This hands-on workshop provides a practical introduction to command-line Linux and high-performance computing (HPC), tailored for students and researchers new to computational environments. Participants will learn the fundamentals of using the Linux command line for navigating directories, manipulating files, and executing basic shell commands. This session also covers essential skills for working on HPC systems, including secure file transfer with tools like scp and rsync, connecting to remote clusters via SSH, and basic file manipulation using vi. By the end of the workshop, attendees will be equipped to effectively interact with ARCC2, UC’s research computing cluster, and have the foundation necessary to begin implementing complex research workflows.

This workshop introduces participants to SLURM, a widely used job scheduling system for high-performance computing (HPC) environments, and is designed as a follow-up to the Intro to Linux/Intro to HPC session. Familiarity with Linux command line is expected. Attendees will learn how to submit, monitor, and manage computational jobs on UC’s supercomputing cluster ARCC2 using core SLURM commands such as sbatch, squeue, scancel, and salloc. The workshop will cover key concepts including partitions, job scripts, resource requests, and job arrays, providing practical examples to help users optimize their computing workflows. By the end of the workshop, attendees will have the foundational tools needed to work effectively in SLURM-managed environments.