Online Introduction to DelftBlue
Since June 2022, the first central supercomputer at TU Delft, DelftBlue, is available for research and education to all TU Delft staff. To give you a head start on this new and exciting facility, the Delft High-Performance Computing center (DHPC) offers an online introductory course.
Learning objectives
After the short course, you should be able to:
- Understand the basic concepts of DelftBlue (shared vs. distributed memory, node types, job scheduling, managing your data, and accounting),
- Login, create a job script, start a batch or interactive job, and transfer data between DelftBlue and your local machine or network storage.
- Effectively use the documentation to familiarize yourself with the machine,
- Have a rough overview of software and programming models suitable for use on DelftBlue.
Programme
| 9:30 - 10:00 | What is a supercomputer? |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Practical use of DelftBlue |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Programming Techniques for Supercomputers |
Online primer
Teachers:
J. Thies
D. Palagin
Costs:
Free
Prerequisites:
Basic Linux command line skills
Linux, MacOS or Windows 10 computer on campus or at home with EduVPN (please try to access login.delftblue.tudelft.nl with your NetID to see if it works).