Python for the HPCC

Fill out the ICER Workshop Registration form by March 30, 2023, to register. 

This non-credit, in-person workshop is provided by Michigan State University’s Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research (ICER) and is designed to guide you through adapting Python scripts and workflows for use with ICER’s High-Performance Computing Center (HPCC). 

The prerequisites needed for this course are listed below. 

• Existing MSU ICER HPCC account 
• Basic competency with Python 
• Basic understanding of the ICER HPCC environment, Linux and SLURM 

The learning objectives for this course are listed below. 

• Understand the Python module system on the HPCC 
• Understand Python environments on the HPCC 
• Use the OnDemand web portal to launch a Jupyter notebook on the HPCC 
• Perform basic profiling of Python code 
• Understand basic vectorization in numpy 
• Use the Numba package to parallelize a loop 

*** Attendees are required to bring a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop to the workshop *** 

Questions? Contact Mahmoud Parvizi at parvizim@msu.edu