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Research Computing Blogs

  • Debugging Unexpected Job Termination on Explorer
    Sometimes, jobs may seem to be terminated without any apparent reason. However, there are steps we can take to identify the actual reason. Here, we’ll discuss two possible reasons: OOM…
  • Parallelizing Multiple Small Jobs
    Independent, parallel jobs can be run on an HPC cluster using srun commands inside sbatch jobs. SLURM can first allocate resources based on the batch job parameters and then use…
  • All Public GPUs Now on Explorer
    All public GPU resources have been moved from Discovery to Explorer. The Explorer Cluster provides a new, more efficient operating system (Rocky Linux 9.3) and state-of-the-art GPU resources for compute-intensive…
  • Miniconda3 – from Discovery to Explorer
    If you have a Miniconda3 installation in your /work directory on Discovery, you may need to make some changes to continue to use those same Miniconda environments on Explorer. Since…
  • Explorer for Short-Partition Jobs
    The Research Computing team is continuing to add more computing resources to the new Explorer Cluster, as we transition away from the Discovery Cluster. If you are planning to use…
  • RC Spring Researcher Spotlight Series: David Kaeli
    David Kaeli joined Northeastern in 1993, after spending 12 years at IBM, with 7 years at the T.J. Watson Research Center. He is a COE Distinguished Professor for the Department of…