DSh2015/02/19
Seminar: Introduction to High Performance Computing
(HPC)
Organisers:
Doctoral school “Human sciences” and VUB-VSC.
Instructors:
Balázs Hajgató
Assisted by Jean-Sébastien Stoffen and Stéphane Gérard
Contact person:
Lowie Geers
Email address contact person:
Doctoral.schools@vub.ac.be
VUB postal address contact person:
3M326, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Elsene
Content description activity
Short description - Abstract:
This introductory course will explain the concepts of high performance and high throughput
computing. The computing modes “batch” and interactive” will be presented together with
their “environment”. The instructor will show how to execute your code in those different
modes. Disk storage and file system explanations are accompanied with how to execute code
with input and output data. Finally a few notes about multicore and parallel computing will be
added.
To ensure that all concepts are understood, the explanations are accompanied by hands-on.
These exercises form an integral part of the course and are distributed over the day. Three
instructors are available to help out with the hands-on and give extra explanations if needed.
Competences:
After attending the seminar, participants will be able to use the HYDRA cluster of the VUBULB computing centre and will have a basis for using a similar computing infrastructure
elsewhere.
Previous knowledge:
Basic knowledge of Linux.
The course “Linux for beginners” is a good start for those that want to start using high performance
computers.
Study material:
The slides of the course will be made available on paper and electronically.
Condition(s) for attribution of credits (e.g. active participation or mode of assessment):
Active participation
Technical data event:
Date: 19 February 2015
From 09:30 - 16:30 including a lunchbreak.
Location:
Room “EuroDemo” 0G-120, Building G, groundfloor, campus Etterbeek, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels
Language(s) used in seminar: English
Number of meetings: 1
Maximum number of participants: 15
Suggested credits for participation:
1 credit for active participation
Registration:
Go to
http://rd-ir.vub.ac.be/en_GB/events/show/id/4179 to register. Registration will be
confirmed after sending an email to Doctoral.schools@vub.ac.be with the following
information:
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Can you bring your own laptop to the course?
Is your laptop a Mac or a PC?
Did you use already computers of the VUB computing center?
Your VUB username you received when registering at the VUB as a student;
Your e-mail address.
For the hands-on you will also need an account on the HYDRA cluster, this account will have
the same username as specified under (4) in the questions above. Keep in mind that you need
to know the password corresponding to this username the day of the course.
For the hands-on we will use a remote connection to the main cluster of the computer center,
hence your laptop needs to have the corresponding tools installed. We will contact you to
ensure that this is the case.