HPC Series

Beginning at the end of 2020, the Hummingbird team has started putting on community talks series regarding the use of the Hummingbird cluster and other topics in high-performance Computing. This series will span a number of topics including best practices for the cluster, how to use version control systems, ways of moving your data, and more. We will be posting links to the talks (both the slides and recordings of the sessions) below.

These sessions will be held during our typical open office hours.

Upcoming Topics (to be scheduled)

Unix tutorial for intermediate users
Unix tutorial for advanced users
Using modules
How-to for Python virtual environments
Slurm scheduler for intermediate and advanced users
GPU computing
Building a Great Workflow for Your Research*

*Peer presentation by research areas

Previous Talks

2023

  • May 4, 2023 – The Hummingbird Roadmap (presented by Jeffrey Weekley)

2022

  • February 24, 2022 – Introduction and Overview of the Nautilus Cluster (presented by Jeffrey Weekley)
  • September 29, 2022 – HB Overview (presented by Jeffrey Weekley) and Best Practices for HPC [updated version] (presented by Rion Parsons)

2021

  • March 4, 2021 – Git Workflow For Reproducible Research (presented by Josh Sonstroem)
  • October 28, 2021 – Best Practices for Data Collaboration in HPC environments (presented by Josh Sonstroem)

2020

  • December 3, 2020 – HB Overview (presented by Jeffrey Weekley) and Best Practices for HPC (presented by Rion Parsons)
  • December 10, 2020 – Getting the most out of the SLURM High-Performance Computing scheduler (presented by Josh Sonstroem)

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