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
Monday 20 January 2020 from 10:00 to 17:00 |
Tuesday 15 September 2020 (online) - recording available here |
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:
- Mon Jan 20th 2020: https://webappsx.ugent.be/eventManager/events/introHPC
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
Download the presentation of this session
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.