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Isambard-AI workshop at the Programme-wide ExCALIBUR workshop

The Bristol Centre for Supercomputing (BriCS) is running an introductory workshop on Isambard-AI at the Programme wide ExCALIBUR workshop on the 17th October 2024.

In order to take part in the workshop and gain access to the system, you must pre-register by filling in the following form by Tuesday the 15th October:

Register for workshop

Warning

If you have not pre-registered you will not be able to access the system on the day.

Required pre-workshop steps

After registration you will be contacted with some steps to do before the workshop.

Warning

If you do not complete these steps by midday the day before the workshop you will not have access to the system.

If you have an account with a research institute supported by MyAccessID (you can check this at https://mms.myaccessid.org/fed-apps/profile/) then you should use this option. When logging in to any Isambard services, you should always chose "University Login (MyAccessID)". If not, check the "Non-research affiliation" tab.

If your institution or company does not support EduGAIN/MyAccessID as a federated login solution, we will have to create you an account in our "identity provider of last resort" (hosted in AWS). You will receive an email from [email protected] with the subject "Invitation to join AWS IAM Identity Center" asking you finalise creating an account, using the same email address that you signed up for the workshop. Once that account is set up and working, from now on when working with Isambard you should always select the "Other Login (IdP of last resort)" option on the login screen.

You will receive an email from [email protected] with the subject "Invitation to ExCALIBUR October 2024 workshop project".

As soon as possible, Follow steps 1-4 at the getting started guide (nothing beyond that point will work).

You must set your UNIX short name or you will not have access to the system for the workshop. Check that it has been recorded by going to your account page and check that your "Short name" is set and that your "projects" shows up as {"excalibur24": ["slurm.aip1.isambard", "jupyter.aip1.isambard"]}. You may need to log out and log in again before this updates.

Workshop Material

The material we will go through is the tutorial on running interactively.