Isambard-AI workshop at the University of Manchester¶
The Bristol Centre for Supercomputing (BriCS) is running a 1-day introductory workshop on Isambard-AI at the University of Manchester on Wednesday, 11th February 2026.
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 5PM on Friday the 6th February 2026:
Warning
If you have not pre-registered you will not be able to access the system on the day.
Required pre-workshop steps¶
You will receive an email from [email protected] with the subject "Invitation to the University of Manchester Workshop 2026 project".
After registration and receiving the invite, you will be contacted with some steps to do before the workshop. You should follow steps 1-4 after you receive an invitation email.
You should follow the instructions for MyAccessID.
Warning
You must complete the required pre-workshop steps and set your UNIX username in advance of the workshop.
Access will not be allowed for online attendees. You must attend the workshop in person. You should promptly inform us if you can no longer attend the workshop by emailing us.
This workshop has been allocated a finite amount of compute time to be shared between all participants. Users must not run long-running or large-scale jobs before the workshop and should use the resources as instructed during the workshop.
Workshop Material¶
The workshop will familiarise participants with finding their way around Isambard-AI, and include tutorials on creating a language-model chatbot and dispatching a distributed PyTorch training job on Isambard-AI.