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HPC Beginners Courses

These course are the introduction point to the HPC cluster. If you need to find out what to do with HPC, go to these courses.

They are offered very frequently and are designed to be beginner friendly.

  • Getting started with Linux Bash
    • How to KISSKI
      • Supercomputing for every scientist
        • Using the GWDG Scientific Compute Cluster
          Last modified: 2025-05-27 06:59:41
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          • 1. Start Here
            • Getting An Account
            • Cluster Overview
            • Types of User Accounts
            • Connecting (SSH)
              • Installing SSH Clients
              • Generating SSH Keys
              • Uploading SSH Keys
              • Configuring SSH
              • Logging In
              • SSH Troubleshooting
                • "Corrupted MAC" errors on Windows
                • Error: "permission denied"
                • Warning: unprotected key file
              • SSH FAQ
                • Is password authentication supported?
                • What 2FA methods are available?
                • What type of user account do I have?
                • Why are only ed25519, ed25519-sk, and 4096-bit rsa keys recommended?
            • NHR Application Process
              • Apply for a Compute Project
              • Proposal Format
              • JARDS - Guide to filling out
            • KISSKI Application Process
            • Accounting Core-h
            • Science Domains
              • AI
              • Chemistry
              • Data Science
              • Digital Humanities
              • Earth Science
              • Engineering
              • Forest
              • Mathematics
              • Quantum Computing
          • 2. How to use...
            • Slurm
              • Multiple programs and multiple data
              • GPU Usage
              • Interactive Jobs
              • Job arrays
              • Job runtimes and QoS
              • Multiple concurrent programs on a single node
              • Resource monitoring and Reports
              • Self-Resubmitting jobs
            • Compute Partitions
              • CPU Partitions
              • GPU Partitions
            • Compilers
              • Workflow compiler
              • Hybrid Jobs
              • Linking the MKL version of fftw3
              • MPI and OpenMP
              • Workflow Intel MPI
              • Workflow OpenMP
              • Workflow OpenMPI
            • Spack
              • Spack FAQs
            • Storage Systems
              • Data Stores
                • HOME
                • Project
                • SCRATCH/WORK
                • ARCHIVE/PERM
                • Requestable Storage
              • Cluster Storage Map
              • Quota
                • Checking Usage And Quotas
                • Fixing Quota Issues
                • Increasing Quota
              • Temporary Storage
              • Project Map
              • Optimizing IO Performance
            • Data Transfers
            • Terminal multiplexer
            • SSH
          • 3. Software Stacks
            • Module Basics
            • Software Licensing
            • Spack
            • Available modules
              • Apptainer (formerly Singularity)
              • GWDG Modules (gwdg-lmod)
                • Software Revision 25.04
                  • Emmy Core Modules
                  • Emmy GCC11 Modules
                  • Emmy GCC14 Modules
                  • Emmy Intel Modules
                  • Grete Core Modules
                  • Grete GCC13 Modules
              • NHR Modules (nhr-lmod)
                • Software Revision 24.05
                  • Emmy Core Modules (24.05)
                  • Emmy Intel Modules (24.05)
                  • Grete Core Modules (24.05)
              • SCC Modules (scc-lmod)
              • HLRN Modules (hlrn-tmod)
                • Devtools Compiler Debugger
                  • Anaconda (conda) and Mamba
                  • antlr
                  • Arm DDT
                  • Charm++
                  • Intel oneAPI Compiler Suite
                  • Intel oneAPI MPI
                  • Intel oneAPI Performance Tools
                    • VTune Profiler
                    • VTune Profiler (extended workshop version)
                  • Julia
                  • LIKWID Performance Tool Suite
                  • OpenMPI
                  • Patchelf
                  • Python
                  • Valgrind instrumentation framework
                  • VS Code
                • Legacy Applications
                  • Abaqus
                  • AEC library
                    • Install AEC GNU
                    • Install AEC Intel
                  • BLAS
                  • CDO
                  • Chemistry
                    • CP2K
                    • Exciting
                    • GPAW
                    • GROMACS
                    • NAMD
                    • Octopus
                    • Quantum ESPRESSO
                    • RELION
                    • VASP
                    • Wannier90
                  • CP2K
                  • Data Manipulation
                    • AEC library
                      • Install AEC GNU
                      • Install AEC Intel
                    • CDO
                    • ECCODES
                      • Installing ECCODES
                        • Install ecCodes with intel compilers
                        • Install ecCodes with gcc
                    • HDF5 Libraries and Binaries
                      • HDF5 Installation
                        • Enable autotools
                        • HDF5 1.12.2 configuration
                        • HDF5 1.12.2 parallel (impi) installation
                        • HDF5 1.12.2 parallel (ompi) installation
                        • Libaec Installation
                    • Libtiff
                    • NCO
                    • netCDF
                      • Install netCDF
                      • Linking with the netcdf library
                        • Example netcdf program
                    • Octave
                    • pigz
                    • PROJ
                    • R
                      • Installing R and R-packages
                    • Szip
                    • UDUNITS2
                  • ECCODES
                    • Installing ECCODES
                      • Install ecCodes with intel compilers
                      • Install ecCodes with gcc
                  • Engineering
                    • Abaqus
                    • How to bring your own license
                    • STAR-CCM+
                  • Exciting
                  • FFTW3
                    • The Fftw3-Installation at HLRN
                  • GPAW
                  • GROMACS
                  • GSL
                    • Configure and make GSL
                  • HDF5 Libraries and Binaries
                    • HDF5 Installation
                      • Enable autotools
                      • HDF5 1.12.2 configuration
                      • HDF5 1.12.2 parallel (impi) installation
                      • HDF5 1.12.2 parallel (ompi) installation
                      • Libaec Installation
                  • How to bring your own license
                  • libcurl
                  • Libtiff
                  • libz
                  • Miscellaneous
                    • libcurl
                    • libz
                    • nocache
                  • MUMPS
                  • NAMD
                  • NCO
                  • netCDF
                    • Install netCDF
                    • Linking with the netcdf library
                      • Example netcdf program
                  • NFFT
                    • Building NFFT
                  • nocache
                  • Numerics
                    • BLAS
                    • FFTW3
                      • The Fftw3-Installation at HLRN
                    • GSL
                      • Configure and make GSL
                    • MUMPS
                    • NFFT
                      • Building NFFT
                    • ScaLAPACK
                    • Scotch
                  • Octave
                  • Octopus
                  • pigz
                  • PROJ
                  • Quantum ESPRESSO
                  • R
                    • Installing R and R-packages
                  • RELION
                  • ScaLAPACK
                  • Scotch
                  • STAR-CCM+
                  • Szip
                  • UDUNITS2
                  • VASP
                  • Visualization tools
                    • GraDS
                    • NCL
                    • NcView
                    • ParaView
                    • pyfesom2
                  • Wannier90
            • Applications
              • Ansys Suite
                • CFX
                • Fluent
                • LS-DYNA
                • Mechanical
              • Ferret (Apptainer)
              • Foam-extend
              • Gaussian
              • Likwid
              • MATLAB
              • OpenFOAM
              • TURBOMOLE
            • Compilers and Interpreters
              • AMD Optimizing Compilers (AOCC)
              • Conda & Python
                • Tensorflow
              • CPython
              • GCC
              • Go
              • Intel Compilers
              • Julia
              • LLVM (Clang, etc.)
              • MATLAB PARALLEL SERVER ON THE SCC
              • Nvidia HPC Compilers
              • R
              • rustc
            • Parallelization
              • MPI
                • OpenMPI
                • Intel MPI
              • OpenACC
              • OpenCL
                • Nvidia Driver
                • PoCL
              • OpenMP
              • Apache Spark
          • 4. Services
            • Arcana/RAG
              • AI Transparency Statement
              • Datenschutzhinweis
              • Terms of use
              • Setting up an Arcana
              • How to use Arcana
              • Docling process
              • Public Arcana links
              • RAG Service
              • Support and FAQ
            • Chat AI
              • Available Models
              • Chat AI FAQ
              • Personas
              • Data Privacy Notice
              • Datenschutzhinweis
              • Terms of use
            • CoCo AI
            • Data Pool
              • Validator
            • GöDL - Data Catalog
            • Image AI
              • Image-AI FAQ
              • Data Privacy Notice
              • Datenschutzhinweis
              • Terms of use(English)
              • Terms of use(German)
            • JupyterHub
              • Creating your own JuypterHPC container
            • Neuromorphic Computing
              • Neuromorphic Computing Tools and Libraries
              • SpiNNaker
            • Protein-AI
              • Protein-AI FAQ
              • Terms of use
            • Quantum Computing Simulators
              • QC Simulators FAQ
              • Qibo
              • Qiskit
              • Qsim and Cirq
              • Qulacs
              • QuTip
            • RStudio-JupyterHub
            • SAIA
            • Secure HPC
              • Getting Started
              • Success stories
              • User Guide
            • Software Performance Engineering
            • Voice-AI
              • Voice-AI FAQ
              • Data Privacy Notice
              • Datenschutzhinweis
              • Terms of use
          • 5. Project Management
            • Project Portal
            • User Perspective
            • Managing a Project
            • Applying for projects on the SCC
            • Data Migration Guide
            • NHR/HLRN Project Migration
            • Project Structure
          • 6. Training
            • Community Events
              • NHR Roadshow
            • GWDG Academy
              • HPC Beginners Courses
                • Getting started with Linux Bash
                • How to KISSKI
                • Supercomputing for every scientist
                • Using the GWDG Scientific Compute Cluster
              • General HPC usage
                • Deep Dive Into Containers
                • Practical Course in High-Performance Computing
                • Secure HPC - Parallel Computing with highest security
                • Using Jupyter notebooks on HPC
              • Advanced HPC Topics
                • High Performance Data Analytics: Big Data meets HPC
                • Monitoring HPC Systems in the GWDG
                • Practical: High-Performance Computing System Administration
                • Quantum Computing with Simulators on HPC
                • System, User and Developer Perspectives on Parallel I/O
              • Performance Engineering
                • Introduction to Performance Engineering
                • Parallel Programming with MPI
                • Performance Analysis of AI and HPC Workloads
              • Artificial Intelligence / GPU Programming
                • Deep Learning Bootcamp: Building and Deploying AI Models
                • Deep Learning with GPU Cores
                • Effectively Utilize AI Tools in Research
                • Fundamentals of Accelerated Computing with CUDA Python
                • GPU Programming with CUDA
                • KI in der Verwaltung: Eine Einführung in die Nutzung für alle Mitarbeiter*innen
              • Data Management in HPC
                • Data Management Concepts for Efficient and User-Friendly HPC
                • Using the GöDL Data Catalog for Semantic Data Access on the GWDG HPC Systems
                • Using the GWDG Data Pools for Scientific Data Sharing
              • Application Science / Science Domains
                • Ansys on Cluster and Post-Processing of Simulation Results
                • Debugging Scientific Applications - Illustration on OpenFOAM
                • Introduction to AlphaFold
                • Introduction to Research Software Development with MATLAB
                • Parallel Computing with MATLAB Part I: Parallelize on your local machine
                • Parallel Computing with MATLAB Part II: Scaling up to the GWDG Scientific Compute Cluster
                • Snakemake for HPC Workflows
            • HPC Workshops
            • Self Paced tutorials
              • Linux bash tutorial
              • Slurm tutorial
          • 7. Support
            • Known issues
          • Citing us

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