Fit to programme

This was a proposed solution answering Task 033: Summer pre-degree internships, behind WP 4.1.

Description

This project will offer 6 pre-degree paid internships of six-week duration for students who have completed A-levels and are intending to study Computer Science, Physics or a related subject at University. It will aim to give the students an introduction to large-scale accelerated compute, working alongside RTPs, RSEs and researchers on short projects which will include topics around system maintenance, system management, data collection and visualisation, short research topics and effective use of HPC systems. The interns will have access to the national COSMA system, including testbeds, which will be used as an introduction to novel hardware technologies. The interns will also spend time in the data centre completing tasks related to system maintenance.

These internships will expose the interns to large scale compute at the earliest stage of their careers, and provide necessary knowledge and skills that will be of use to them throughout their degrees and beyond.

The internships will alert the interns to the possibility of careers within the DRI landscape, and go a long way towards breaking down perceived barriers in accessing large-scale compute. It will provide them with the basic training needed to access and use such facilities.

Outputs

The key output from this project will be the creation of 6x summer internship placements for pre-degree students with an interest in large-scale compute. One of the tasks assigned to these students will be the creation of outreach materials, with a particular focus on non-traditional mediums, for which this age group are likely to have expertise (e.g. tiktok etc). These will be linked from the SHAREing webpages.