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#700Introduction to Helix: NIH Scientific Supercomputing
 
Description:
With the NIH Helix Systems, CIT is able to provide intramural researchers with a powerful scientific computing resource at minimal cost. For $25 a month registered users have unlimited access to scientific and general-purpose applications running on high- performance Linux computers. At no additional charge, those with special requirements for computationally intensive parallel processing can use the Biowulf Cluster. Application areas include molecular and structural biology, mathematical and graphical analysis, and other scientific fields.
 
Objectives:
The course will cover the following topics:
  • Getting Started: logging in, on-line help, printing files, and disk storage options
  • Network Resources: mail, file transfer, the X window system
  • Applications for Scientists: chemistry, molecular biology, databases, mathematics, statistics, and visualization
Who should attend:
NIH employees interested in learning about the NIH Helix systems services.
 
Instructor(s):
Charlene Osborn and Steven Bailey, Division of Computer System Services, CIT
 
Time Required:
3 hours
 
Sections Available:
-- Concluded -- 700-09F October 21 1:00 - 4:00 Building 12A, Room B51
 
NOTE: Although this course has already taken place, we'll put you on a waiting list for the next available session.
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