High Performance Computing on the Vlaamse SuperComputer

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live training

High Performance Computing on the Vlaamse SuperComputer

Target Audience:
VIB PhD student
VIB postdoc
VIB staff scientist
VIB group leader or expert
VIB technical support
Location:

Ghent - VIB/UGent FVSM II

Duration:

12/04/24 from 13h-17h

General context

This training will show you how to work on the HPC cluster of the VSC.

People who want to follow a training that makes use of the HPC cluster (like our genome assembly training and our variant analysis training) and who have no experience with HPC should follow this training first. Join the waiting list if you want to attend.

Learning outcomes

The training will show you how to

- access the HPC cluster

- get your data on and off the cluster

- submit jobs to use the software on the cluster 

Required skills

If you have no experience with Linux you should follow the Linux introduction first. 

Trainers

Janick Mathys
VIB Training and Conferences, BE

Janick tries to help VIB scientists analyze their data by offering bioinformatics training and support. Next to organizing trainings, creating e-learning courses and teaching statistics, R, Python, Linux, HPC, bulk and single cell RNA-Seq analysis, she consults scientists and develops pipelines for omics analyses. Before joining VIB, she worked as a post-doc at KULeuven, doing research on transcriptomics and transcription regulation. She coordinated the Master of Bioinformatics program of KULeuven and taught the course on Biological Databases. 

Contact Janick Mathys :

Practical info

Location & Venue

12 April 2024

Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II

Technologiepark 75
9052 Zwijnaarde
Belgium

Public transport

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Public transport

From Ghent Sint-Pieters station, you can take a bus to Technologiepark. Please check Routeplanner De Lijn for schedules.

Bike

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Bike

Looking for a custom cycling route? Try the online cycling route planner to easily and quickly identify the fastest, safest and/or most scenic route to any destination in Ghent.
Cycling route planner
 

Shared bicycles:

Several providers are active in the area.
Take a look at their platforms:
- Indigo Weel Pro app
- Bluebike
- DOTT
- BOLT eBikes
- Donkey Republic

There are also some public bicycle pumps at the park.

Route description

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Parking

Route description

There is only one entrance to Technologiepark. At the entrance, please take a ticket  - Parking is only allowed in regular parking spots (for instance in front of the building) and in the parking tower. Parking alongside the roads or in other places where there is no regular parking is prohibited.

Venue contact

12 April 2024

Ghent - VIB/UGent FSVM II
Extra information

room L4 of the FSVM2 building, Technologiepark, Gent

Map: https://cmb.sites.vib.be/en/contact