Office of Research Computing

ORC Workshops For Spring 2025

We are excited to begin our Workshop series for Spring 2025, the first of which will be on The SLURM Scheduler on the HOPPER Cluster and is planned for this Thursday, 09/19/2024, at 11:00AM -12:00PM. All those using the cluster and planning to use the cluster are invited to attend.  

Introduction to Slurm and Running Jobs in Batch Mode  | 02/13/2025 | 11:00AM – 12:00PM EST 
Summary: This workshop will be an introduction to the cluster environment and using the job scheduler, SLURM, to run jobs interactively and in batch mode.   

Workshop Registration/Join Details:  

Registration/Sign in form: https://forms.office.com/r/LqPA5x519N   

Spring 2025 Planned Workshops: 

ORC Workshops for Spring 2025  
ORC Webinars Description Date Times 
Introduction to Slurm and Running Jobs in Batch Mode This workshop will be a detailed introduction to the cluster environment and using the job scheduler, SLURM, to run jobs interactively and in batch mode from the shell.  02/13/202511:00AM – 12:00PM  
Open OnDemand: Interactive Web Dashboard for Working on the Cluster This workshop will be a detailed introduction to the Open OnDemand web dashboard that can be used to run apps and other jobs on the cluster interactively. 02/20/202511:00AM – 12:00PM   
Running VS Code from OOD This workshop will cover correctly connecting to the cluster and using Visual Studio, both locally installed and the app from OOD 02/20/202511:00AM – 12:00PM  
Managing Python Packages with Conda and Python Virtual Environments This workshop will go into the different ways Python packages can be managed in the cluster environment using Conda and Python virtual environments both in batch mode from the command line and with Jupyter Notebooks and Jupyter Lab on the cluster.  02/27/202511:00AM – 12:00PM    
Running GPU Jobs Efficiently on the Cluster This workshop covers an introduction to the different GPU resources we have on the cluster and how to set up, run and monitor your GPU jobs in the most efficient way. 03/20/202511:00AM – 12:00PM  
Running and Monitoring Multi GPU Jobs on the Cluster This workshop will go over running and monitoring multi-gpu jobs based on Python Multi GPU training with DDP 03/27/202511:00AM – 12:00PM   
Running R on Hopper/ Biostats Workflows Running jobs and using R on the Cluster  11:00AM – 12:00PM  

Upcoming ORC events and workshops are normally posted on our website here while the workshop series and other training resources details can be found on our Training pages here.   

Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions.  

ORC Workshops For Fall 2024

We are excited to begin our Workshop series for Fall 2024, the first of which will be on The SLURM Scheduler on the HOPPER Cluster and is planned for this Thursday, 09/19/2024, at 11:00AM -12:00PM. All those using the cluster and planning to use the cluster are invited to attend.  

  
The SLURM Scheduler on the HOPPER Cluster | 09/19/2024 | 11:00AM – 12:00PM EST 
Summary: This workshop will be an introduction to the cluster environment and using the job scheduler, SLURM, to run jobs interactively and in batch mode.   

Workshop Registration/Join Details:  

Registration/Sign in form: https://forms.office.com/r/LqPA5x519N   

Upcoming ORC Workshops for Spring 2024  

Date  Times  Title  Description  
09/26/2024  11:00AM – 12:00PM  Open OnDemand: An Interactive Web Dashboard for Working on the Cluster  This workshop will be a detailed introduction to the Open OnDemand web dashboard that can be used to run apps and other jobs on the cluster interactively.  
09/26/2024  11:00AM – 12:00PM  Running VS Code from Open OnDemand  This workshop will go over how to correctly use VS Code from the Open OnDemand dashboard while working on the cluster.  
10/03/2024  11:00AM -12:00PM  Managing Python Packages with Conda and Virtual Environments on the Cluster  This workshop will go into the different ways python packages can be managed in the cluster environment using conda and python virtual environments both in batch mode from the command line and with Jupyter Notebooks and Jupyter Lab on the cluster.  
10/10/2024 11:00AM -12:00PM  Gaussian on Hopper This workshop will cover running Gaussian on the cluster using both CPUs and GPUS with Slurm and from OOD with GaussView 
10/17/2024  11:00AM -12:00PM  Running GPU Jobs Efficiently on the Cluster  This workshop covers an introduction to the different gpu resources we have available on the cluster and how to set up and monitor your GPU runs on these resources in the most efficient way.  
10/24/2024 11:00AM -12:00PM  Pytorch DDP: Multi GPU Jobs on the Cluster This workshop will go over running and monitoring multi-gpu jobs based on Python Multi GPU training with DDP 
10/31/2024 11:00AM – 12:00PM using Gurobi on the Hopper Cluster This workshop will cover running jobs and using Gurobi on the Cluster 

Upcoming ORC events and workshops are normally posted on our website here while the workshop series and other training resources details can be found on our Training pages here.   

Please contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions.  

ORC Spring 2024 Workshop Series

We are excited to begin our Spring 2024 Workshop series, the first of which will be on The SLURM Scheduler on the HOPPER Cluster and is planned for this Thursday, 02/08/2024, at 11:00AM -12:00PM. All those using the cluster and planning to use the cluster are invited to attend.


The SLURM Scheduler on the HOPPER Cluster | 02/08/2024 | 11:00AM – 12:00PM EST
Summary: This workshop will be an introduction to the cluster environment and using the job scheduler, SLURM, to run jobs interactively and in batch mode.

Workshop Registration/Join Details:

Registration/Sign in form: https://forms.office.com/r/LqPA5x519N

Upcoming ORC Workshops for Spring 2024

DateTimesTitleDescription
02/15/202411:00AM – 12:00PMOpen OnDemand: An Interactive Web Dashboard for Working on the ClusterThis workshop will be a detailed introduction to the Open OnDemand web dashboard that can be used to run apps and other jobs on the cluster interactively.
02/20/202411:00AM – 12:00PMRunning VS Code from Open OnDemandThis workshop will go over how to correctly use VS Code from the Open OnDemand dashboard while working on the cluster.
02/22/202411:00AM -12:00PMManaging Python Packages with Conda and Virtual Environments on the ClusterThis workshop will go into the different ways python packages can be managed in the cluster environment using conda and python virtual environments both in batch mode from the command line and with Jupyter Notebooks and Jupyter Lab on the cluster.
02/27/202411:00AM -12:00PMRunning GPU Jobs Efficiently on the ClusterThis workshop covers an introduction to the different gpu resources we have available on the cluster and how to set up and monitor your GPU runs on these resources in the most efficient way.

Upcoming ORC events and workshops are normally posted on our website here while the workshop series and other training resources details can be found on our Training pages here.

ORC Open Office Hours and Fall Workshop Series

Beginning 10/24/2023, the ORC will be hosting regular walk-in office hours on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between 2:00PM – 3:00PM in Research Hall, Suite 141. Students using the cluster for their final class projects and those new to using the cluster are especially encouraged to drop in with any questions. 

Additionally, we have a planned series of workshops as detailed below: 

Date Time Title Description 
10/26/2023 11:00AM -12:00PM The SLURM Scheduler on the Cluster This workshop will be an introduction to the cluster environment and using the job scheduler, SLURM, to run jobs interactively and in batch mode. 
11/02/2023 11:00AM -12:00PM Managing Python Packages with Conda and Virtual Environments on the Cluster This workshop will go into the different ways Python packages can be managed in the cluster environment using Conda and Python virtual environments both in batch mode from the command line and with Jupyter Notebooks and Jupyter Lab on the cluster. 
11/09/2023 11:00AM -12:00PM Running GPU Jobs Efficiently on the Cluster This workshop covers an introduction to the different GPU resources we have on the cluster and how to set up and monitor your GPU runs in the most efficient way. 

Zoom meeting details for the Workshop series will be sent out the week of each workshop. 

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]

OKLAHOMA SUPERCOMPUTING SYMPOSIUM 2021

The annual Oklahoma Supercomputing Symposium will be held as a free virtual event this year.

The meeting agenda with registration information can be found here: http://www.oscer.ou.edu/Symposium2021/agenda.html

SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:
Margaret Martonosi – Assistant Director, Computer and Information Science & Engineering National Science Foundation
Lynne Parker – Director, National AI Initiative Office. Assistant Director of OSTP for Artificial Intelligence Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) The White House
Dan Stanzione – Director, Texas Advanced Computing Center University of Texas Austin
Thirumalai (Venky) Venkatesan – Director, Center for Quantum Research and Technology University of Oklahoma