HPC training workshops begin Tuesday, Jan. 31

By January 26, 2017 Uncategorized

series of training workshops in high performance computing will be hed Jan. 31 through Feb. 22, 2017, presented by CSCAR in conjunction with Advanced Research Computing – Technology Services (ARC-TS). All sessions are held at East Hall, Room B254, 530 Church St.

Introduction to the Linux command Line
This course will familiarize the student with the basics of accessing and interacting with Linux computers using the GNU/Linux operating system’s Bash shell, also known as the “command line.”
Dates: (Please sign up for only one)
• Tuesday, Jan. 31, 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. (full descriptionregistration)
• Tuesday, Feb. 2, 9 a.m. – noon (full description | registration)
• Tuesday, Feb. 7, 9 a.m. – noon (full description | registration)

Introduction to the Flux cluster and batch computing
This workshop will provide a brief overview of the components of the Flux cluster, including the resource manager and scheduler, and will offer students hands-on experience.
Dates: (Please sign up for only one)
• Thursday, Feb. 9, 1 – 4:30 p.m. (full description | registration)
• Monday, Feb. 13, 1 – 4:30 p.m. (full description | registration)

Advanced batch computing on the Flux cluster
This course will cover advanced areas of cluster computing on the Flux cluster, including common parallel programming models, dependent and array scheduling, and a brief introduction to scientific computing with Python, among other topics.
Dates: (Please sign up for only one)
• Wednesday, Feb. 22, 9 a.m. – noon (full description | registration)
• Friday, Feb. 24, 9 a.m. – noon (full description | registration)