Learning how to use HPC infrastructure (part I: Intro, Access, Command line)

Contribution List

1. Introduction to high-performance computing

Frédéric Wautelet (University of Namur)

09/10/2024, 09:30

This first session introduces to the field of high performance computing and presents the whole training offer.

Contents: Introduction to cluster computing: strengths and weaknesses Presentation of...

5. Help us help you

Damien François (UCLouvain/CISM)

09/10/2024, 10:30

This second session explains what you, as a user, can do to "help us help you". Small details in the way you use the clusters can have a large impact on the cluster ecosystem in general and on the availability of the system administrators to help on specific and non-trivial problems in your jobs.

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2. Connecting with SSH from Windows and Linux on CECI clusters

Juan Cabrera (UNamur/PTCI), Olivier Mattelaer (UCLouvain/CISM)

09/10/2024, 11:15

SSH is the protocol used to connect to the clusters. This session presents the complete use of the tools to make access to the clusters easy (without being harrassed by passphrase requests, coping with firewalls in a transparent manner, transferring files from one cluster to another,...

4. Introduction to linux and the command line

Bernard Van Renterghem (UCL CISM)

09/10/2024, 14:00

Often, the workflow for researchers is to acquire a piece of software, and either modify it, or wrap it in scripts, or simply install it on the clusters, or all of that at the same time, on many clusters. This session will introduce to the tools that can make this whole process...