CCAST Advanced Research Computing Training Program, Fall 2024

The NDSU Center for Computationally Assisted Science and Technology (CCAST) is offering a FREE training program to introduce faculty, staff, and students at all NDUS institutions and Tribal colleges/universities in North Dakota 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. Please attend and encourage your students/group members to attend the training (either remote via Zoom or in person) whether you are a current ND-ACES participant or not.

For Fall 2024, we will be offering two workshops (Click HERE to register):

• Workshop 1: Introduction to High-Performance Computing (HPC), Friday, Nov. 8, 2:30–4:00 PM.  

• Workshop 2: HPC Job Submission and Troubleshooting, Friday, Nov. 15, 2:30–4:00 PM.  

Workshops will be offered in-person in AG HILL 240 at NDSU and via Zoom 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.

Pre-registration is required at this link: https://ndstate.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eqH3aLy5S4WYyUu

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Khang Hoang, Ph.D.

khang.hoang@ndsu.edu

Executive Director | Center for Computationally Assisted Science and Technology (CCAST)