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Across March and April, NSCC Singapore hosted a variety of workshops aimed at enhancing the skills of its users and local researchers. These sessions delved into critical areas of high-performance computing (HPC), parallel computing environments, and job management techniques, all designed to equip participants with the tools and knowledge to take their research to the next level.
ASPIRE2A Advanced Workshop on Job Management
One of the key workshops was the ASPIRE2A Advanced Workshop on Job Management, where 22 attendees gained hands-on experience and a deeper understanding of advanced job management strategies. This advanced workshop focused on key topics such as array jobs, job dependencies, file stage-in/out, and troubleshooting job submission issues. The goal was to help users maximise the efficient utilisation of hardware resources while running their jobs.
One of the highlights of the workshop was an explanation of how various PBS directives and job functions support complex job submission workflows. This included a detailed demonstration of example job scripts, which served as practical guides to help participants understand the intricacies of job management.
Participants also had the chance to dive into Compute Manager and Display Manager to fine-tune their job management processes. By the end of the session, attendees were equipped with the skills to optimise complex job workflows, enabling them to handle large-scale computational tasks with increased efficiency.
Advanced Workshop on Parallel Computing Environment
Another key workshop, the Advanced Workshop on Parallel Computing Environment, is designed to give participants a closer look at profiling, debugging, and optimising applications. This session was all about maximising application efficiency, troubleshooting crashes, detecting memory leaks, and optimising GPU performance.
For participants who had already attended the ASPIRE2A Introductory Workshop, this was a great opportunity to level up and dive deeper into profiling and debugging tools. By the end of the workshop, participants were ready to tackle challenging performance issues and optimise their parallel computing environments.
Inspiring the Next Generation of HPC talent at Hwa Chong Institution
In line with the mission to inspire the next generation of HPC talent, NSCC Singapore also held an exciting introductory workshop for 60 students at Hwa Chong Institution, a high school in Singapore. Our HPC experts and interns shared an overview of NSCC Singapore and how our supercomputing resources support Singapore’s Research, Innovation, and Enterprise (RIE) ecosystem.
The workshop was aimed at giving students a simplified, engaging view of how HPC systems work, and the impact of HPC research through Singapore’s supercomputers. Through similar outreach workshops, NSCC Singapore hopes to spark the curiosity of the next generation of HPC talent and showcase the possibilities that a career in this field can offer.
Optimising HPC Resources for Climate Research: Centre for Climate Research Singapore (CCRS) Weather Science Research Programme (WRSP) Workshop
The CCRS WRSP Workshop focused on helping 19 project applicants, participating virtually and in-person, optimise and estimate HPC resource requirements for climate-related research. Organised by NSCC Singapore, the session provided a structured approach to estimating computational needs for climate models and simulations. The workshop aimed to equip attendees with the tools and knowledge to optimise their use of HPC resources, ensuring more effective and efficient research outcomes.
