Overview

Instructor(s): Surada Suwansathit

Time: February 2026

Location: Online using Zoom

Prerequisite(s): Active ACCESS ID

An introduction to the Drona Workflow Engine: a web-based workflow-creation and job-management tool developed by Texas A&M High Performance Research Computing.

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Course Materials

• Introduction to Drona Workflow Engine (Fall 2025): PDF

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• Introduction to Drona Workflow Engine (Spring 2025): PDF

Participation

During the training, attendees are expected to use their own computer and complete the instructor-led application and allocation processes.

Learning Objectives and Agenda

In this course, participants will:

• Generate an example job using Generic environment
• Import an environment
• Create a new environment
• Add warnings and mappings to an environment

A typical outline of the topics covered in this primer is provided below. Because of the interactive nature of this course, some of the topics listed below may be introduced in a different order and covered to different depths.

• Explain concept of Drona environments
• Managing environments, locally and from repository
• Discuss elements of a Drona environment