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In our series of lunchtime technical trainings, RCS staff members and guest speakers discuss topics that can be used to enhance one's research, with a focus on research methods, statistical approaches, and computing tools or workflows.

Working with code using GUI tools such as NoMachine is usually a default choice for many users. However, as the datasets grow larger, the task grows more complex, or the number of necessary repetitions increases, this approach is no longer scalable. Running batch (or background) jobs, where one does not interact with the program that is running, allows the user to scale one's work. On the HBSGrid cluster, for example, one can run hundreds of scripts at once, analyzing numerous data files simultaneously, or performing other parallelizable or automatable jobs.

This transition to background-only, non-GUI work may seem daunting: how does the program know what files to work on or write out? How do I monitor its progress? How do I even start the program, let alone hundreds of them? This session will demystify the process of transitioning to running batch jobs, give you several approaches to make this transition, and highlight a few useful tools.

*Guest users may register by contacting us at research@hbs.edu.

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This mandatory training for new HBSGrid users will cover both basic and advanced concepts and resources of the cluster. This training is only for those who already have an account, and only for those who are using compute resources. If you would like to get set up with an account, please email research@hbs.edu.

To prepare for the session, we highly recommend that attendees review our Compute Grid training materials beforehand.

*Guest users may register by contacting us at research@hbs.edu.