Introduction to High Performance Computing and ISCA

Learn what a HPC system is, and how to use it to increase the computational power of your research.

Workshop contents

The material for this workshop is structured in the following lessons which may be covered across multiple sessions. Use the links below to navigate to the correct episode.

  1. Welcome
  2. Why might I want to use a HPC Cluster?
  3. Exeter supported HPC facilities
  4. How do I connect to a HPC Cluster?
  5. File Transfer Methods
  6. Running a job on a HPC system
  7. Loading software packages on HPC
  8. Running more complex jobs on a HPC system
  9. Harnessing the power of the scheduler
  10. Wrap up