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'''NOTE:''' The https://rcs.ucalgary.ca technical documentation page web site is being developed by Research Computing Services as an easier-to-maintain replacement for the old https://hpc.ucalgary.ca web site.  Pages on the old site will not be updated and will be retired as corresponding information is incorporated into this new site.
Research Computing Services (RCS) is a group within the wider University of Calgary Information Technologies team that plans, manages, and supports high performance computing (HPC) systems in use by researchers throughout the University of Calgary.  Our primary focus is to meet the increasing demand for engineering and scientific computation by offering a wide range of specialized services to help researchers solve highly complex real-world problems or run large scale computationally intensive workloads on our high-end HPC resources.


The demand for and use of scientific computing cycles at the [https://ucalgary.ca University of Calgary] is running at an all-time high.
This RCS Wiki contains technical documentation for use by users of HPC systems operated by RCS and is a replacement for the old unmaintained HPC website at https://hpc.ucalgary.ca/.  
Researcher-based institutional, multi-institutional, and national initiatives have been very successful
in attracting external funding to increase the computational power available to researchers at the University
in the form of '''High Performance Computing''' ('''HPC''').
'''HPC''' is the term used to describe the '''high-end computing resources''' – computers, storage, networking and visualization – that,
together, are used to help solve highly complex real-world problems, or
to run computationally intensive workloads of a scale far beyond the tasks that could be achieved on today's leading desktop systems.
'''Advanced Research Computing''' is a similar term that is slightly more inclusive than traditional '''HPC'''.


There is a '''High Performance Computing group''' within '''Research Computing Services''',
=== Contact us for support ===
one of the functional divisions of Information Technologies. 
* For general inquiries, please email: support@hpc.ucalgary.ca
The '''HPC group''' is made up of '''Systems and Application Analysts''' and provides services to researchers in support of '''HPC'''. 
* For Compute Canada specific questions: support@computecanada.ca
This web site provides a focal point for that HPC support for U of C researchers.
Among the keywords that might lead you to contact us are
'''Research Computing''', '''ARC''', '''HPC''', '''WestGrid''', '''Compute Canada''', '''Storm''', '''Helix''', '''big data''', '''programming''',
'''debugging''', '''visualization''', '''cluster''' and '''Linux'''.
 
'''Contact us''':
* For general enquiries: [mailto:support@hpc.ucalgary.ca support@hpc.ucalgary.ca].
* For Compute Canada specific questions: [mailto:support@computecanada.ca support@computecanada.ca].
 
'''RCS''' has an office at the '''Foothills campus'''.
It is '''HSC B200D''', it is in the basement in the IT area, but the main entrance is through the IT reception in '''G204Z''',
on the left of the book store. 
If you would like to have a face-to-face meeting with an analyst, please, arrange an appointment beforehand.


RCS has an office at the Foothills campus located at '''HSC B200D''' and can be reached via the IT reception on the main floor at '''G204Z next to the University bookstore'''. If you would like to have a face-to-face meeting with an analyst, please contact us via email to arrange an appointment beforehand.




Revision as of 18:13, 28 July 2020

Research Computing Services (RCS) is a group within the wider University of Calgary Information Technologies team that plans, manages, and supports high performance computing (HPC) systems in use by researchers throughout the University of Calgary. Our primary focus is to meet the increasing demand for engineering and scientific computation by offering a wide range of specialized services to help researchers solve highly complex real-world problems or run large scale computationally intensive workloads on our high-end HPC resources.

This RCS Wiki contains technical documentation for use by users of HPC systems operated by RCS and is a replacement for the old unmaintained HPC website at https://hpc.ucalgary.ca/.

Contact us for support

  • For general inquiries, please email: support@hpc.ucalgary.ca
  • For Compute Canada specific questions: support@computecanada.ca

RCS has an office at the Foothills campus located at HSC B200D and can be reached via the IT reception on the main floor at G204Z next to the University bookstore. If you would like to have a face-to-face meeting with an analyst, please contact us via email to arrange an appointment beforehand.


Cluster Guides

  • ARC cluster - ARC is a general purpose cluster for University of Calgary researchers.
  • Helix cluster - Helix is a specialized cluster mainly provided for Cumming School of Medicine projects
  • GLaDOS cluster - GLaDOS is a researcher-owned cluster maintained by Research Computing Services.
  • TALC - (external link) Teaching and Learning Cluster (TALC) is a cluster created by Research Computing Services to support academic courses and workshops.

Software pages

Running courses on HPC resources

  • TALC - (external link) Teaching and Learning Cluster (TALC) is a cluster created by Research Computing Services to support academic courses and workshops.
  • TALC Terms of Use - Terms of use to which TALC account holders must agree to use the cluster.
  • List of courses on TALC - A list of current and historical courses taught using TALC.

Training


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