HPC Education and Training¶
NJIT HPC provides practical training in high performance computing for students and researchers at various levels of expertise. HPC training for research professionals aims to enhance their capabilities in utilizing high-performance computing, data-intensive computing, and data analytics within their respective research fields.
2026 Spring¶
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Introduction to Containers¶
This webinar provides a practical introduction to container technologies on the Wulver HPC cluster, including container concepts, container engines and registries, and the use of Apptainer for HPC workloads. Participants will learn how to obtain and run container images, manage files and bind mounts, enable GPU support inside containers, and integrate containers into HPC workflows for scalable and reproducible computing.
Key Highlights:
- What containers are and why they matter in HPC
- Container engines, registries, and the Apptainer toolchain
- Key commands — pull, shell, exec, run, bind, GPU support
- Submitting container jobs with SLURM on Wulver
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Intro to Wulver: Job Scheduler & Running Jobs¶
This webinar provides a practical introduction to using the Wulver HPC cluster with the SLURM batch scheduling system, focusing on efficient job submission, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Key Highlights:
- SLURM job submission basics
- Resource requests and allocations
- Software modules and environments
- Job monitoring and control
- Common errors with the job submission
- Interactive jobs
- OnDemand portal usage
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Intro to Wulver: HPC Resources & Allocations¶
This webinar provides an introductory overview of high-performance computing (HPC) resources, guiding participants through the fundamentals of HPC clusters and how to effectively access and use them for research and coursework.
Key Highlights:
- Overview of HPC concepts
- Cluster architecture
- Explanation of available partitions such as general, GPU
- Guidance on requesting logins and managing compute allocations
- Introduction to storage systems