Introduction to PDC Systems

The “Introduction to PDC Systems” course is typically held twice a year to help researchers who have some experience using high-performance computing (HPC) systems, as well as researchers who are new to using HPC, to start utilising the Dardel system at PDC to boost their research.

In 2025, the course was run in March and early October. The courses were attended by researchers ranging from master's and doctoral students to senior researchers from institutions such as the Karolinska Institute, SciLifeLab and KTH. The courses introduced participants to a host of topics covering the architecture of HPC systems (particularly Dardel), logging in to Dardel and the structure of the file systems. The participants also learned to make good use of the Linux shell and software environment on Dardel, plus how to schedule jobs, including best practices for submitting jobs and compiling code on Dardel. Overall, the courses were great experiences that smoothed the path for the researchers in the process of beginning to use Dardel. The introductory course willbeofferedagaininspring2026,possiblyin another format aligned with changes being made to HPC training approaches by the National Academic Infrastructure for Supercomputing in Sweden (NAISS). So, if you would like to accelerate your research using Dardel, keep an eye on www.pdc.kth.se/about/events  for details of upcoming courses. You can also sign up for the PDC Announce mailing list to be sent details of the forthcoming courses (see www.pdc.kth.se/about/contact/joining-pdc-mailing-lists-1.736925 ).