HPC 101 v2.0

Essentials of High-Performance Computing

Portage and Superior are Michigan Tech's shared high-performance computing infrastructures. These infrastructures underwent OS upgrades and other significant enhancements during the Summer of 2021 (hence the indicator, v2.0). The intent of this free course is to provide researchers essential training regarding remote access, data transfer, generating submission scripts, monitoring simulations, software compilation and management using EasyBuild and Lmod, and an overview of expected usage etiquette.

Every researcher added to Michigan Tech's High-Performance Computing Shared Facility is automatically enrolled in this course as a student. It will serve as the End User License Agreement (EULA). Researchers are required to complete this course prior to starting production quality simulations.

A vast majority of the questions in this training camp are in a Yes/No quiz format. They can be accessed here (or click on Modules in the left menu and then on Essentials of High-Performance Computing). Submissions do require manual grading by Dr. Gowtham. When all tasks are completed correctly, researcher will receive an automated email that serves as the certificate of completion.