Advanced Research Computing Training Program

The CCAST Advanced Research Computing Training Program is offering a free workshop to introduce faculty, staff, and students to High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources available at NDSU. The program aims to provide researchers with basic knowledge and hands-on skills that will help them make the best use of local and national HPC facilities to advance their research capabilities.

For Spring 2024, CCAST will be offering a single workshop – "Introduction to High Performance Computing (HPC) on CCAST" – which 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
• Getting help

This workshop will be offered both in person and virtually on the following dates/times:

• 8:00-10:00 AM, Wed, Feb 28, AG HILL 240 (in person only)
• 1:00-3:00 PM, Wed, Feb 28, AG HILL 240 (in person only)
• 1:00-3:00 PM, Fri, Mar 1, Virtual via Zoom

In person attendance is highly recommended. For those who cannot attend any of the sessions, a recording will be available.

Registration is open to all members of the NDSU community, as well as members of certain other universities in North Dakota and Minnesota.

Register HERE

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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.