User Updates

Frontera will not be available from 8 AM to 8 PM (CDT) on Tuesday, 13 June 2023. System maintenance will be performed during this time.Please submit any questions you may have via the TACC User Portal. https://portal.tacc.utexas.edu/tacc-consulting

BootUp & ReBoot: Coding/Hacking BOOTCAMP @ TACC Our Institutes are in-person and on-site. Expect robust content, one-on-one interaction with instructors, networking opportunities, certificates of completion and breakfast tacos. See the instructors in action HERE: https://youtu.be/q6rbPJXYZOkBootUp & Reboot @ TACC* 06/12/23 - 06/16/23 07/31/23 - 08/04/23 *2-part series, 1 week each BootUp/Reboot @ TACC is a dual bootcamp focused on immersing participants into the research life cycle. Attendees will solve a computational scientific model, generate data, verify and validate the data, update the model, revisit the data... and repeat until the model accurately predicts a real-life phenomenon. This is the research life cycle. Part training, part code-a-thon, part hackathon, BootUp and ReBoot is an incredible learning experience and a lot of fun. REGISTER HERE: https://cvent.utexas.edu/lLlyr1 

Dear Colleagues, The annual Big Data in Biology Summer School 2023 courses are now open for registration! The Center for Biomedical Research Support (CBRS) offers seven hands-on courses that span introductions to biocomputing, Python programming, and high-throughput DNA and RNA sequencing analysis. These courses offer unique opportunities to gain and polish skills for biological data analysis across a wide spectrum of topics. Courses last from 4 to 5 days. Students can take multiple courses and build up data analysis skills from week to week. Some classes will be either entirely in person or hybrid. UT Austin students, faculty, and staff receive a great discount off the regular course fee. We will cover the following topics: May 30 - June 2 Introduction to R for Biologists June 5 - June 9 Introduction to Core NGS Concepts and Tools June 5 - June 9 Introduction to Biocomputing June 12 - June 16 Introduction to Python June 12 - June 16 Introduction to RNA-Seq June 19 - June 23 Genome Variant Analysis June 19 - June 22 Principles of Machine Learning for Bioinformatics Visit this link to register: https://research.utexas.edu/cbrs/classes/big-data-in-biology-summer-school/2023-summer-school/

TACC Institutes are in-person and on-site. Expect robust content, one-on-one interaction with instructors, networking opportunities, certificates of completion and breakfast tacos.BootUp and Reboot @ TACC* 06/12/23 - 06/16/23 07/31/23 - 08/04/23 *2-part series BootUp/Reboot @ TACC is a dual boot camp focused on immersing participants into the research life cycle. Attendees will solve a computational scientific model, generate data, verify and validate the data, update the model, revisit the data... and repeat until the model accurately predicts a real-life phenomenon. This is the research life cycle. Part training, part code-a-thon, part hackathon, BootUp and ReBoot is an incredible learning experience and a lot of fun. Details and registration here: https://cvent.utexas.edu/lLlyr1 Machine Learning Institute @ TACC 06/26/23 - 06/30/23 At TACC's Machine Learning Institute, attendees will move through an introduction / ML basics before diving in to the state-the-of-art methods, modern tools, and hands-on exercises of machine learning and deep learning at a supercomputing scale. More details and registration here: https://cvent.utexas.edu/bw42mA The following TACC Institutes will be held on-site at TACC during the week of July 10-14th:Reproducible Science Institute 07/10/23 - 07/14/23In this immersive, hands-on workshop, attendees will learn how to make your scientific workflows more reproducible, automated, and scalable using state-of-the-art tools and technologies. More details and registration here: https://cvent.utexas.edu/d/m0q1n7/ Scientific Visualization Institute 07/10/23 - 07/14/23Spend a week with TACC's visualization experts learning how to generate rich, informative visualizations and increase the impact of your work. More details and registration here: https://cvent.utexas.edu/d/q0q1hl/ Applied Parallel Programming Institute 07/10/23 - 07/14/23With TACC's high performance computing experts, learn to write parallel applications using OpenMP and MPI. More details and registration here: https://cvent.utexas.edu/d/j0q1h3/

BootUp & ReBoot Coding/Hacking BOOTCAMP @ TACC - registration openOur Institutes are in-person and on-site. Expect robust content, one-on-one interaction with instructors, networking opportunities, certificates of completion and breakfast tacos. BootUp & Reboot @ TACC*  06/12/23 - 06/16/23  07/31/23 - 08/04/23 *2-part series, 1 week eachBootUp/Reboot @ TACC is a dual bootcamp focused on immersing participants into the research life cycle. Attendees will solve a computational scientific model, generate data, verify and validate the data, update the model, revisit the data... and repeat until the model accurately predicts a real-life phenomenon. This is the research life cycle. Part training, part code-a-thon, part hackathon, BootUp and ReBoot is an incredible learning experience and a lot of fun. Details and registration here: https://cvent.utexas.edu/lLlyr1See the instructors in action HERE:   https://youtu.be/q6rbPJXYZOk

We regret to inform users that the tacc-singularity module is now unavailable due to security issues. We recommend that users switch to the tacc-apptainer module immediately. Users attempting to use tacc-singularity will be redirected to use tacc-apptainer. Additionally, some TACC services and portals may be affected by this change. We are working to restore stability to these services as quickly as possible.For any questions or issues please submit a ticket via the TACC Portal.

As TACC grows, our services also grow, and we are pleased to present you with an improved online experience. The TACC website and portal are now a single site. Those users familiar with the Frontera Portal will feel right at home in the new layout. We hope these changes will improve your experience of using TACC resources and make it easier for all users to access content and support. Please check out this press release for more details on how to use the new site: https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/news/latest-news/2023/03/27/welcome-new-tacc-website/If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to submit a ticket. 

New TACC website coming tomorrow / Tuesday 4/18!  Our Institutes are in-person and on-site. Expect robust content, one-on-one interaction with instructors, networking opportunities, certificates of completion and breakfast tacos.BootUp & Reboot @ TACC* 06/12/23 - 06/16/23 07/31/23 - 08/04/23 *2-part series BootUp/Reboot @ TACC is a dual boot camp focused on immersing participants into the research life cycle. Attendees will solve a computational scientific model, generate data, verify and validate the data, update the model, revisit the data... and repeat until the model accurately predicts a real-life phenomenon. This is the research life cycle. Part training, part code-a-thon, part hackathon, BootUp and ReBoot is an incredible learning experience and a lot of fun. Details and registration here: https://cvent.utexas.edu/lLlyr1 Machine Learning Institute @ TACC 06/26/23 - 06/30/23 At TACC's Machine Learning Institute, attendees will move through an introduction / ML basics before diving in to the state-the-of-art methods, modern tools, and hands-on exercises of machine learning and deep learning at a supercomputing scale. More details and registration here: https://cvent.utexas.edu/bw42mA The following TACC Institutes will be held on-site at TACC during the week of July 10-14th:Reproducible Science Institute 07/10/23 - 07/14/23In this immersive, hands-on workshop, attendees will learn how to make your scientific workflows more reproducible, automated, and scalable using state-of-the-art tools and technologies. More details and registration here: https://cvent.utexas.edu/d/m0q1n7/ Scientific Visualization Institute 07/10/23 - 07/14/23Spend a week with TACC's visualization experts learning how to generate rich, informative visualizations and increase the impact of your work. More details and registration here: https://cvent.utexas.edu/d/q0q1hl/ Applied Parallel Programming Institute 07/10/23 - 07/14/23With TACC's high performance computing experts, learn to write parallel applications using OpenMP and MPI. More details and registration here: https://cvent.utexas.edu/d/j0q1h3/

TACC Institutes are in-person and on-site. Expect robust content, one-on-one interaction with instructors, networking opportunities, certificates of completion and breakfast tacos.BootUp and Reboot @ TACC* 06/12/23 - 06/16/23 07/31/23 - 08/04/23 *2-part series BootUp/Reboot @ TACC is a dual boot camp focused on immersing participants into the research life cycle. Attendees will solve a computational scientific model, generate data, verify and validate the data, update the model, revisit the data... and repeat until the model accurately predicts a real-life phenomenon. This is the research life cycle. Part training, part code-a-thon, part hackathon, BootUp and ReBoot is an incredible learning experience and a lot of fun. Details and registration here: https://cvent.utexas.edu/lLlyr1 Machine Learning Institute @ TACC 06/26/23 - 06/30/23 At TACC's Machine Learning Institute, attendees will move through an introduction / ML basics before diving in to the state-the-of-art methods, modern tools, and hands-on exercises of machine learning and deep learning at a supercomputing scale. More details and registration here: https://cvent.utexas.edu/bw42mA The following TACC Institutes will be held on-site at TACC during the week of July 10-14th:Reproducible Science Institute 07/10/23 - 07/14/23In this immersive, hands-on workshop, attendees will learn how to make your scientific workflows more reproducible, automated, and scalable using state-of-the-art tools and technologies. More details and registration here: https://cvent.utexas.edu/d/m0q1n7/ Scientific Visualization Institute 07/10/23 - 07/14/23Spend a week with TACC's visualization experts learning how to generate rich, informative visualizations and increase the impact of your work. More details and registration here: https://cvent.utexas.edu/d/q0q1hl/ Applied Parallel Programming Institute 07/10/23 - 07/14/23With TACC's high performance computing experts, learn to write parallel applications using OpenMP and MPI. More details and registration here: https://cvent.utexas.edu/d/j0q1h3/

Machine Learning @ TACC May 25th and 26th, 9:00 AM-1:00 PM CST Virtual / Webinar Over two days, we will walk through basics on how to start using computing clusters at TACC for machine learning and deep learning analysis, focusing on important concepts, methods and applications. Register for this free tutorial HERE: https://forms.gle/BKSHSFuN3MtgCjaMA Machine Learning Institute at TACC 5-Day Series: Monday June 26 - Friday June 30, 2023 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM CST Our Institutes are in-person and on-site. Expect robust content, one-on-one interaction with instructors, networking opportunities, certificates of completion and breakfast tacos. At TACC's Machine Learning Institute, we will move through the basics, modern tools and state-the-of-art methods of machine learning and deep learning at a supercomputing scale. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in hands-on exercises on TACC resources with support from our Machine Learning experts. This event will take place in person at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, the University of Texas at Austin). Cost: Academic -- $299.00 STAR Partner -- $299.00 Industry/Corporate -- $499.00 REGISTER HERE: https://cvent.utexas.edu/bw42mA Registration Opening Soon for other TACC Institutes! June 12-16: BootUp @ TACC* July 10-14: Applied Parallel Programming Institute July 10-14: Reproducible Science Institute July 10-14: Scientific Visualization Institute July 31-Aug 4: ReBoot @ TACC* *BootUp & Reboot @ TACC is a 2-part bootcamp focused on immersing attendees into the research life cycle. Part training, part code-a-thon, part hackathon.

Frontera is currently reserved for Texascale Days - very large scale runs of at least half system size (3500 - 4096 nodes) or full system size (7000 - 8192 nodes) this week. All production queues with the exception of the rtx and nvdimm queues are reserved for Texascale Days until Sunday, April 16th at 09:00 (CDT).Please submit any questions you may have via the TACC User Portal. https://portal.tacc.utexas.edu/tacc-consulting

Lonestar6 currently has a temporary outage affecting Corral (/corral). Regular queues will remain open but jobs that attempt IO to that resource will fail. Setting jobs to "hold" (scontrol hold [JOBID] ; scontrol release [JOBID]) until we're able to restore access to the corral filesystem would preserve your place in queue for any jobs needing /corral to run.

Containers @ TACC Tuesday, April 4th, 1:00-4:00 PM CST Virtual / Webinar Software containers are an important common currency for portable and reproducible computing. Learn best practices on building, using, and sharing Docker and Singularity containers in this hands-on workshop. Also learn how to run those containers on TACC HPC systems, including MPI and GPU aware containers. Register for this free tutorial here: https://forms.gle/wCddMryQYcSxZn1V9 Machine Learning @ TACC May 25th and 26th, 9:00 AM-1:00 PM CST Virtual / Webinar Over two days, we will walk through basics on how to start using computing clusters at TACC for machine learning and deep learning analysis, focusing on important concepts, methods and applications. Register for this free tutorial here: https://forms.gle/BKSHSFuN3MtgCjaMA Registration Opening Soon! Save-the-Dates for the TACC Institute Series: Our Institutes are in-person and on-site. Expect robust content, one-on-one interaction with instructors, networking opportunities, certificates of completion and breakfast tacos.  June 12-16: BootUp @ TACC*  June 26-30: Machine Learning Institute  July 10-14: Applied Parallel Programming Institute  July 10-14: Reproducible Science Institute  July 10-14: Scientific Visualization Institute  July 31-Aug 4: ReBoot @ TACC* *BootUp/Reboot is a dual boot camp focused on immersing you into the research life cycle, where you'll solve a computational scientific model, iteratively. Generate data, verify and validate the data, update the model, revisit the data... repeat until the model accurately predicts a real-life phenomenon. This is the research life cycle. Part training, part code-a-thon, part hackathon.

Containers @ TACC Tuesday, April 4th, 1:00-4:00 PM CST Virtual / Webinar Software containers are an important common currency for portable and reproducible computing. Learn best practices on building, using, and sharing Docker and Singularity containers in this hands-on workshop. Also learn how to run those containers on TACC HPC systems, including MPI and GPU aware containers. Register for this free tutorial here: https://forms.gle/wCddMryQYcSxZn1V9Machine Learning @ TACC May 25th and 26th, 9:00 AM-1:00 PM CST Virtual / Webinar Over two days, we will walk through basics on how to start using computing clusters at TACC for machine learning and deep learning analysis, focusing on important concepts, methods and applications. Register for this free tutorial here: https://forms.gle/BKSHSFuN3MtgCjaMASave-the-Dates for the TACC Institute Series (registration coming soon!): Our Institutes are in-person and on-site. Expect robust content, one-on-one interaction with instructors, networking opportunities, certificates of completion and breakfast tacos. June 12-16: BootUp @ TACC* June 26-30: Machine Learning Institute July 10-14: Applied Parallel Programming Institute July 10-14: Reproducible Science Institute July 10-14: Scientific Visualization Institute July 31-Aug 4: ReBoot @ TACC* *BootUp/Reboot is a dual boot camp focused on immersing you into the research life cycle, where you'll solve a computational scientific model, iteratively. Generate data, verify and validate the data, update the model, revisit the data... repeat until the model accurately predicts a real-life phenomenon. This is the research life cycle. Part training, part code-a-thon, part hackathon.

CBRS computational short courses starting next week! Dear Colleagues, The Center for Biomedical Research Support offers short courses in bioinformatics and biocomputing. We are pleased to announce the roster for the Spring 2023 semester. Each course is for one morning and lasts from 3-4 hours. March 01-- Introduction to Python March 08-- Intermediate Python March 22-- Python for Data Science March 29-- Introduction to Tag Seq (3’ Targeted Sequencing) April 05-- Introduction to Single Cell Data Analysis May 03-- Introduction to UNIX May 10-- Intermediate UNIX To read the detailed short course descriptions and to register visit: https://research.utexas.edu/cbrs/classes/short-courses/spring-2023-semester/ Courses are $50 and can be paid via IDT with a UT account, or credit card. All courses will be taught in person on campus. Thank you for your interest! Center for Biomedical Research Support

A new webpage for TACC learning opportunities is coming soon! Upcoming Training (registration is via Google form): C++ for C Programmers Fridays March 3 & March 10, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM CST In this tutorial, we will explore new mechanisms of C++, explain which mechanisms are no longer used, and why. Day 1: A quick introduction to object-oriented programming for intermediate level C programmers. Day 2: Discusses various modern C++ mechanisms, for both C programmers and aspiring intermediate C++ programmers. Register here: https://forms.gle/1keUKF2sBMPQ3bYeA

A new webpage for TACC learning opportunities is coming soon! Upcoming Spring Trainings (registration is via Google form): Next Friday: OpenMP for C++Friday 02/10/23, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM CST C++ programmers have always been able to the C interface to OpenMP. In this tutorial we will discuss a number of ways that the power of C++ makes expressing algorithms in OpenMP more elegant. We will discuss: - range based loops and custom iterators; - user-defined reductions, with such applications as binning and filtering; - a variety of smaller topics. Register here: https://forms.gle/2UyiUuESQjzCyNi68 C++ for C ProgrammersFridays March 3 & March 10, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM CST In this tutorial, we will explore new mechanisms of C++, explain which mechanisms are no longer used, and why. Day 1: A quick introduction to object-oriented programming for intermediate level C programmers. Day 2: Discusses various modern C++ mechanisms, for both C programmers and aspiring intermediate C++ programmers. Register here: https://forms.gle/gHCQyowqETNE5vRJ7 Save-the-Dates for the TACC 

A new webpage for TACC learning opportunities is coming soon! Upcoming Spring Trainings (registration is via Google form): OpenMP for C++, Friday 02/10/23, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM CST C++ programmers have always been able to the C interface to OpenMP. In this tutorial we will discuss a number of ways that the power of C++ makes expressing algorithms in OpenMP more elegant. We will discuss: - range based loops and custom iterators; - user-defined reductions, with such applications as binning and filtering; - a variety of smaller topics. Register here: https://forms.gle/2UyiUuESQjzCyNi68 C++ for C Programmers, Fridays 3/3 & 3/10/23, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM CST In this tutorial, we will explore new mechanisms of C++, explain which mechanisms are no longer used, and why. Day 1: A quick introduction to object-oriented programming for intermediate level C programmers. Day 2: Discusses various modern C++ mechanisms, for both C programmers and aspiring intermediate C++ programmers. Register here: https://forms.gle/gHCQyowqETNE5vRJ7 Save-the-Dates for the TACC Institute Series (registration coming soon): June 12-16: BootUp @ TACC*June 26-30: Machine Learning Institute July 10-14: Applied Parallel Programming Institute July 10-14: Reproducible Science Institute July 10-14: Scientific Visualization Institute July 31-Aug 4: ReBoot @ TACC**BootUp/Reboot is a dual boot camp focused on immersing you into the research life cycle, where you'll solve a computational scientific model, iteratively. Generate data, verify and validate the data, update the model, revisit the data... repeat until the model accurately predicts a real-life phenomenon. This is the research life cycle. Part training, part code-a-thon, part hackathon.

The TACC Longhorn system was retired in November 2022, and all system access was disabled on Tuesday, November 29 2022.TACC staff made an administrative backup of data on Longhorn’s home and scratch filesystems on November 18 2022. Any data created after that date will not have been included in the backups. To access your data, please open a consulting ticket. These backups will only be available until February 28 2023 - please reach out for assistance as soon as possible.If you have any questions or concerns about the transition please reach out to us here:https://portal.tacc.utexas.edu/tacc-consulting.

Ranch will not be available from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM (CST) on Tuesday, 14 February 2023. System maintenance will be performed during this time.Please submit any questions you may have via the TACC User Portal.https://portal.tacc.utexas.edu/tacc-consulting

Frontera is currently reserved for Texascale Days - very large scale runs of at least half system size (3500 - 4096 nodes) or full system size (7000 - 8192 nodes) this week. All production queues with the exception of the rtx and nvdimm queues are reserved for Texascale Days until Sunday, January 22nd at 09:00 (CST).

Lonestar6 scratch file system usage has steadily increased over the production life of the system and has now reached thresholds for active maintenance (near 90%).We request that all users remove any unused, old, and duplicate data from their scratch directory as soon as possible. We would also like to remind users to read the policies on /scratch usage in the user guide and keep in mind that offering filesystems with no quotas will always require active clean-up. We're hoping for assistance from the Ls6 user community with that clean-up. If a significant reduction of data is not observed over the coming days, we will proceed to remove old data on behalf of users. Please also note that actively attempting to avoid the purge processes is behavior that will be monitored for, is extremely unfair on other Ls6 users, and will result in account suspension. We thank you in advance for your understanding and thank you to all users who are pro-actively managing their data usage.Please submit any questions you may have via the TACC User Portal.https://portal.tacc.utexas.edu/tacc-consulting

From 9AM to 10AM (CST) January 17th and again on January 24th 2023, users may experience a brief interruption in direct access to Corral on data.tacc.utexas.edu, gridftp.corral.tacc.utexas.edu and secure.corral.tacc.utexas.edu, as we prepare for background software updates. Similar brief interruptions may be experienced on virtual machines with Corral mounts.Users who experience interruptions during this time are requested to retry their operations after the maintenance preparation period ends.Please submit any questions you may have via the TACC User Portal. https://portal.tacc.utexas.edu/tacc-consulting

Frontera will not be available from 8 AM to 7:30 PM (CST) on Tuesday, 17 January 2023. System maintenance will be performed during this time.Please submit any questions you may have via the TACC User Portal. https://portal.tacc.utexas.edu/tacc-consulting

Network maintenance will be carried out between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM (CST) on Sunday, January 8th. Access to all TACC systems will be unavailable during this time. Jobs will continue to run, but users will have no access to TACC services and systems until the upgrade is complete. Please submit any questions you may have via the TACC User Portal. https://portal.tacc.utexas.edu/tacc-consulting

Good morning. After several years, the Learn.tacc site has experienced recent technical difficulties, and is no longer functional. A new webpage for learning resources will be available after the holidays. Until then, we will be using other means to show and manage upcoming training opportunities. Stay tuned for announcements like these as well as our Twitter feed, which will be our interim means to distribute training information and registration links. Please check out TACC's YouTube channel for recordings of past training events: https://www.youtube.com/@texasadvancedcomputingcent1015/videosThank you for your patience and we apologize for the inconvenience. - TACC Staff