Workshop schedule

The following table shows the schedule for upcoming workshops. You can click on the title of the Workshop to get more information on how to register.

Introduction Workshop

The workshop “Introduction to HPC with ALICE and SHARK” consists of a theoretical session and a practical session. For the latter, you need to bring your own laptop.

For now, the introduction workshop will be in-person only and they will not be recorded.

Registration

The workshop is limited to 15 participants. Registration is done on a first-come-first-serve basis.

If the registration for a workshop is closed, you can still sign-up, and we will put you on the waiting list in case a spot frees up.

For SHARK and ALICE users, you can register by sending an e-mail to helpdesk@alice.leidenuniv.nl with the following information

• Which workshop do you want to register for (specify the date):

• Name

• Department

• ALICE and/or SHARK username

• Which cluster are you using: ALICE or SHARK or both?

• Level of Linux experience: New, Novice or Experienced

• Level of HPC experience: New, Novice or Experienced

Slides

The currently used slides from the introduction workshop can be found here:

Advanced Workshop

Advanced workshops for ALICE and SHARK users focus on specific topics with topics changing from workshop to workshop. Like the beginner workshop, they are open to users from both clusters and jointly given by both support teams. The workshop consist of a presentation and amble time for questions and discussions.

For now, the workshops will be in-person only and they will not be recorded. The slides for each workshop will be made available here.

We are maintaining a list of potential topics and suggestions from users are very welcome. You can send your suggestions to helpdesk@alice.leidenuniv.nl

Registration

The number of participants for workshops is limited. Registration is done on a first-come-first-serve basis.

If the registration for a workshop is closed, you can still sign-up, and we will put you on the waiting list in case a spot frees up.

For SHARK and ALICE users, you can register by sending an e-mail to helpdesk@alice.leidenuniv.nl with the following information

• Which workshop do you want to register for:

• Name

• Department

• ALICE and/or SHARK username

• Which cluster are you using: ALICE or SHARK or both?

• Level of Linux experience: New, Novice or Experienced

• Level of HPC experience: New, Novice or Experienced

Workshop topics

Slurm

In this workshop, we will look at some aspects of using Slurm in more detail, e.g.:

• Setting resources for jobs

• Job scheduling and priority

• salloc and srun

• Ntasks versus cpus-per-task and when to use what

• Depending on time, we can also look at job arrays

The slides for this workshop are available here:

Software 1

In this workshop, we will have a closer look at using and installing software on the cluster, e.g.:

• Background and advanced usage of modules (and what to watch out for)

• Containers

• Installing software yourself

• Working with conda environments