CAPS is organizing a 2-day workshop designed to empower graduate students and advanced undergraduates with the skills and knowledge to effectively use the NCSA campus cluster.
Who: The workshop is aimed at graduate students and advanced undergraduates.
What: On the first day, participants will receive in-depth guidance on harnessing the capabilities of the campus cluster, led by Jay Alameda and Gautham Narayan. The second day will be dedicated to mastering parallel-programming techniques on the cluster, with instruction provided by CAPS Postdocs Cynthia Trendafilova and Srini Raghunathan.
When: The workshop spans two days (9/21/23–9/22/23), with distinct focuses for each day.
Where: The event will take place at NCSA in classroom 1040 from 9:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Why: This interactive workshop not only equips attendees with valuable cluster computing skills but also fosters a collaborative learning environment. To further incentivize participation, attendees will enjoy complimentary breakfast (featuring bagels and coffee/tea) as well as lunch (featuring pizza) on both days, ensuring a conducive and rewarding learning experience.
September 21, 2023 – Introductory Topics (slides)
- 8:30–9:00 Breakfast
- 9:00–9:15 Campus Cluster Overview (Jay)
- 9:15–9:30 CAPS Partition Overview (Jay)
- 9:30–10:30 Campus Cluster Access and Usage Overview (Jay)
- 10:30–11:00 Break
- 11:00–12:30 SSH Keys setup and use, X11 (Gautham)
- 12:30–1:30 Lunch
September 22, 2023 – Advanced Topics (slides)
- 8:30–9:00 Breakfast
- 9:00–10:30 Parallelization (Cynthia)
- 10:30–11:00 Break
- 11:00–12:30 Astronomical Data Analysis with Jupyter Notebooks (Srini)
- 12:30–1:30 Lunch