Introduction to HPC @ UGent

Introductory training to kickstart new researchers to work on the supercomputing infrastructure of Ghent University

Dates

Fri 9 June 2023 from 10:00 to 17:00 (CEST)
Fri 1 Dec 2023 from 10:00 to 17:00 (CET) - slides + recording available

Agenda

  • 10:00 - 12:00: Introduction to HPC-UGent presentation + Q&A
    • Overview of available hardware, getting an account, using the systems, getting support, demos and examples, ...
    • Live stream via Microsoft Teams
  • 12:00 - 13:00: sandwich lunch
  • 13:00 - 14:00: tour of UGent datacenter (S10), incl. visit to HPC-UGent Tier-2 clusters and VSC Tier-1 Hortense
  • 14:00 - 17:00: hands-on session: Getting started with HPC-UGent
    • Login + submitting example jobs
    • Getting started with your own workloads

Venue

Multimediazaal

building S9 - ground floor

UGent - campus Sterre

(presentation will also be live streamed via MS Teams)

Organization and trainers

Course organized by HPC-UGent

Lecturers are Kenneth Hoste + Lara Peeters (HPC-UGent)

Registration

Registration is required for this session:

Course prerequisites

No specific prior knowledge is required.

It is strongly recommended to have an active VSC account.

Please follow these instructions to request a VSC account.

You should bring your own laptop to join the hands-on session if you are attending in-person.

Course material

Slides for 1 Dec 2023 session (PDF)

Recording of 1 Dec 2023 session (YouTube)

Doctoral Schools Training Program

We are working with the Doctoral Schools to get this session recognized as a Transferable Skill seminar.