SCynergy 2026

Getting Started with MeluXina¶

Getting Started with MeluXina is a beginner‑friendly, hands‑on training that introduces participants to the MeluXina supercomputer. Delivered by LuxProvide during SCynergy 2026 event, and supported by the EPICURE project, the session covers essential HPC concepts and guides users through account setup, secure authentication, SSH access, Open OnDemand, JupyterLab, and file transfers. By the end of the training, participants will have a fully working environment and be ready to run workloads and attend more advanced MeluXina trainings.

🎯 Objectives¶

Gain a foundational understanding of High-Performance Computing (HPC).
Learn how to securely access and navigate the MeluXina supercomputer:
- Connecting using the SSH or the Web-portal;
- Uploading and downloading files;
- Running computing jobs.
Explore practical workflows, including urban wind simulation and AI-driven analysis using PyTorch.

🪧 Agenda¶

Today's training is composed of:

A presentation (30 minutes)
- HPC and HPC platforms
- How to use an HPC system
- The specifics of MeluXina supercomputer
A hands-on session with three activities with MeluXina supercomputer (50 minutes)
- First connections to MeluXina
- HPC workflow: Urban wind simulation and visualization
- AI workflow: PyTorch notebooks with JupyterLab

📚 Presentation: Short introduction to HPC and MeluXina¶

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Presentation outline

High Performance Computing
- What is HPC?
HPC Platforms
- Hardware view
- Software view
Using an HPC platform
- User Interfaces
- Interactive vs batch job
- Job scheduler
- Software environment
MeluXina in practice
- User and project accounts
- Data storage
- Authentication
- Shell & web-portal access

💻 Hands-on: Getting Started with MeluXina¶

ℹ️ About this training¶

It has been developed by the Supercomputing Application Services group at LuxProvide in the context of the EPICURE project.