HPC Introduction Course

Thursday May 23, 2019, 2:00 PM → 6:00 PM Europe/Berlin

O2.267 (Building O)

Topics covered on this afternoon include:

• computational resources (CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs) available from Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing (PC²)
• How to apply for computational resources.
• How to access the computational resources and run scientific programs.

This course will include an hands-on on the cluster systems of PC².

Please note:

1. The course assumes a basic knowledge of the Linux shell. We provide a short online selftest. In case you have no experience with Linux, we recommend that you attend our next Linux Introduction Course.
2. The language of the course is planned to be English. If you don't feel comfortable enough with English we can make this course also in German at a later date upon request.
3. For the hands-on part of the course the participants should bring their own laptops. No special operating system is required. You can participate with Windows, MacOS or some Linux-distribution. Please make sure that the wireless connection of your laptop works (for example with eduroam). In case you don't have access to eduroam, we provide a an additional wireless network during the course.

 This course will be free of cost for members of German universities or publicly-funded research institutions in Germany.