Re: [netcdfgroup] [EXTERNAL] HPC Certification

• To: Julian Kunkel <juliankunkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] [EXTERNAL] HPC Certification
• From: "Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-5860)" <christopher.s.lynnes@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 16:53:44 +0000
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I think that particularly at the basic level, it would be useful to be familiar 
with some of the main toolsets for working with netCDF data:  IDV, NCO, 
Panoply, cdo?, Python/xarray, THREDDS Data Server, …

—
Christopher Lynnes   NASA/GSFC    mobile: 410-231-4573
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there 
is nothing left to take away.” A. de St. Exupery

On 7/24/20, 10:55, "netcdfgroup on behalf of Julian Kunkel via netcdfgroup" 
<netcdfgroup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:netcdfgroup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 on behalf of 
netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

Dear all,
as we found NetCDF of particular interest in our work, we have been creating 
drafts for specifying some competencies revolving around NetCDF for the HPC 
Certification Forum 
https://hpc-certification.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__hpc-2Dcertification.org&d=DwMFaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=wGUjZntCVZd_0RfHkUyi5nt60hYIHfuz8TuYqGTTTOIC3GyzxW-xjOqs-Ck3ToTH&m=gUQ3k_g6BywxUJjDCjtVdk3tQW0mkFSDuTRIzwmy84k&s=fVQgB5EUBalnFNY-7DHnCjuG_rGhUgPni4HIcdnNDS8&e=>
 which aims to standardize the HPC knowledge representation into fine-grained 
competences for the sake of all practitioners.

In the long run, the goal is to make the skills examinable and certify this 
knowledge.
Generally, a skill can be grouped into Basic/Intermediate/Advanced, where we 
formulated the Basic versions for NetCDF now.
The expectation is that with a basic skill level a practitioner would know the 
key knowledge (needed to do 90% of the tasks) and that is needed on a daily 
basis when dealing with the skill.

The question is, is something important missing, are the learning objectives 
precise enough?

The relevant skills are:
== Knowledge ==
NetCDF:
https://www.hpc-certification.org/wiki/skill-tree/k/1/3/2/4/1/b<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.hpc-2Dcertification.org_wiki_skill-2Dtree_k_1_3_2_4_1_b&d=DwMFaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=wGUjZntCVZd_0RfHkUyi5nt60hYIHfuz8TuYqGTTTOIC3GyzxW-xjOqs-Ck3ToTH&m=gUQ3k_g6BywxUJjDCjtVdk3tQW0mkFSDuTRIzwmy84k&s=dClOOvKRt9sVzvtc1Jjhm4VTCdbvkkReglcctEuCYZQ&e=>
NetCDF/CF
https://www.hpc-certification.org/wiki/skill-tree/k/1/3/2/4/3/b<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.hpc-2Dcertification.org_wiki_skill-2Dtree_k_1_3_2_4_3_b&d=DwMFaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=wGUjZntCVZd_0RfHkUyi5nt60hYIHfuz8TuYqGTTTOIC3GyzxW-xjOqs-Ck3ToTH&m=gUQ3k_g6BywxUJjDCjtVdk3tQW0mkFSDuTRIzwmy84k&s=Zfw5QIUqOhbA-am3LzbpJQNL-S813yD2C8Jy_1uM1CU&e=>

== Software Development ==
NetCDF
https://www.hpc-certification.org/wiki/skill-tree/sd/1/2/5/1/1/b<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.hpc-2Dcertification.org_wiki_skill-2Dtree_sd_1_2_5_1_1_b&d=DwMFaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=wGUjZntCVZd_0RfHkUyi5nt60hYIHfuz8TuYqGTTTOIC3GyzxW-xjOqs-Ck3ToTH&m=gUQ3k_g6BywxUJjDCjtVdk3tQW0mkFSDuTRIzwmy84k&s=6KbSba7rWvv0zpUtKjI0WlIaWOOUnOQuftwAdph8QDk&e=>

Generally, the HPC Certification Forum hopes that experts from domains will 
adopt some of these competencies, i.e., support the specification of them and 
ensure that they are sound.

Videos about the HPC Certification Forum (and skill definitions) can be found 
here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_PBXYC_ExoMcwTWrBnWPJHrRFgwOE2_y<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_playlist-3Flist-3DPL-5FPBXYC-5FExoMcwTWrBnWPJHrRFgwOE2-5Fy&d=DwMFaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=wGUjZntCVZd_0RfHkUyi5nt60hYIHfuz8TuYqGTTTOIC3GyzxW-xjOqs-Ck3ToTH&m=gUQ3k_g6BywxUJjDCjtVdk3tQW0mkFSDuTRIzwmy84k&s=kdPtWI57RgWfw1nF1_KPMceWWpR5F87VlZD9gny-JqY&e=>

If anyone is interested to give feedback to the skills, we'd appreciate it.
There are various ways to suggest improvements (e.g., Git, Wiki, Slack).

Thanks & Best,
Julian

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Dr. Julian Kunkel
Lecturer, Department of Computer Science
+44 (0) 118 378 8218
http://www.cs.reading.ac.uk/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.cs.reading.ac.uk_&d=DwMFaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=wGUjZntCVZd_0RfHkUyi5nt60hYIHfuz8TuYqGTTTOIC3GyzxW-xjOqs-Ck3ToTH&m=gUQ3k_g6BywxUJjDCjtVdk3tQW0mkFSDuTRIzwmy84k&s=cc922kMEEKp5Ujh1mZl54WwfbkktII9K1fuXWX2ea0E&e=>
https://hps.vi4io.org/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__hps.vi4io.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=wGUjZntCVZd_0RfHkUyi5nt60hYIHfuz8TuYqGTTTOIC3GyzxW-xjOqs-Ck3ToTH&m=gUQ3k_g6BywxUJjDCjtVdk3tQW0mkFSDuTRIzwmy84k&s=3X8zk8WIp4FeimnyiToPsBaIduEysNEJk_9_SY8euQg&e=>

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  • [netcdfgroup] HPC Certification
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