Frequently Asked Questions¶
When to follow the basic course¶
When should I follow the basic course?¶
When you want to be able to work with the Bianca HPC cluster.
When should I consider to not follow the basic course?¶
These are the reasons to consider to not follow the basic course:
Basic: Reason 1: you want to learn advanced things¶
When you already work with Bianca and expect to learn new and more advanced things.
In this case, the course will go too slow for you.
However, you will probably be put to work by the teachers to help out other learners. If you like to test your own knowledge by teaching others, you will likely thrive in the course.
Basic: Reason 2: you have social anxiety¶
When you have social anxiety.
In this case, the course will be too social for you.
However, in this course, it is perfectly OK to give a wrong answer or to say 'I do not know'. This is what a former learner had to say on this:
You are welcome to try and leave anytime you want. The course material is made for self-study too, with videos for all exercises. Do fill in the beginner course's evaluation or the intermediate course's evaluation when you leave early :-)
When to follow the intermediate course¶
When should I follow the intermediate course?¶
When you want to be able to work better with the Bianca HPC cluster.
When should I consider to not follow the intermediate course?¶
These are the reasons to consider to not follow this course:
Intermediate: Reason 1: you want to learn the basics¶
When you have never worked with Bianca, you want to learn the basics.
In this case, the course will be unsuitable for you.
Consider following the basis Bianca course.
Intermediate: Reason 2: you have social anxiety¶
When you have social anxiety.
In this case, the course will be too social for you.
However, in this course, it is perfectly OK to give a wrong answer or to say 'I do not know'. This is what a former learner had to say on this:
You are welcome to try and leave anytime you want. The course material is made for self-study too, with videos for all exercises. Do fill in the evaluation when you leave early :-)
Prerequisites¶
What are the prerequisites for following this course?¶
See prerequisites.
How can I check if I have registered?¶
How to find the course's Zoom room?¶
How can I check if I have a NAISS account?¶
When you can login at https://supr.naiss.se/.
How does that look like?
It should look similar to this:
How can I check if I can login to Bianca using SSH?¶
It look similar to this:
How can I login to Bianca?¶
Follow the instructions of your favorite HPC center or the UPPMAX instruction
Also, these videos may be useful:
| HPC cluster | Login method | Documentation | Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bianca | Website | Documentation | Video |
| Bianca | SSH | Documentation | Video |
How to install MobaXterm?¶
This is for Windows users only.
Install MobaXterm from the MobaXterm website.
How to check that I've installed MobaXterm?¶
Run it. If it shows up, you've installed MobaXterm.
How to install rsync?¶
This is for Linux and Mac users only.
For Linux, in a terminal, run:
For Max, in a terminal, run:
How to check that I've installed rsync?¶
In a terminal, type:
If you see the rsync version displayed, you've installed rsync.
How does that look like?
Your output will look similar to this:
richel@richel-N141CU:~$ rsync --version
rsync version 3.2.7 protocol version 31
Copyright (C) 1996-2022 by Andrew Tridgell, Wayne Davison, and others.
Web site: https://rsync.samba.org/
Capabilities:
64-bit files, 64-bit inums, 64-bit timestamps, 64-bit long ints,
socketpairs, symlinks, symtimes, hardlinks, hardlink-specials,
hardlink-symlinks, IPv6, atimes, batchfiles, inplace, append, ACLs,
xattrs, optional secluded-args, iconv, prealloc, stop-at, no crtimes
Optimizations:
SIMD-roll, no asm-roll, openssl-crypto, no asm-MD5
Checksum list:
xxh128 xxh3 xxh64 (xxhash) md5 md4 sha1 none
Compress list:
zstd lz4 zlibx zlib none
Daemon auth list:
sha512 sha256 sha1 md5 md4
rsync comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you
are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. See the GNU
General Public Licence for details.
How to install FileZilla?¶
Under Ubuntu, you can can use the Ubuntu App Center.
How does the Ubuntu App Center look like?
Here:
For non-Ubuntu users, search the web, download and install.
Where can I find it?
The FileZilla website can be found at https://filezilla-project.org/.
Clicking on 'Download FileZilla client' takes you to the FileZilla download page at https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client.
Download the file, maybe unzip it and run the installer
How to check that I've installed FileZilla?¶
Run it. If it shows up, you've installed FileZilla.
How can I check if I have a good Zoom setup?¶
- You are in a room where you can talk
- You talk into a (standalone or headset) microphone
- Others can clearly hear you when you talk
- Others can see you
- You can hear others clearly when they talk
How can I get a good Zoom setup?¶
- Find/schedule/book a room where you can talk
- Buy a simple headset
What if I don't have a good Zoom setup? Is that OK?¶
No.
You will feel left out, as the course in highly interactive. It would be weird to the other learners.
Teaching¶
Why is the course learner-centered?¶
Because that is good teaching.
This course defines good teaching as 'evidence-based methods to let learners
acquire new skills and the monitoring of this acquisition'.
This means that it should be observed that learners need more/less to time
to practice and following the schedule based on that. Learner-centered teaching
has an effect size from 0.36 [Hattie ranking]
or 0.64/0.70 [Cornelius-White, 2007][Hattie, 2012].
Website¶
Why is the repository owner UPPMAX instead of NAISS?¶
Because NAISS does not have a GitHub owner page yet.
References¶
[Cornelius-White, 2007]Cornelius-White, Jeffrey. "Learner-centered teacher-student relationships are effective: A meta-analysis." Review of educational research 77.1 (2007): 113-143.[Hattie, 2023]Hattie, John. Visible learning: The sequel: A synthesis of over 2,100 meta-analyses relating to achievement. Routledge, 2023. The effect size of lecturing can be found on page 363, which has an effect size of -0.26 with a robustness index of 4 out of 5 and is based on 3 meta analyses using 273 studies using 27,296 people, measuring for 614 effects with a standard error of 0.08. One example open access study is[Knight & Wood, 2005].[Hattie ranking]The Hattie Ranking[Knight & Wood, 2005]Knight, Jennifer K., and William B. Wood. "Teaching more by lecturing less." Cell biology education 4.4 (2005): 298-310. paper