Intro_to_NeuroHPC April 27th, 2020

An outline for a day training at UA in the neurobiology group.

Goals

Introduction to what an HPC is, why you use it, how to us it, and be able to use it for their research.
GPUs and different kinds of nodes/compute possible

Schedule (9:30-15:00; Main Library RM 252B)

9:00 - 9:30 Coffee and Registration
9:30 - 10:30 First section
- Intro to HPC
  - Log on
- Using Open On Demand
  - Requesting Jobs and Resources
  - Jupyter notebooks
  - What is an HPC? What is the architecture and why should I care?
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 12:00
- Uploading/Downloading Data and Dealing with Data
- Getting Software
  - Modules
  - Containers (Dianne's containers)
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:00
- Analysis
14:15 - 15:00
- Viewing Results
Doors close at 16:00

Additional Resources

Research Bazaar Arizona
- Annual Event is May 18-20
- Weekly events Tuesday and Thursdays