ACES: Introduction to Composable Computing on ACES
Overview
Instructor(s): Dr. Josh Winchell
Time: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 — 10:00AM-12:30PM CT
Location: Online using Zoom
Prerequisite(s): Current ACCESS ID, basic Linux/Unix skills
Introduction to research computing on the composable ACES cluster. Topics covered include hardware, access, policies, file systems, and batch processing.
Course Materials
- Introduction to ACES (Spring 2026): PDF
Participation
During the training, attendees are expected to log in to an HPRC cluster using their own computer and complete the instructor-led examples and exercises.
Learning Objectives and Agenda
In this course, participants will:
- Learn why a composable cluster is useful
- Learn HPRC policies
- Learn about ACES hardware
- Log onto the ACES cluster
- Learn about batch processing
- Learn to recognize and solve common problems encountered on HPRC compute resources
We will cover the following topics, focusing primarily on ACES:
- Overview of Composable Technology
- Overview of the ACES cluster
- Summary of advanced accelerators on ACES
- Basics of cluster computing on ACES
- Portal and file system
- Software
- Batch computing