Bootcamp on using Paramshakti supercomputer
September 18, 2021
Organized by the Centre for Computational and Data Sciences, IIT Kharagpur
This three-hour Bootcamp is aimed at training students, postdocs, and faculty of IIT Kharagpur
on using the Paramshakti (PS) supercomputing facility. It will introduce you to the supercomputer
configuration, software environment, and job submission, and wherever possible, a
demonstration of these will be shown. This Bootcamp is going to happen once every two weeks
until further notice.
The number of participants is limited to 60.
Workshop Links:
Online registration form
(No registration fee.)
Contact email: hksahu@iitkgp.ac.in
Prerequisites:
Preliminary knowledge in using basic Linux commands; any text editor like nano, vim, etc
Important Dates:
*Registration will be closed earlier if capacity is reached. Early registration is recommended
Speakers:
● Dr. Sandeep Kumar Reddy
● Mr. Hemanta Kumar Sahu
Schedule:
10.00 - 10.05
Welcome
10.05 - 10.25
Introduction to PS supercomputer
10.25 - 10.30
Supporting staff and charging policy
10.30 - 10.40
How to connect to PS
10.40 - 11.00
Software environment and modules
11.00 - 11.15
Q&A
11.15 - 11.30
Break
11.30 - 11.40
Job scheduler - SLURM
11.40 - 11.50
A brief introduction to serial and parallel (MPI, OpenMP, and GPU)
computing
11.50 - 12.05
Useful slurm commands (and demonstration)
12.05 - 12.30
Job submission scripts and submitting jobs (and demonstration)
12.30 - 12.40
Job monitoring
12.40 - 13.00
Q&A
