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What is HPC?
HPC, or High Performance Computing, is the ability to process and analyze complex data at very high speeds. These computations are performed on HPC clusters, which are made up of many networked compute nodes, each containing CPU and/or GPU cores. HPC clusters, including UBC ARC Sockeye (or simply “Sockeye”), offer several thousand times the computing power of standard desktop computers and are useful for research that involves large datasets or complex simulations that would otherwise take unreasonably long on personal machines.
How do I gain access?
Access to Sockeye requires an allocation. Allocations are awarded to one Allocation Owner – typically a UBC faculty member or researcher with Research Spending Authority. The Allocation Owner or Designated Contact may then add users to their allocation, such as students, postdoctoral fellows, or research staff, provided they have a valid UBC CWL and an institutional email address. External collaborators can be added if the Allocation Owner sponsors them for a Guest CWL.
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