Introduction to PDC Systems Course
Free online course from 09.00-12.00 on 6 & 7 October
If you would like to use the Dardel system at PDC, this course is suitable for beginners to high-performance computing (HPC) and for people with HPC experience who want to learn about using Dardel.
Time: Mon 2025-10-06 09.00 - Tue 2025-10-07 12.00
Location: Online via Zoom (Link will be sent to people who register.)
Language: English
Participating: PDC Staff
Overview
This course focuses on utilising the Dardel high-performance computing (HPC) system provided by PDC. Throughout the course, we will cover fundamental information about Dardel and its usage, including an overview of the infrastructure, account management, logging in procedures, job execution, data storage, and code compilation.
Who is it for?
This course is for new users of the Dardel system. No previous experience with using HPC resources is needed.
Requirements
Note that you need to already have a PDC account to register for and participate in the course.
If you need to apply for a PDC account before the course, please see:
support.pdc.kth.se/doc/getting_access/get_access/#applying-for-an-account .
Registration
Please fill in the registration form to attend the course:
Schedule
| Monday 6th October | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-9:10 | Welcome and introduction to Dardel | Henric Zazzi |
| 9:10-10:00 | Basics of the PDC environment | Parasuram Indraganti |
| 10:00-10:05 | Break | - |
| 10:05-10:40 | Using Bash shell | Karl-Johan Westrin |
| 10:40-10:45 | Break | - |
| 10:45-11:35 | Compiling and running your own code - CPU | Johan Hellsvik |
| 11:35-12:00 | Open Session - exercises/discussion/questions | - |
| Tuesday 7th October | ||
| 9:00-9:50 | Job script for efficient utilisation of hardware | Arash Alizad Banaei |
| 9:50-9:55 | Break | - |
| 9:55-10:45 | Compiling and running your own code - GPU | Jonathan Vincent |
| 10:45-10:50 | Break | - |
| 10:50-11:40 | Containers | Henric Zazzi |
| 11:40-12:00 | Open Session - exercises/discussion/questions | - |
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