Training
Training Sessions
The GACRC regularly hosts training sessions on a number of subjects relevant to the use of our computational and storage resources. Scheduled trainings will be announced through the GACRC mailing list.
NOTE: New users are required to attend an introductory training session and information about that will be sent once an account is requested.
Event Announcement
Dear GACRC User,
The GACRC is going to host five training workshops in this December 2015 at Life Sciences Building, room C128. Each training workshop has 25 seat capacity. The five workshops will provide an introduction to the GACRC Linux high performance computing (HPC) clusters, and the Linux basics.
Who Should Attend:
New HPC cluster and zcluster users, or researchers who are interested in learning about the GACRC computing resources and Linux basics (Linux OS, Linux filesystem, shell, and common commands, etc.).
Details:
Title: Introduction to HPC Using the New Cluster at GACRC
Date: December 4th, 2015, Friday
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Life Sciences Building, room C128
Focus:
What's the new cluster at GACRC
New cluster's current computing resources
New cluster software environment
How to operate with the new cluster
How to work with the new cluster, e.g., how to run interactive jobs; how to run batch jobs; how to make job submission scripts and request computing resources; how to check job status, etc.
Title: Introduction to HPC Using zcluster at GACRC
Date: December 7th, 2015, Monday
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: Life Sciences Building, room C128
Focus:
What's zcluster at GACRC
zcluster current computing resources
zcluster software environment
How to work with zcluster, e.g., how to run interactive jobs; how to run batch jobs and request computing resources; how to make job submission scripts; how to check job status, etc.
Title: Introduction to Linux Basics Part-I
Date: December 11th, 2015, Friday
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Life Sciences Building, room C128
Focus:
Linux OS and brief history
Linux command, filesystem, and shell
Linux common commands, etc.
Title: Introduction to HPC Using the New Cluster at GACRC
Date: December 14th, 2015, Monday
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Location: Life Sciences Building, room C128
Focus:
What's the new cluster at GACRC
New cluster's current computing resources
New cluster software environment
How to operate with the new cluster
How to work with the new cluster, e.g., how to run interactive jobs; how to run batch jobs; how to make job submission scripts and request computing resources; how to check job status, etc.
Title: Introduction to HPC Using zcluster at GACRC
Date: December 18th, 2015, Friday
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Life Sciences Building, room C128
Focus:
What's zcluster at GACRC
zcluster current computing resources
zcluster software environment
How to work with zcluster, e.g., how to run interactive jobs; how to run batch jobs and request computing resources; how to make job submission scripts; how to check job status, etc.
If you would like to attend, please respond by email to: zhuofei@uga.edu. Also please tell us which session you want to attend.
We have 25 seats in the lab room, so we have a 25 user/workshop limit. Please respond at your earliest convenience to register to guarantee your seat. You are welcome and encouraged to attend those workshops to learn about how to work with the HPC clusters at the GACRC.
The GACRC is going to host other training workshops and seminars covering various HPC topics, including HPC introduction, Linux working environment (Linux Part III), bioinformatics applications on zcluster, etc., in the near future. We will announce those events when they are scheduled.
The GACRC Web Training page can be found at http://gacrc.uga.edu/help/training/ and the GACRC Wiki Training page can be found at https://wiki.gacrc.uga.edu/wiki/Training, from which you can find detailed information about upcoming and past training sessions from GACRC and download training materials.
Sincerely,
GACRC Staff
Dear GACRC Users,
The GACRC is going to host six training workshops in the coming January 2016 at Life Sciences Building, room C128. The six workshops will provide an introduction to the GACRC Linux high performance computing (HPC) clusters and the Linux basics. We also offer a Linux practice session for GACRC users to obtain Linux hands-on working experiences.
Who Should Attend:
New HPC cluster and zcluster users, or researchers who are interested in learning about the GACRC computing resources and Linux basics (Linux OS, Linux filesystem, shell, and common commands, scripting, etc.).
Details:
Title: Introduction to HPC Using the New Cluster at GACRC
Date: January 6th, 2016, Wednesday
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Life Sciences Building, room C128
Focus:
What's the new cluster at GACRC
New cluster's current computing resources
New cluster software environment
How to operate with the new cluster
How to work with the new cluster, e.g., how to run interactive jobs; how to run batch jobs; how to make job submission scripts and request computing resources; how to check job status, etc.
Title: Introduction to HPC Using zcluster at GACRC
Date: January 11th, 2016, Monday
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Life Sciences Building, room C128
Focus:
What's zcluster at GACRC
zcluster current computing resources
zcluster software environment
How to work with zcluster, e.g., how to run interactive jobs; how to run batch jobs and request computing resources; how to make job submission scripts; how to check job status, etc.
Title: Introduction to Linux Basics Part-I
Date: January 13th, 2016, Wednesday
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Life Sciences Building, room C128
Focus:
Linux OS and brief history
Linux command, filesystem, and shell
Linux common commands, etc.
Title: Linux Hands-on Practice Session (Basic Linux knowledge required)
Date: January 20th, 2016, Wednesday
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Life Sciences Building, room C128
Focus:
Hands-on practice on Linux common commands and shell scripting with common Linux utilities, e.g., sort, find, grep, awk, and sed etc.
Title: Introduction to HPC Using the New Cluster at GACRC
Date: January 25th, 2016, Monday
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Location: Life Sciences Building, room C128
Focus:
What's the new cluster at GACRC
New cluster's current computing resources
New cluster software environment
How to operate with the new cluster
How to work with the new cluster, e.g., how to run interactive jobs; how to run batch jobs; how to make job submission scripts and request computing resources; how to check job status, etc.
Title: Introduction to HPC Using zcluster at GACRC
Date: January 27th, 2016, Wednesday
Time: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: Life Sciences Building, room C128
Focus:
What's zcluster at GACRC
zcluster current computing resources
zcluster software environment
How to work with zcluster, e.g., how to run interactive jobs; how to run batch jobs and request computing resources; how to make job submission scripts; how to check job status, etc.
If you would like to attend, please respond by email to: zhuofei@uga.edu or pakala@uga.edu. Also please tell us which session you want to attend.
We have 25 seats in the lab room, so we have a 25 user/workshop limit. Please respond at your earliest convenience to register to guarantee your seat. You are welcome and encouraged to attend those workshops to learn about how to work with the HPC clusters at the GACRC.
The GACRC is going to host other training workshops and seminars covering various HPC topics, including HPC introduction, Linux working environment and utilities (Linux Part III), Bioinfomatics applications, scientific programming, etc., in the near future. We will announce those events when they are scheduled.
The GACRC Web Training page can be found at http://gacrc.uga.edu/help/training/ and the GACRC Wiki Training page can be found at https://wiki.gacrc.uga.edu/wiki/Training, from which you can find detailed information about upcoming and past training sessions from GACRC and download training materials.
Sincerely,
GACRC Staff
Upcoming Sessions
The GACRC is going to host seven training workshops in this November at Life Sciences Building, room C128. The workshops will provide an introduction to the Linux basics and GACRC Linux high performance computing (HPC) clusters and other computing resources.
| Presentation Date/Time | Location | Title |
|---|---|---|
| December 11th, 2015, Friday, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Davison Life Sciences Complex C128 | Introduction to Linux Basics Part-I |
| December 14th, 2015, Monday, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Davison Life Sciences Complex C128 | Introduction to HPC Using the New Cluster at GACRC |
| December 18th, 2015, Friday, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Davison Life Sciences Complex C128 | Introduction to HPC Using zcluster at GACRC |
| January 6th, 2016, Wednesday, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Davison Life Sciences Complex C128 | Introduction to HPC Using the New Cluster at GACRC |
| January 11th, 2016, Monday, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Davison Life Sciences Complex C128 | Introduction to HPC Using zcluster at GACRC |
| January 13th, 2016, Wednesday, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Davison Life Sciences Complex C128 | Introduction to Linux Basics Part-I |
| January 20th, 2016, Wednesday, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Davison Life Sciences Complex C128 | Linux Hands-on Practice Session (Basic Linux knowledge required) |
| January 25th, 2016, Monday, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Davison Life Sciences Complex C128 | Introduction to HPC Using the New Cluster at GACRC |
| January 27th, 2016, Wednesday, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Davison Life Sciences Complex C128 | Introduction to HPC Using zcluster at GACRC |
Past Sessions
| Presentation Date/Time | Location | Title |
|---|---|---|
| December 7th, 2015, Monday, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Davison Life Sciences Complex C128 | Introduction to HPC Using zcluster at GACRC |
| December 4th, 2015, Friday, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Davison Life Sciences Complex C128 | Introduction to HPC Using the New Cluster at GACRC |
Presentation Slides Download
GACRC Computing Resources
BioInfo Application on GACRC Computing Resources
| Workshop PDF |
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Linux Basics
| Workshop PDF |
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| media: Introduction to Linux Basics Part-II Workshop20151130 v2.pdf |
| media: Introduction to Linux Basics Part-I Workshop20150915 v2.pdf |
Out-Reach Talk
| Dept./Center/Institute | Date | Workshop PDF |
|---|---|---|
| The Institute of Bioinformatics and the Quantitative Biology Consulting Group | 2015-10-14 | media: Introduction to HPC Resources at GACRC BBB Talk 20151014.pdf |
| The Center for Simulational Physics | 2015-09-15 | media: Introduction to HPC Using the New Cluster at GACRC Workshop CSP20150915 v2.pdf |
On-Class Training
| Course ID | Course Title | Workshop PDF |
|---|---|---|
| MIBO 8150 | Introduction to UGA Research Resources | media: Introduction to HPC Resources at GACRC MIBO8150 20151007.pdf |
| STAT 8060 | Computing Techniques in Statistics I | media: Introduction to HPC Using zcluster at GACRC Workshop STAT8060 20150826.pdf |
NOTE: The slides may become outdated and you should always check GACRC Wiki for up to date information.