Archived HPC Workshops

2025

FallSummerSpring

Topic	Date	Recording	Slides	Instructor/ Facilitator
Intro to Wulver: Resources & HPC This virtual session will provide essential information about the Wulver cluster, how to get an account, and allocation details, accessing installed software.	September 17 2:30pm - 3:30pm			Abhishek Mukherjee
HPC User Meeting - MIG & SUs Please join us for this in-person session, where we will provide information on the new SU policies and how to use MIG.	September 24 2:30pm - 3:30pm	In-Person Event		Hui(Julia) Zhao
Intro to Wulver: Job Scheduler & Submitting Jobs This webinar will introduce researchers, scientists, and HPC users to the fundamentals of the SLURM (Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management) workload manager. This virtual session will provide the information on effectively utilizing HPC resources through SLURM.	October 1 2:30pm - 3:30pm			Abhishek Mukherjee
Intro to Wulver: Focus on Job Efficiency This virtual session will provide an overview of best practices for running jobs efficiently on the cluster. Topics will include the use of job arrays, dependency jobs, and advanced tools to monitor and analyze job efficiency, helping users optimize their workflows and resource usage.	October 8 2:30pm - 3:30pm			Abhishek Mukherjee
Machine Learning and Big Data This workshop will focus on topics including big data analytics and machine learning with Spark, and deep learning using Tensorflow. Hands-on exercises are included to give attendees practice with the concepts presented	October 14-15 11am - 5pm	In-Person Event		Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
HPC User Meeting - Cluster Tools & Monitoring Join us for this in-person session to learn the easiest and most user-friendly ways to monitor key statistics, including job status, SU consumption, and account allocation details on Wulver.	October 22 2:30pm - 3:30pm	In-Person Event		Hui(Julia) Zhao
Conda for Shared Environments This webinar will provide an introductory understanding of using Python for HPC and effectively managing their Python environments using Conda. This knowledge will empower them to leverage the power of Python for their scientific computing needs on HPC systems.	November 5 2:30pm - 3:30pm			Hui(Julia) Zhao
HPC User Meeting - Introduction to MIG Join us for this in-person and virtual session to learn more about Multi-Instance GPUs (MIGs).	December 3 2:30pm - 3:30pm			Hui(Julia) Zhao

Topic	Date	Recording/Slides	Instructor
Machine Learning and Big Data Workshop This workshop This workshop focuses on topics including big data analytics and machine learning with Spark, and deep learning using Tensorflow.	July 29-30, 2025		Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
MATLAB Parallel Computing Hands-On Using Wulver This interactive webinar guides participants through practical techniques for accelerating code and workflows using MATLAB’s parallel computing tools. Through live demonstrations and guided examples, this webinar provides a solid understanding of how to parallelize MATLAB code, overcome common challenges, and optimize performance across distributed computing environments.	June 12th 2025	Check the materials here	Evan Cosgrove (MATLAB)

Topic	Date	Recording/Slides	Instructor
Open OnDemand on Wulver Provides information on NJIT’s Open OnDemand portal, a browser-based gateway to the Wulver cluster and shared storage. With a focus on streamlining your HPC workflows, you will explore common scenarios and tasks through interactive demos. This webinar provides a detailed understanding of how to manage your files on the cluster, run interactive applications like Jupyter Notebook and RStudio, launch a full Linux desktop environment in a browser, and submit and monitor SLURM jobs. Additionally, it provides information on how to track resource usage and optimize your job performance for efficient computing on the Wulver cluster.	April 30th 2025		Hui(Julia) Zhao
Parallel Computing with MATLAB: Hands on workshop This hands-on workshop introduces parallel and distributed computing in MATLAB with a focus on speeding up application codes and offloading computers. By working through common scenarios and workflows using hands-on demos, this webinar provides a detailed understanding of the parallel constructs in MATLAB, their capabilities, and some of the common hurdles that users encounter when using them.	April 16th 2025		Evan Cosgrove
Introduction to Linux This webinar introducing the basics of Linux, essential for working in High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments.	March 26th 2025		Abhishek Mukherjee
Python and Conda Environments in HPC: From Basics to Best Practices This workshop offers a basic concept of using Python for High-Performance Computing (HPC) and effectively managing Python environments with Conda. This webinar empowers participants to leverage the power of Python for their scientific computing needs on HPC systems.	Feb 26th 2025		Hui(Julia) Zhao
Introduction to Wulver: Accessing System & Running Jobs The HPC training event focuses on providing the fundamentals of SLURM (Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management), a workload manager. This virtual session will equip you with the essential skills needed to effectively utilize HPC resources using SLURM.	Jan 29th 2025		Abhishek Mukherjee
Introduction to Wulver: Getting Started This webinar introduces NJIT's HPC environment, Wulver. This virtual session will provide essential information about the Wulver cluster, how to get an account, and allocation details.	Jan 22nd 2025		Abhishek Mukherjee

2024

FallSummer

Topic	Date	Recording/Slides	Instructor
Intro to MPI Workshop This workshop is intended to give C and Fortran programmers a hands-on introduction to MPI programming. Both days are compact, to accommodate multiple time zones, but packed with useful information and lab exercises. This workshop provides working knowledge of how to write scalable codes using MPI – the standard programming tool of scalable parallel computing.	December 10-11, 2024		Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Job Arrays and Advanced Submission Techniques for HPC This session is designed for HPC users who are familiar with basic SLURM commands and are ready to dive into more sophisticated job management techniques.	Nov 20th 2024		Abhishek Mukherjee
Introduction to Containers on Wulver The HPC training event on using Singularity containers provides participants with a comprehensive introduction to container technology and its advantages in high-performance computing environments. This workshop provides the fundamentals of Singularity, including installation, basic commands, and workflow, as well as how to create and build containers using definition files and existing Docker images.	Oct 16th 2024		Hui(Julia) Zhao
SLURM Batch System Basics This workshop introduces researchers, scientists, and HPC users to the fundamentals of the SLURM (Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management) workload manager. This virtual session provides the information on effectively utilizing HPC resources through SLURM.	Sep 18th 2024		Abhishek Mukherjee

Topic	Date	Recording/Slides	Instructor
SLURM Workload Manager Workshop This workshop helps in identifying commonalities between previously used resources and schedulers, offering increased understanding and adoption of SLURM job scheduling, resource management, and troubleshooting techniques.	August 13-14, 2024	In-person Workshop	SchedMD
HPC Research Symposium The Symposium features a keynote from Anthony Dina, Global Field CTO for Unstructured Data Solutions at Dell Technologies, along with invited talks by Dibakar Datta from NJIT’s Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and Jose Alvarez from Cambridge Computer Services. It also includes several lightning talks by NJIT researchers showcasing their use of High Performance Computing resources in their work.	July 16th 2024	In-person	-
NVIDIA Workshop This workshop provides the information on GPU-accelerated resources to analyze data	July 15th 2024		NVIDIA