxgrid, CUBIT*
+//Duration: 4 hours lecture (* can be hands-on)//
+**SCBC8 – Contemporary Issues in Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion**
+Anticipated but not be limited to:
+  - Multi-fluid modeling (mixed neutral-plasma models)
+  - Multi-physics (Fokker-Plank coupling to MHD)
+  - Adaptive solvers
+  - Flux-source expression of dominant equations
+//Duration: 3-4 hours (anticipated 6-8 presentations)//
+**SCBC9 – Future of Scientific Computing**
+  - Exascale roadmap
+  - Hardware/software, architecture/algorithms gap
+  - Algorithmic considerations & foresight
+//Duration: 2 hours//