Elpis - Resource Allocation System

ARCTIC Onboarding: From Zero to Your First Job


Details

Start: Nov. 20, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
End: Nov. 20, 2026, 4 p.m.
Location: CTB 410

New to ARCTIC, or new to high-performance computing? This hands-on session takes you from logging in to GSU's research computing cluster for the first time to running a real analysis on it, all in one afternoon. You don't need any experience with HPC or the command line.

You'll work on your own laptop and learn how to:

  • log in securely, and see how accounts and allocations work in Elpis.
  • choose where to store your files, and why that matters.
  • load software with modules and conda.
  • write, submit and check a Slurm batch job.
  • find help when something breaks.

The session covers everything in the self-paced iCollege ARCTIC Onboarding course, taught live with ARCTIC staff in the room. Bring a laptop and your phone (for Duo). We'll give each registered participant access to a training allocation before the session.