CCAST is offering a free training program in advanced research computing to introduce faculty, staff, and students to high-performance computing (HPC). This program provides researchers with the basic knowledge and hands-on skills necessary to utilize HPC resources available at NDSU and elsewhere.

For Spring 2025, we will be offering two workshops:

• Workshop 1: Introduction to High Performance Computing (HPC)
  Monday, March 24, 2:00–4:00 PM.
  
  
• Workshop 2: HPC Job Submission and Troubleshooting
  Friday, March 28, 2:00–4:00 PM.

Workshops will be offered in-person in AG HILL 240 and will cover the following topics:

• Introduction to HPC
• Anatomy of a supercomputer
• Logging into CCAST HPC clusters
• Interacting with a text-based terminal
• Basic Linux/UNIX commands
• Finding available scientific software
• Submitting jobs to run on HPC clusters
• Monitoring and troubleshooting HPC jobs
• Getting help

In person attendance is highly recommended, but for those who cannot attend in-person, Zoom links and recordings will be made available.

Register HERE

Registration deadline: Monday, March 17 at 11:59 PM.

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CCAST provides advanced research computing resources, training, and consulting to faculty, students, and staff at NDSU and beyond. The research we enable spans a broad range of disciplines, including science, engineering, agriculture, public health, business, finance, etc.