Environmental Sciences Computational Bootcamp

September 3–6, 2019
9:00 - 11:30 am
Searle 240A

Schedule:

• Day 1. Linux & the bash shell

• Day 2. Overview of the RCC cluster (midway) and high-performance computing

• Day 3. Parallel computing (multiprocessing in Python)

• Day 4. Version control (Git)

Day 1: Linux & the bash shell (2.5 hours)

• Connecting to Midway2
• Command line interface
• Manipulating files and navigating thhe file system
• Shell scripting (Loops, logicals, etc.)

Day 2 Overview of the RCC cluster and high-performance computing (2.5 hours)

• Basics of high-performance computing.

• Using Slurm.

Day 3: Parallel computing -- multiprocessing in python (2.5 hours)

• Overview of parallelization
• Using multiprocessing module in python

Day 4: Code repository (2+ hours)

• Basic concepts.

• Creating a Git repository, and committing the code.

• Sharing and collaborating on the code using Git.