[MITgcm-support] MIT with OpenAD

[Jean Utke]

Hi,

going back through my inbox - I am not sure why but I think I somehow mentally merged
you and Abhisek  into one person - did you see the info I had sent  - do you need more info?

Jean


On 06/22/2012 10:03 AM, andrey.vlasenko wrote:
>
>   Dear Partick and Jean,
>
>   I probably confused you with my request in last e-mail. Currently I have already installed and working OpenAD. As Abhisek, I need some pointers on how to connect OpenAD to *MITgcm*. I would be very grateful to you, if you send it to me.
>
>   With best regards,
>
>   Andrey.
>
>
>
> On 2012-06-22 03:40, Abhisek Chakraborty wrote:
>> Respected Dr. Patrick Heimbach & Dr. Jean,
>>
>> I requested Thomas Kaminski (one of the TAF developres at FastOpt) for
>> an access to TAF, however he informed me about paying 10,000 Euro for
>> the non-commercial use of TAF, he didn't mention about trial license
>> or something like that. Now at present, my organization cann't pay
>> such a huge money.
>>
>> So, I think, I should opt for OpenAD. I have downloaded OpenAd and
>> working on building it.
>>
>> I need guidance from you and Jean to link MITgcm with openAd
>> (preferably some step by step guidelines).
>>
>> Thanking in advance,
>> Abhisek
>>
>> On 6/22/12, Patrick Heimbach <heimbach at mit.edu> wrote:
>>> Oops,
>>> a little typo (Freudian?) in my previous email:
>>> I meant to say:
>>> "Jean may send you some specific pointers on how to connect OpenAD to
>>> *MITgcm*, if need be."
>>>
>>> -Patrick
>>>
>>> On Jun 21, 2012, at 2:48 PM, Patrick Heimbach wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Abhisek,
>>>>
>>>> MITgcm works with essentially two different choices of AD tools:
>>>> 1. TAF (and to limited extent its predecessor TAMC)
>>>> 2. OpenAD
>>>>
>>>> Our default tool used is TAF, a commercial tool which grew
>>>> out of the non-commercial predecessor TAMC.
>>>> For you to be able to use TAF (via a script called "staf")
>>>> you need to obtain a license from Fastopt which develops TAF.
>>>> You should send a request to info at fastopt.de
>>>> They may be able to give you a certain (hopefully significant)
>>>> period of free trial license for you to explore the utility of the tool.
>>>>
>>>> Regarding the alternative open-source, OpenAD,
>>>> I've sent some initial pointers in below email on how to
>>>> obtain and implement the OpenAD tool locally.
>>>> Jean may send you some specific pointers on how to connect
>>>> OpenAD to TAF, if need be.
>>>>
>>>> -Patrick
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 21, 2012, at 12:54 PM, Jean Utke wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Abhisek,
>>>>>
>>>>> I will get back to you with some info before  COB today.
>>>>>
>>>>> jean
>>>>>
>>>>> On 06/21/2012 11:50 AM, Abhisek Chakraborty wrote:
>>>>>> Respected Dr. Patrick Heimbach,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Generation of AD code for OpenAD example depends on the adjoint_f95
>>>>>> ("-adof=...adjoint_f95") which uses "tamc"&  "staf" executables
>>>>>> (compilers). Now my query is whether TAMC/TAF are freely available? if
>>>>>> so, please post the link to download these packages.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanking in advance,
>>>>>> Abhisek
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6/21/12, Patrick Heimbach<heimbach at mit.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Andrey,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> below website is a good starting point (it's not password-protected):
>>>>>>>> http://www.mcs.anl.gov/OpenAD/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It contains extensive instructions on how to download and install
>>>>>>>> OpenAD,
>>>>>>>> along with a suite of test examples.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Relevant MITgcm verification experiment is
>>>>>>>> (if you've downloaded the MITgcm repository):
>>>>>>>> verification/OpenAD/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please give that a try.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Patrick
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Jean Utke
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