Unlocking the power of High Performance Computing

Member of Common Room, Yassamine Mather, will be exploring how to enable complex computation to transform your research using the University of Oxford’s High Performance Clusters.

High-Performance Computing (HPC) is transforming the way researchers approach complex data analysis, machine learning, and AI training. This hands-on session introduces participants to the ARC (Advanced Research Computing) cluster at the University of Oxford and provides the essential knowledge needed to make the most of this powerful resource.

This practical workshop will guide you through the fundamentals of HPC use – from connecting to the system and scheduling jobs to managing data and running software efficiently in a parallel computing environment.

By the end of the session, you’ll be able to:

• Understand the basics of HPC and parallel computing, including types of parallelism

• Connect to ARC and manage your account

• Schedule, submit, and monitor jobs using the SLURM resource manager

• Request and allocate resources such as memory and GPUs

• Handle job failures effectively and interpret queue activity

• Navigate the ARC software environment and use containers

• Transfer data securely between ARC and local systems

Whether you’re a researcher looking to scale up your computational work or a student curious about the role of HPC in AI and data science, this session will help you unlock the potential of Oxford’s ARC cluster and take your research to the next level.

This is a hybrid event. Reserve your spot to attend in person.

Or join by MS Teams at 10am on 25 November.

Registration required. If you have any questions regarding this event, please email the event organiser, Yassamine Mather: yassamine.mather@kellogg.ox.ac.uk

Open to: Members of Kellogg College, Staff, Students,