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New User Training and Updated Best Practices on Perlmutter: June 12-13, 2024

June 12, 2024

NERSC will be hosting a New User Training and Using Perlmutter refresher virtual training event over two half-days on Wednesday and Thursday, June 12-13, 2024

The goal of this training is to introduce new users to NERSC and to also provide current NERSC users with a review of using Perlmutter, such as how to build, execute, and submit jobs on Perlmutter and available tools. All NERSC users are invited and encouraged to attend this review of best practices for using Perlmutter.

Registration

To register for this free training event, please complete the online registration form.

Topics

This Virtual training will focus on the following topics:

  • Computational systems.
  • Accounts and allocations.
  • Programming environment.
  • Running jobs, tools, and best practices.
  • The NERSC data ecosystem.

Day 1 Agenda: June 12

Time (PDT/UTC-7) Topic Presenters
9 - 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction to NERSC Rebecca Hartman-Baker and Lipi Gupta
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Navigating NERSC Lipi Gupta
10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Break  
10:15 - 10:40 a.m.

IO, Data Storage & Sharing Best Practices

Lipi Gupta
10:40 - 11:10 a.m. Using Python at NERSC and Best Practices Charles Lively
11:10 - 12 a.m.

Hands-On Activities and Q&A

Survey Completion

Lipi Gupta, Charles Lively, and Erik Palmer

Day 2 Agenda: June 13

Time (PDT/UTC-7) Topic Presenters
9 - 9:10 a.m. Recap of Day 1 and Follow Up Questions Charles Lively
9:10 - 9:45 a.m. Programming Environment & Compilation with Best Practices Erik Palmer
9:45 - 10:15 a.m.

Running Jobs and Best Practices

Charles Lively
10:30 - 10:50 a.m. Using Jupyter at NERSC and Best Practices Charles Lively
10:50 - 11am

Hands-On Activities and Q&A

Survey Completion

Charles Lively and Lipi Gupta

 

Video Recordings

Day 1 and Day 2 Video Playlist (access each individual video within)

 

Training Q&A Doc

Training Q&A Document Below.

Presentation Materials

Presentation materials Below are posted each day the morning of each training event.

Welcome and Overview - June 2024 (Day 1)

Navigating NERSC - June 2024 (Day 1)

Data and IO - June 2024 (Day 1)

Using Python-June 2024 (Day 1 and Day 2)

Programming Environment & Compilation with Best Practices (Day 2)

Python + Running Jobs and Best Practices (Day 2)

Using Jupyter at NERSC and Best Practices (Day 2)

Training Q&A Google Doc with Responses