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Tutorial on using R on and HPC cluster

Learning to use an HPC cluster for R scripts

Prerequisites

All that you need is a SSH client on your computer

Schedule

Setup Download files required for the lesson
00:00 1. Introduction What is High-Performance Computing?
What is a HPC cluster or Supercomputer?
How my computer compares with a HPC cluster?
01:00 2. The Command Line Interface How to use the Linux terminal
02:30 3. Text editors in Linux How to write and edit text files in the terminal
04:00 4. The Sieve of Eratosthenes How one algorithm looks in 7 different languages?
05:00 5. Job Submission (Torque and Moab) How to submit jobs on the HPC cluster?
06:00 Finish

The actual schedule may vary slightly depending on the topics and exercises chosen by the instructor.