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FollowNew User Training and Updated Best Practices on Perlmutter: June 18 & 20, 2025
NERSC will be hosting a New User Training and Using Perlmutter refresher virtual training event over two half-days on June 18, 2025 (Wednesday) and June 20, 2025 (Friday).
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.
Zoom Link: Join Zoom Meeting
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.
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New User Training Learning Outcomes |
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TLO |
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Users will understand the services, and scope of work at NERSC. |
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Users will be able to recognize the different capabilities of available NERSC resources. |
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Users will be able to login to NERSC resources using multiple methods. |
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Users will be able to navigate the NERSC documentation to find relevant information. |
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Users will be able to identify different storage options for their computing needs. |
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Users will be able to locate and access software provided by NERSC as modules and will be able to compile basic C,C++,Fortran applications from source. |
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Users will be able to run HPC applications on NERSC systems. |
Day 1 Agenda: June 18, 2025 (Wednesday)
| Time (PDT/UTC-7) | Topic | Presenters |
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| 9:00 - 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 p.m. |
Hands-On Activities and Q&A Survey Completion |
Lipi Gupta and Charles Lively |
Day 2 Agenda: June 20, 2025 (Friday)
| Time (PDT/UTC-7) | Topic | Presenters |
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| 9:00 - 9:10 a.m. | Recap of Day 1 and Follow-Up Questions | Charles Lively and Lipi Gupta |
| 9:10 - 9:45 a.m. | Programming Environment & Compilation with Best Practices | Justin Cook |
| 9:45 - 10:25 a.m. |
Running Jobs and Best Practices |
Charles Lively |
| 10:40 - 11:00 a.m. | Using Jupyter at NERSC and Best Practices | Lipi Gupta |
| 11:00 - 11:30 am |
Hands-On Activities and Q&A Survey Completion |
Charles Lively and Lipi Gupta |
Video Recordings
TBA 10 days after training
Training Q&A Doc
TBA 10 days after training
Presentation Materials
Day 1
Day 2
