Introduction to HPC @ UGent
Quick introductory training jumpstarting new researchers to work on the supercomputing infrastructure of Ghent University
Half-day intro-session, followed by optional hands-on session.
Research groups (>10 people) can request a dedicated session via hpc@ugent.be
Dates
| Wednesday 17 January 2018 from 10:00 to 17:00 |
| Wednesday 28 March 2018 from 10:00 to 17:00 |
| Wednesday 12 September 2018 from 10:00 to 17:00 |
| Friday 9 November 2018 from 10:00 to 17:00 |
Agenda
- 10h00-12h30: Info session
Overview of available hardware, Getting an account, Using the systems, Getting support
- 12h30-13h30: Lunch
- 13h30-14h00: Tour of the UGent datacenter
- 14h00-17h00: Optional hands-on session
Practice submitting jobs on the HPC, Ask for guidance to tackle your specific computational problem, Q&A
Venue
Multimediaroom, building S9, Campus De Sterre, Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Gent
A sandwich lunch will be provided, along with water & coffee/tea, for all registered attendees (free of charge).
Organization and trainer
Course organized by HPC-UGent
Lecturer is Kenneth Hoste (HPC-UGent)
Registration
Follow one of these links to register for one of the next sessions: see 2019 sessions
Course prerequisites
Participants to the afternoon hands-on session:
- are strongly encourage to bring their own laptop, which is able to connect to the WiFi (eduroam)
- should make sure to have an active VSC account and a working public/private ssh key pair
Please follow these instructions to request a VSC account and correctly set up a connection with an ssh key pair
Course material
Doctoral Schools Training Program
This course can be followed as part of the Ghent University Doctoral Schools Training Program - transferable skills seminars.
The course will be automatically added to the curriculum of the participating PhD students.
All participants can receive a certificate of attendance upon request via hpc@ugent.be.