HPCC users, Here are some updates and reminders from last week’s newsletter, especially for the benefit of the many new users who have recently been added to the cluster users list. HPC training reminders Attention new cluster users! I am offering my “Intro to HPC” workshops every Wednesday at 3pm and Thursday at 4pm from October 11 through November 9. This workshop is designed to help new users become acquainted with and start using the cluster. To book a workshop session, click on the “Intro to HPC training session” link on the site below: https://it.engineering.oregonstate.edu/hpc<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fit.engineering.oregonstate.edu%2Fhpc&data=05%7C01%7Ccluster-users%40engr.orst.edu%7C88ad869a87b2445a3cb508dbc91c0926%7Cce6d05e13c5e4d6287a84c4a2713c113%7C0%7C0%7C638324894462568166%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BOKVHhirpd7a2DHsEvFWpc5P4w6HRIidGXI%2BiNkFTTo%3D&reserved=0> AI and ML series of trainings from MarkIII starting next week! For anyone who is interested, Mark III is offering a free five part series of AI and ML trainings starting next Tuesday October 17 and running through November 14: Tuesday, October 17 at 11am: Intro to AI and Machine Learning: The basics, tutorial and lab Tuesday, October 24 at 11am: Intro to Deep Learning: An introduction to Neural Networks Tuesday, October 31 at 11am: Intro to Datasets Tuesday, November 7 at 11am: Intro to Computer Vision and Image Analytics Tuesday, November 14 at 11am: Getting Started with Containers and AI If you are interested in more details and want to register for any of the MarkIII trainings listed above, please check out the “OSU AI Series” on the right hand side of the HPC web site above. Also note the HPC resources from Nvidia also displayed on the right hand side. Updates on cluster updates The updates of the cluster compute and GPU nodes should be completed by the end of the day Tuesday October 10. The submit nodes will be taken offline and scheduled to be updated on the following dates: Submit-c: Monday, October 16 at 9am Submit-b: Monday, October 23 at 9am Submit-a: Monday, October 30 at 9am Please plan accordingly. Srun jobs still running on these hosts when they are scheduled to be updated will be terminated. Jobs submitted via sbatch or the HPC portal will not be affected. If you have any questions or concerns, let me know. For up-to-date status on the cluster, check out the link below: https://it.engineering.oregonstate.edu/hpc/hpc-cluster-status-and-news<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fit.engineering.oregonstate.edu%2Fhpc%2Fhpc-cluster-status-and-news&data=05%7C01%7Ccluster-users%40engr.orst.edu%7C88ad869a87b2445a3cb508dbc91c0926%7Cce6d05e13c5e4d6287a84c4a2713c113%7C0%7C0%7C638324894462568166%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=prZP5AglWkqBfzbwvT2VT918qA7XbyugG4ej8gAWbsk%3D&reserved=0> Cheers, Rob Yelle HPC Manager