October 9, 2024
ONLINE
Europe/Vienna timezone

Start date:  9 October 2024, 09:00 (CEST)     Entry level:  Basic
End date:  9 October 2024, 16:00 (CEST)     Subject area:  HPC prerequisites
Location:  ONLINE (Zoom)     Topics:  Linux command line
Language:  English     Target audience:  Academia, industry, public sector
Price:  Free    Organizer:  VSC

This course is targeted for our new users who might not have worked on the Linux command line before. You will learn how to login to VSC and step-by-step we will show you how to work on the Linux command line and a few basic things that will help you to organize your workflows on the cluster. Focusing on hands-on teaching throughout the course, you will immediately try out what you've heard and adapt it to your own needs.

After attending this course you are prepared for and might consider to continue with the course Introduction to Working on the VSC Clusters to be able to use the VSC supercomputers and especially their queuing system efficiently.

Agenda & Content

See Agenda & Content in the left menu for a detailed timetable and course content.

Entry level

Basic

Prerequisites

There is no previous knowledge required for this course.

Target audience

Course for academia, industry, and public administration.

Course format

This course will be delivered as a LIVE ONLINE COURSE (using Zoom).

Hands-on labs

All participants will get a temporary user account on the VSC to do the hands-on labs.

You will use your own laptop or workstation to connect to VSC and do the hands-on exercises. If you use Windows please install the following software packages prior to the course: PuTTY and FileZilla or winscp.

Accepted participants will be contacted a few days before the course and asked to do a short PRE-ASSIGNMENT that has to be completed before the course starts.

Lecturers

Simeon Harrison (VSC Research Center, TU Wien and EuroCC Austria)

Moritz Siegel (VSC Research Center, TU Wien)

Language

English

Date, time, and location

09.10.2024, 09:00 – 16:00 CEST, LIVE ONLINE COURSE (using Zoom)

Prices and eligibility

This training is free of charge and open for users (or soon to be users) of the VSC clusters only.

Registration

The registration form and deadlines are available from the left menu. The registration form might close even before the deadline if the number of registrations has reached its maximum (and will open again if there are cancelations).

Please register with your official email address to prove your affiliation.

You will get an automatic confirmation via email (subject starting with "[Indico] Registration"), please check your Spam/Junk folders.

Following your successful registration, you will receive further information approximately 1 week before the course.

Waitinglist

After the number of registrations has reached its maximum or the registration form has been closed, you may want to send us an email stating that you are interested to be put on the waiting list (vacancies may occur due to cancelations, etc.).

To be able to do the hands-on labs on the VSC please provide your full international mobile-phone number for the two-factor authentication required to login to the VSC systems.

Modification, withdrawal & no-show policy

Your registration is binding. Please only register for the course if you are really going to attend.

You can update your registration data or withdraw your registration anytime before the registration form has been closed via the link "Manage my registration" which you can find at the bottom of your automatic email confirmation (subject starting with "[Indico] Registration").

Alternatively, or after the registration form has been closed, please inform us about your cancelation or any change in your registration data (especially your mobile-phone number) via email (training@vsc.ac.at).

No-show policy: If you do not cancel and do not show up at the course you will be blacklisted and excluded from future training events.


Organizers

This course is organized by the VSC Research Center, TU Wien.


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