Description:

The Topics in Research Computing Series is a six-session workshop series showing you how to scale up your computational research in ways you might not have thought possible.

Sessions meet on Thursdays at 1 p.m. CDT; most are one and a half hours long. 

Navigating Quest
This 90-minute interactive workshop builds on the introductory materials presented in our Introduction To Quest video series. During this workshop you’ll be guided through a hands-on experience on Quest, Northwestern’s High Performance Computing cluster. You will use Quest to solve exercises, review how to submit jobs and troubleshoot them.   

Prerequistes:
Before attending this workshop, researchers new to Quest should:   
•Apply for a Quest allocation. We recommend “Research Allocation I” if you are new to Quest. If your lab has a joint Quest allocation, you can also apply to join that allocation. 
• Watch the Introduction To Quest video series to get an overview of the system, learn how to submit jobs, and become familiar with best practices. To learn more about Quest, see About Quest. 
• Become familiar with Unix command line: see our Intro Command Line and Bash Scripting workshops and check Online Resource Guide for learning basic command line skills.