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ArunHPCC is a non-commercial High Performance Computing platform for academic and personal research only.

Please read the disclaimer and usage policy carefully.

Who can be a User

Anyone is student or want to personal research can become a member. Resource priority will be as follows:

  1. Current students and faculty members of Department of Physics, Rajshahi University(RU)
  2. Current students and faculty members of Rajshahi University (RU) [Any Department other than Physics]
  3. Students or faculty members of any public university other than RU
  4. Students or faculty members of private universities
  5. Anyone neither student nor faculty member have a nice project idea that need High Performance Computing

NOTE

For University Research groups, special User group can also be created with shared resources

How to be a User

Pre-requisites

High Performance Computing Cluster is a sophisticated facility shared by other members. To maintain stable performance and usability all User are expected to have following minimum skills:

  • Basic understanding of Linux Operating System
  • Basic Command Line Operation (CLI) in Linux terminal Environment
  • Moderate Programming Skills in at least one language
  • Decent understanding of computer hardware and computing resources
  • Understand and respect our Security and Privacy policies
  • Respect other users 🙇

NOTE

For details on how to prepare see the details in Pre-requisites section.

How to Apply for a Project

The ArunHPCC facility is under direct supervised of Dr. Abdullah Shams Bin Tariq, Professor, Dept. of Physics, also the founder member of ArunHPCC. Any new project request must be authorized by him. Please follow the instructions below:

  • Prepare a project document including the followings
    • Nature of the project [Give a appropriate short name]
    • Give a short insight of the project
    • Include any software need for the project
    • Include what kind of support you need for your project. E.g.:
      • If software is already available
      • Installation support
      • Compilation support etc.
    • [Optional] Include a estimation of computation need if available
      • Mention of any special hardware requirement i.e. GPU
      • Mention estimated storage requirements
      • Number of User required with names and emails
  • Send an Email to Abdullah Shams Bin Tariq at asbtariq@ru.ac.bd requesting for the project approval
  • Once the project has been approved the required user will be created
  • Further instruction for accessing the ArunHPCC will be provided by ArunHPCC Admin

How to Apply for Learning Cluster Environment

  • Prepare a Statement of Purpose (SOP) document including the following
    • Your interest in Cluster Computing
    • What skills you want to learn
    • User email
  • Send an Email to Abdullah Shams Bin Tariq at asbtariq@ru.ac.bd requesting for approval
  • Once the project has been approved the required user will be created
  • Further instruction for accessing the ArunHPCC will be provided by ArunHPCC Admin

For any further information email to ArunHPCC Admin Syed Hasibur Rahman at ananno@protonmail.com