Introduction to Supercomputing, part I
2026-02-11 13:00 - 16:30 UTC | Online
If you need to perform many calculations, or analyses that are too big for your own system, clusters and supercomputers will provide the computing power you need. In this course, you will learn how to work with these large computing systems!

Sign upWhat will you learn in this training?
In this training course you will:

understand what high-performance computing (HPC) is;
learn basic details about clusters and supercomputers;
effectively perform practical exercises on the national supercomputer Snellius;
apply essential best practices on how to work effectively with large HPC systems.

For whom
Anyone who wants to know how to perform very large computing tasks.
Requirements

Personal computer and terminal with SSH
Basic knowledge of Unix shell is useful.

The training course is in English.

Introduction to Supercomputing, part I
2026-04-14 13:00 - 16:30 | Online
If you need to perform many calculations, or analyses that are too big for your own system, clusters and supercomputers will provide the computing power you need. In this course, you will learn how to work with these large computing systems!
In this training you will:

understand what is high-performance computing (HPC)
learn basic details on clusters and supercomputers
do practical exercises on the national supercomputer Snelliuseffectively
apply the essential best practices on how to work effectively with large HPC systems

For whom?
Anyone who wants to know how to perform very large computing tasks.
Requirements
Personal computer and terminal with SSH.
Basic knowledge of Unix shell is useful.
The language of instruction is English.
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Introduction to SURF Research Cloud
2026-04-21 09:00 - 13:00 | Erasmus University Rotterdam, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam, 3062PA, Netherlands
Do you want to create and manage your own work environment and run powerful applications on it? SURF Research Cloud opens the door to cloud computing on different platforms. During this training, your workload runs on the SURF HPC Cloud platform in Amsterdam.
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This training explains cloud computing in general. The accompanying hands-on approach introduces you to (some of) the many features of SURF Research Cloud. You will learn how to create and manage your own virtual computing environment(s). By the end, you will feel comfortable enough to install your own applications, and benefit from the power of cloud computing.
For whom?
Anyone who wants to use a flexible and customized environment to run powerful applications.
The language of instruction is English.
Requirements

Bring your own laptop.
A browser (Chrome or Firefox is good enough).
Experience with Linux commands helps but is not a requirement.

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Yoda hands-on workshop
2026-04-22 09:30 - 15:30 | SURF Utrecht, Moreelsepark 48, Utrecht, 3511 EP, Netherlands
This workshop will provide you with the knowledge you need to make your research data FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable). You will experience the typical workflows for handling data and metadata in Yoda, an integral support tool for the whole data life cycle.
What will you learn in this training?
After completion of this tutorial, you will be able to:

Explain the importance of metadata and its relation to the dataset
Demonstrate how to search for datasets in Yoda
Explain the difference between the Research area and the Vault area in Yoda
Demonstrate how to include useful metadata in Yoda
Show how to upload data in Yoda
Operate the cycle of securing, retrieving, and updating data independently in Yoda (including in the connected tape archive)
Operate the cycle of securing data supervised by a data steward in Yoda
Demonstrate how to check metadata and approve submissions to Yoda Vault

For whom?
Anyone, including researchers and data stewards, who wants to learn to manage research data in an efficient and scalable way using Yoda.
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The Amsterdam Modeling Suite on SURF Research Cloud
2026-04-23 13:00 - 17:00 | SURF Utrecht, Moreelsepark 48, Utrecht, 3511 EP, Netherlands
Discover how to accelerate your materials and molecular research using the Amsterdam Modeling Suite (AMS) – a powerful software platform for computational chemistry and materials modeling.
Sign upNow accessible to Dutch researchers via the SURF Research Cloud, AMS enables cutting-edge simulations in fields such as batteries, semiconductors, catalysis, and polymers. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to set up and run atomistic simulations with AMS in the cloud environment, helping you tackle complex research questions efficiently and at scale.
For whom?
This workshop is intended for researchers and students with experience in computational chemistry or computational materials science who are interested in using AMS on the SURF Research Cloud for their simulations. The workshop will be taught in English.
Requirements

Bring your laptop
Up-to-date browser
Computational chemistry background
