Michigan State University’s Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research (ICER) is hosting the Fall 2025 Python on the High-Performance Computing Center (HPCC) webinar. This non-credit training webinar provides a hands-on introduction to the tools for using Python for research computing on ICER’s HPCC. Participants need an active HPCC account to access the HPCC. If you do not have an active account, please see our documentation page Obtain HPCC Access.

Prerequisites for Meaningful Participation

• Active ICER HPCC account
• Basic understanding of the HPCC resource environment and the SLURM scheduler
• Basic competency with Python and GNU/Linux Operating Systems

Learning Objectives

• Understand Python modules on the HPCC
• Understand Python user environments on the HPCC
• Use the OnDemand web portal to launch a Jupyter Notebook on the HPCC
• Perform basic profiling of Python code
• Understand basic vectorization in NumPy
• Use Numba to parallelize a loop

Questions? Contact ICER Training Coordinator Mahmoud Parvizi at parvizim@msu.edu.