Introduction to Bianca: Handling Sensitive Research Data¶
Learning outcomes
- To have heard the reasons for using Bianca
- To have read the learning outcomes of this course
- To have heard the setup of this course
For teachers
Teaching goals are:
- Learners have heard the reasons for using Bianca
- Learners have read the learning outcomes of this course
- Learners have heard the setup of this course
Prior questions:
- What is Bianca?
- Why use Bianca?
Prefer a video?
In case you prefer a video over reading, watch this YouTube video (6 minutes long)
Bianca Castafiore, the Tintin character the cluster is named after.
Introduction¶
This course teaches you how to use Bianca.
Welcome!
Why use Bianca?¶
Bianca is the only HPC cluster for working on sensitive data that is free to use for all researchers in Sweden.
Course overview¶
Exercises¶
Exercise 1: what will we learn?¶
Please fill in TODO: the prevaluation form
For teachers: what is in that form?
Intro to Bianca: what will we learn today?
These are the learning outcomes for today.
The goals of this exercise is to make sure you've read what we will learn today. Also, it helps us decide what to teach.
Give you confidence levels of the following statements, using this scale:
- 0: I don't know even what this is about ...?
- 1: I have no confidence I can do this
- 2: I have low confidence I can do this
- 3: I have some confidence I can do this
- 4: I have good confidence I can do this
- 5: I absolutely can do this!
Give you confidence levels of the following statements:
- I understand how to be careful with sensitive data outside Bianca
- I know what NAISS SENS is and how it relates to Bianca
- I can log in to the Bianca remote desktop using the website
- I can log in to the Bianca console environment using SSH
- I can navigate to the wharf folder using a graphical file manager
- I can manage my files and folders using a graphical file manager
- I can navigate to the wharf folder using a terminal
- I can manage my files and folders using a terminal
- I can create a Bash script
- I can use modules
- I can transfer files to/from Bianca using a graphical tool
- I can start an interactive session
- I can submit jobs to the scheduler
- I can start RStudio