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Getting Started

This is a guide for anyone who has received an invitation to join a project.

  • Setup

    First time login through the portal.

  • Login

    Logging into BriCS supercomputers with SSH and clifton.

  • Manage project

    Manage your project on the portal (PIs only).

  • Get Support

    Opening support tickets on the helpdesk.

Software installation model

AI/ML workflows are diverse and change rapidly. Different projects need different versions and bespoke combinations of PyTorch, CUDA, Python and many other packages, and as such, centrally managing this would be complex and slow.

Instead, projects need to install and manage their own software environments using tools such as:

  • Containers — bundle your exact software stack for full reproducibility
  • Conda/Python — manage Python environments and packages
  • Spack — build HPC software from source
  • E4S — a curated set of HPC software packages

This gives you full control over your software stack. The documentation, backed by our support channels, offers a range of guides, tutorials and other information to help you. If you would like to contribute to the documentation, please raise a support ticket in the first instance.