HPC and cloud computers

What are HPC and cloud computers?
High Performance Computers (HPCs) and cloud computers are both computers located elsewhere that you can connect to and use for analysing data.  HPCs ar...
Tue, 19 Dec, 2023 at 4:12 PM
What coding skills do I need to use HPC or cloud computers?
To start to be able to log in and use an HPC or cloud computer via the command line, you will need some basic unix skills.  We recommend this module from S...
Tue, 19 Dec, 2023 at 4:12 PM
How can I access HPCs and cloud compute in Australia?
Your local institution If you are part of a university or research institution: check with your local institution first about whether they have an HPC syst...
Wed, 20 Dec, 2023 at 2:17 PM
Compute systems at the BioCommons partner infrastructures
Below is a list of the Australian BioCommons infrastructure partners and some of their available compute systems. This list is not intended to be exhaustiv...
Wed, 14 Feb, 2024 at 2:28 PM
How do I log in to HPC or cloud systems?
Once you have been granted access to an HPC or cloud system, you will usually need to set up an account, and then log in from your own computer. This is u...
Mon, 17 May, 2021 at 9:55 AM
Introductory Tutorials
The Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics e-Learning module: High Performance Computing in Life Sciences covers these topics: motivation (i.e. why use HPC?),...
Thu, 21 Dec, 2023 at 9:55 AM