User Updates

Corral mounts on all TACC HPC systems (Frontera, Stampede 2 and Lonestar 6) will be unavailable from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (CDT) on Tuesday, September 26th while system maintenance is performed. All other access to Corral via data.tacc.utexas.edu, web-based access, and other services will remain in production during this time.Please submit any questions you may have via the TACC User Portal.https://tacc.utexas.edu/portal/tickets

Lonestar6 will not be available from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (CDT) on Tuesday, 26 September 2023. System maintenance will be performed during this time. Compute nodes, the SCRATCH file system, and corral mounts on all Lonestar 6-associated nodes will be unavailable during this time.Please submit any questions you may have via the TACC User Portal.https://tacc.utexas.edu/portal/tickets

The last chance to register for the TACC Symposium for Texas Researchers (TACCSTER) is Friday September 8th. TACCSTER will be held on September 27-29, 2023, in person in the ACB building on the J.J. Pickle Research Campus (PRC) of The University of Texas at Austin.TACCSTER is a meeting of scientists, engineers and scholars from across the state who use, and would like to use, the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) to advance their research goals. Researchers from across the country are welcome to attend. This meeting will be an opportunity for you to:Hear invited speakers from a broad range of disciplinesVisit 40+ posters from institutions all over TexasNetwork with your fellow TACC users and researchersLearn new and useful computing skills from a variety of tutorialsFind out information about the latest TACC systems and servicesTo register and for more information please visit: https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/taccsterPlease contact taccster@tacc.utexas.edu if you have any questions.

We are pleased to announce the sixth annual TACC Symposium for Texas Researchers (TACCSTER) being held on September 27-29, 2023, in person in the ACB building on the J.J. Pickle Research Campus (PRC) of The University of Texas at Austin.TACCSTER is a meeting of scientists, engineers and scholars from across the state who use, and would like to use, the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) to advance their research goals. Researchers from across the country are welcome to attend. This meeting will be an opportunity for you to:Showcase your ongoing research involving TACC resourcesLearn new and useful computing skills from a variety of tutorialsNetwork with other TACC users / researchersHear information about the latest TACC systems and servicesTo register and for more information please visit: https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/taccsterPlease contact taccster@tacc.utexas.edu if you have any questions.

TACC network infrastructure will not be available from 8 AM to 2:00 PM (CDT) on Sunday, 20 August 2023. Network 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

The Corral and Corral-secure file system mounts will be unavailable from Lonestar 6 and Stampede2 on Tuesday, July 18 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (CDT) for system updates. Access through Corral-specific data transfer nodes, and other HPC systems should be unaffected.Please submit any questions you may have via the TACC User Portal. https://portal.tacc.utexas.edu/tacc-consulting

TACC Institutes are in-person and on-site at TACC. Expect robust content, one-on-one interaction with instructors, networking opportunities, and certificates of completion. Breakfast, lunch and snacks will be provided. ***During July 10-14, attendees will have the option to visit sessions in any of the following Institutes at no additional cost: Scientific Visualization Institute 9:00 (breakfast) - 4:00 PM CST Spend a week with TACC's visualization experts learning how to generate rich, informative visualizations and increase the impact of your work. Video (7 min) "What is Scientific Visualization?" Watch: https://youtu.be/RKRHDS5-tOURegister HERE: https://cvent.utexas.edu/d/q0q1hl/ Reproducible Science Institute 9:00 (breakfast) - 4:00 PM CST In 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/ Applied Parallel Programming Institute 9:00 (breakfast) - 4:00 PM CST With 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's VPN will be undergoing maintenance from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (CDT) on Friday, June 16 2023. Access to all VPN accessed TACC systems will be unavailable during this time. Jobs will continue to run, but users will have no VPN access to TACC services and systems until the maintenance is complete.

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, June 18th at 09:00 (CDT).Please submit any questions you may have via the TACC User Portal. https://tacc.utexas.edu/about/help/

Registration Closing TODAY 6/5: 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/q6rbPJXYZOk BootUp & 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

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.