Workshop: Experimental Control with EPICS and the Scientific Computing Infrastructure at FHI | 25.03 & 26.03.2025
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Questions or Suggestions? Please contact:
Simeon Beinlich (Phone: +49 30 8413 5270, Email: beinlich@fhi-berlin.mpg.de)
Day 1: Experimental Control with EPICS
EPICS Basics (Morning Session)
- EPICS Infrastructure at FHI
- EPICS Gateway Systems for Experiments: Slides
EPICS Hands-On (Afternoon Session)
- Using a preconfigured EPICS Gateway System for Device Control (e.g, Oscilloscopes, Power Supplies, etc.): Resources
Day 2: Scientific Computing Infrastructure
You can find the Workshop Material here: Workshop Notepad.
- Slides (Online Slides, with Screencasts)
- Links to Resources
PDF Versions:
- High Performance Computing at FHI - Overview
- Jupyterhub - Python and Matlab Server (Including Introductions for Python, Archive, Dask, HDF5, ...)
- Virtual Desktop Servers - ANALYSIS-0X & GPU-0X
- Storage System - Accessing Your Files
- Python Environments - Setup and Usage
- The Viper Supercomputer - A small introduction
Introducing the FHI Compute Infrastructure and the VIPER Supercomputer at MPCDF (Morning Session)
- Services & Use cases
- Access & Registration
- Advantages & Limitations
- Open Space for Questions & Discussions
Computing Hands-on (Afternoon Session)
- Setting up your Compute Account
- Using Python, Matlab, HDFweb on Jupyterhub
- Using the Virtual Desktop Servers
- Opt.: Creating a simple Python notebook for plotting
- Opt.: Using Python+Dask on a single or multiple Servers
- Opt.: Using Widgets in Jupyterhub (e.g. Archive Widget)
- Opt.: Using the Python Archive Interface in Jupyterhub
- Opt.: Creating, Transferring, Submitting & Retrieving a Compute Job on the Viper Supercomputer.
- Open Space for Questions & Hands-On support.
Date and Location
Date: Tuesday, 25.03.2025 & Wednesday, 26.03.2025
Time: Morning Sessions: 10:00-12:00, Afternoon Sessions: 14:00-16:00
Location: Haber Villa Seminar Room (Ground Floor)
Registration: Not required.
Prerequisites::
- For accessing the internal Documentation of the Compute Infrastructure and the Viper Supercomputer, you need an FHI Gitlab account: register with your fhi email address here: FHI Gitlab.
- In order to follow the Hands-On session for using the Viper Supercomputer you need to register for an MPCDF account beforehand. Please have a look at: FHI Viper Wiki .
Hybrid/Online?: No.
Suggestions?
Please feel free to contact us (see above) if you have topics or questions that you wish to be addressed.