Using Matlab Parallel Server on the HPC Clusters on October 25, 2021

Dates & Times:  Monday, October 25, 2021, 206 Durham from 11:00 to 1:00. 

To register, go to: https://iastate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cAPJMN3ghjPIQLQ

This session will show you how to use Matlab Parallel Server to submit jobs on the HPC clusters. Matlab Parallel Server (MPS) is a set of Matlab functions that make it easy to send Matlab jobs to a cluster directly from the Matlab application on your desktop or laptop. Matlab takes care of passing the data and code you need for your job to the cluster, and delivering the jobs results to Matlab on your desktop.

During this session, you will learn how to configure MPS to use a particular cluster, including customizing where data should be stored.

Then, we will demonstrate how to run serial and parallel Matlab jobs, including distributed parallel jobs that span multiple compute nodes.

Finally, we will show how you can use MPS together with NVIDIA GPUs to solve problems in computation, deep learning, and AI. 

 

Requirements:

1.Must have an account on Condo, Nova and/or the Student Cluster

2.Must have Matlab installed on the laptop for using MPS

3.Bring your laptop

4 For Condo/Nova users, bring a device running GA app, see below

 

 

Preparation:

1      Install the Google Authenticator or Authy, see https://www.hpc.iastate.edu/guides/condo-2017/access-and-login or https://www.hpc.iastate.edu/guides/nova/access-and-login . There are install instructions for the different types of devices, Android, Apple, etc.

2      Obtain an ssh client on your laptop  (Linux, MacOS and newer Windows 10 should have it; for older versions of Windows OS install Putty: per https://researchit.las.iastate.edu/ssh-condo2017-cluster-access).

3    Install Matlab on your laptop, instructions are available at https://it.engineering.iastate.edu/how-to/installing-matlab/ .