Training

NERSC offers a wide range of learning opportunities to its users and the wider scientific computing community. We post recordings of most past training events on the NERSC YouTube channel. You can access past events (2024 and earlier) in the training archive.

Need a hand right now?

Watch our short videos on how to perform basic tasks like logging in from the command line, logging in from Jupyter Notebooks, and submitting your first GPU job. 

Watch getting started shorts on YouTube

Upcoming Training Events

View a full list of training events.

SpinUp Workshops

June 2025 SpinUp Workshop

June 5 - 12, 2025
Hybrid
Session 1: Seminar
Thursday, June 5, 2025, 9 a. m. - 12 p. m.
NERSC New User Training

New User Training June 2025

June 18 - 20, 2025
9 - 11:30 a.m. PDT
Hybrid

OLCF Julia for Science 2025

June 19, 2025
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. PDT
Remote
The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), in conjunction with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Computer Science and Mathematics Division…

Deep Learning for Science School 2025

June 23 - 27, 2025
In-person
Hosted by Computing Sciences at Berkeley Lab, the 2025 Deep Learning for Science (DL4SCI) Summer School is a five-day immersive program…

Crash Course in Supercomputing

June 23, 2025
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. PDT
Hybrid
This hybrid training, as part of the 2025 Berkeley Lab Computational Sciences Summer Student Program, is also open to NERSC,…

OLCF Julia for HPC 2025

June 26, 2025
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. PDT
Remote
The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), in conjunction with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Computer Science and Mathematics Division…

NERSC Open Hackathon, July 2025

July 2 - 18, 2025
Hybrid
Together with NVIDIA and the OpenACC organization, NERSC is hosting an Open Hackathon from July 16 to 18, 2025, with introduction and…

International HPC Summer School

July 6 - 11, 2025
In-person
Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from institutions in Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia, or the United States are invited to apply…

ATPESC 2025

July 27 - August 8, 2025
In-person
The annual Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing (ATPESC) provides intensive, two-week training on the key skills, approaches, and tools to…
SpinUp Workshops

August 2025 SpinUp Workshop

August 13 - 21, 2025
Remote
Session 1: Seminar
Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 9 a. m. - 12 p. m.
SpinUp Workshops

October 2025 SpinUp Workshop

October 15 - 23, 2025
Remote
Session 1: Seminar
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 9 a. m. - 12 p. m.

Training Events Archive

Looking for an oldie, but goodie? NERSC training materials from 2018-2023 and 2024 are available from the Internet Archive. 

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