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HPC@LSU invites you to attend our weekly training scheduled every Wednesdays, except university holidays.

The training sessions are subject to cancellation due to lack of registrations, so please register if you plan on attending. Registration closes in the afternoon on the day prior to the training.

Click on the tutorial topic to obtain more information and registration details. Remote connect links to attend the training will be provided via email to all registered participants.

Note: The Slide and Support Materials links are placeholders until content is added after the tutorial.

Fall 2025 Training Schedule

1. October 29,2025: Parallelizing Massively Independent Tasks - GNU Parallel and Job Arrays

TopicParallelizing Massively Independent Tasks - GNU Parallel and Job Arrays
DateOctober 29,2025
Time9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
PlaceZoom Online
DescriptionIn scientific computing disciplines such as bioinformatics, computational biology, and other data-intensive fields, many tools and workflows remain serial in nature. Running a large number of these independent jobs efficiently on a multi-core HPC platform can be challenging. This training will introduce two powerful approaches for handling such workloads namely GNU Parallel and SLURM Job Arrays. This training session covers efficient execution and management of large collections of independent or parameter-sweep tasks using GNU Parallel and SLURM Job Arrays, leveraging both single-node and multi-node HPC environments for scalable, high-throughput processing. Through hands-on, real-world examples, we will demonstrate how to launch, monitor, and optimize massive batches of serial or lightweight jobs using GNU Parallel and SLURM Job Arrays, highlighting their similarities, differences, and best-use scenarios.
Prerequisites
  • Basic knowledge of HPC environment and Linux is preferred but not required.
Slides
Source Code
RegistrationClick here

2. November 5,2025: Molecular Dynamics

TopicMolecular Dynamics
DateNovember 5,2025
Time9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
PlaceZoom Online
DescriptionMolecular dynamics simulation (MD) is a computational technique that is used to study the dynamics of molecules and atoms over time. The tutorial will discuss the essentials of the classical molecular dynamics simulations. The basic system setup, initialization, and analysis for widely used simulation packages such as LAMMPS, GROMACS, AMBER and NAMD on LONI and LSU HPC clusters will be reviewed.
Prerequisites
  • Basic knowledge of HPC environment and Linux is preferred but not required.
RegistrationClick here

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Past Tutorials

We offer many tutorial sessions for our users both on campus and online. The training topics include but are not limited to:

  • Introduction to Linux
  • HPC user environment
  • Version control with git
  • Pythong and R programming
  • Deep learning basics
  • Parallel programming

To read descriptions or access PDF's of the slides from past tutorials Past Tutorials.