Compute

Where FGSE researchers can run their computations, and who helps them do it.

Resources

Octopus: the GPU cluster operated within FGSE. No scheduler, direct access to the nodes. The how-to covers access, etiquette, SSH and VS Code setup, and programming environments.
DCSR HPC clusters: UNIL's central high-performance computing infrastructure, including a cluster for sensitive data, operated by the Scientific Computing and Research Support Unit (DCSR). The DCSR also provides virtual workstations and servers for research.
CSCS: the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre. National resources are available through allocation calls.

Scientific Computing and Research Support Unit, DCSR: the DCSR (Division calcul et soutien à la recherche) provides computation and storage resources to the UNIL community as well as transverse expertise to the faculties and affiliated institutes, from high-performance computing (HPC) programming support to full-stack development consulting.
HPC support to FGSE researchers: a team with HPC expertise provides free support to FGSE researchers on a wide range of topics, including parallelisation and optimisation of codes, benchmarking, algorithm development and implementation, and help with computing-time applications to HPC centres such as CSCS. The team members are Flavio Calvo and Margot Sirdey. They can be reached at research-computing-fgse@unil.ch or during the weekly drop-in session (Geopolis 4631, UNIL). Collaborations in mid- and long-term projects are encouraged. Examples of topics:
- adapting code to the HPC infrastructure (parallelisation, optimisation)
- advice and help with designing and implementing numerical schemes and algorithms
- assistance with the DCSR infrastructure: running on the cluster, on virtual machines, data storage
- automation of data post-processing pipelines
- refactoring code in view of public sharing
Geocomputing Centre: for questions on FGSE compute resources and coordination, write to sgc@unil.ch.