Past Events

Research computing on the composable ACES and FASTER clusters

This course will provide an overview of composable technology, where hardware can be reallocated between servers based on user requirements, featuring the advanced accelerators available on the composable ACES and FASTER clusters at Texas A&M University. Topics covered include hardware, access, policies, file systems, and batch processing.

When you need support from the Anvil team for a complex workflow, or want to discuss your ideas directly with our team, please consider registering for Anvil Support Hour! We will be available every Thursday from 2:00pm-3:00pm EST via Zoom. Reserve your 20-minute slot for our discussion! Topics for our conversation can be about:

Hosted by the community, tips and tricks webinars share best practices of all things Open OnDemand. They take place on the first Thursday of every month at 1 p.m. ET.  

Recordings of previous events are available.

More information and Zoom coordinates are available on the Open OnDemand Discourse forum.

Hosted by the community, tips and tricks webinars share best practices of all things Open OnDemand. They take place on the first Thursday of every month at 1 p.m. ET.  Zoom link is provided upon registration at the link below. Recordings of previous events are available on the Open OnDemand website. 

This 1-hour primer covers starting and using a Jupyter notebook in Open OnDemand on the ACES cluster, a composable accelerator testbed at Texas A&M University.

More information about this primer at https://hprc.tamu.edu/training/primers_popup.html

If you're in need of assistance with Jetstream2 and would like to discuss an issue or idea directly with our team, please consider dropping in to Jetstream2 office hours. These will be held on Tuesdays from 2-3PM ET (dates subject to change for holidays, trainings, or other events).

Join Jetstream2 Office Hours on Zoom

Whether you're just getting started with Jetstream2 or an experienced user, these sessions are for you. Come meet our support team and get answers to your Jetstream2 questions in real time.

This 1-hour primer covers various job scheduling approaches using the Slurm Workload Manager on the ACES cluster, a composable accelerator testbed at Texas A&M University.

More information about this primer at https://hprc.tamu.edu/training/primers_popup.html

Speaker:  John Linford, NVIDIA
Date/Time: Aug 29, 2024   2:00 - 3:00 pm  Central Time

NCSA has partnered with NVIDIA to power DeltaAI with the Arm-based NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip. DeltaAI will triple NCSA’s AI-focused computing capacity and greatly expand the capacity available within the NSF-funded advanced computing ecosystem. In this webinar, Dr. John Linford from NVIDIA will provide an overview of the NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip addressing the following topics to help researchers utilize DeltaAI effectively:

When you need support from the Anvil team for a complex workflow, or want to discuss your ideas directly with our team, please consider registering for Anvil Support Hour! We will be available every Thursday from 2:00pm-3:00pm EST via Zoom. Reserve your 20-minute slot for our discussion! Topics for our conversation can be about:

In this webinar, you'll explore how Vocareum’s AI Sandbox can empower your institution to effectively integrate and experiment with generative AI technologies: 1. Explore AI Chatbots: Interact with and customize AI chatbots within a controlled environment, allowing you to understand and harness their capabilities. 2. API Access for Custom Solutions: Utilize our APIs to build or deploy AI assistants tailored to your specific needs, enhancing both student and faculty experiences. 3.

In this session we will provide an overview of the Globus Connect Server deploy repo which includes installation via an Ansible role and docker container support.

This hour-long primer (an introductory lecture) covers a variety of topics relevant to computing on the ACES cluster and the FASTER cluster, demonstrated through a live login session.  

More information about this Primer (and others) at https://hprc.tamu.edu/training/primers_popup.html

Date/Time

Tuesday, August 27, 1:30 PM CDT (1 hour) virtually on Zoom.

If you're in need of assistance with Jetstream2 and would like to discuss an issue or idea directly with our team, please consider dropping in to Jetstream2 office hours. These will be held on Tuesdays from 2-3PM ET (dates subject to change for holidays, trainings, or other events).

Join Jetstream2 Office Hours on Zoom

Whether you're just getting started with Jetstream2 or an experienced user, these sessions are for you. Come meet our support team and get answers to your Jetstream2 questions in real time.

This hour-long primer (an introductory lecture) covers basic topics:

• Basic commands
• Process and filesystem concepts
• Shells
• I/O redirection
• Shell scripts

This material is a pre-requisite for many other ACES training courses. 

More information about this Primer (and others) at https://hprc.tamu.edu/training/primers_popup.html

Date/Time

Tuesday, August 27, 10 AM CDT (1 hour) virtually on Zoom.

When you need support from the Anvil team for a complex workflow, or want to discuss your ideas directly with our team, please consider registering for Anvil Support Hour! We will be available every Thursday from 2:00pm-3:00pm EST via Zoom. Reserve your 20-minute slot for our discussion! Topics for our conversation can be about:

In this webinar, we will introduce the storage network, discuss joining the project, and address how the OSN can help meet NSF CC* programmatic requirements. We will look at how organizations use the OSN today, cover common workflows we support, and examine opportunities for how OSN can be leveraged for future proposals, focusing on AI/ML and generative AI workloads. We will then conclude with an open discussion to answer any questions.

If you're in need of assistance with Jetstream2 and would like to discuss an issue or idea directly with our team, please consider dropping in to Jetstream2 office hours. These will be held on Tuesdays from 2-3PM ET (dates subject to change for holidays, trainings, or other events).

Join Jetstream2 Office Hours on Zoom

Whether you're just getting started with Jetstream2 or an experienced user, these sessions are for you. Come meet our support team and get answers to your Jetstream2 questions in real time.

When you need support from the Anvil team for a complex workflow, or want to discuss your ideas directly with our team, please consider registering for Anvil Support Hour! We will be available every Thursday from 2:00pm-3:00pm EST via Zoom. Reserve your 20-minute slot for our discussion! Topics for our conversation can be about:

Whether you are new to Globus or an experienced user who has questions about Globus, this session is for you. Come join our experts and get your questions about Globus answered in real-time.

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The event is an avenue for the system administrators of HPC resources to connect and share their experiences through guided workshops, presentations, and round table discussions.  Complete schedule still TBD.

Dates: August 13th-15th, 2024 [sign-in will begin 12pm Tuesday and the event will end at 12pm on Thursday]
Venue: University of Montana
Address: 32 Campus Dr, Missoula, MT 59812