Welcome to the Deucalion User Guide - UBI
Welcome to the Deucalion supercomputer. Based on the official Deucalion User Guide, this guide provides a compilation of HPC best practices for users focused on AI and machine learning.
To get the most out of this manual, we assume you already have a foundational understanding of supercomputing environments and are comfortable working within a Linux-based operating system.
What’s Inside
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Getting Started: A foundational overview covering account registration, SSH key configuration, and the initial login process to establish a secure connection to the cluster.
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Running Jobs: Utilizing Slurm to manage your workloads efficiently. This includes requesting resources, submitting batch scripts, and monitoring your jobs in the execution queue.
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Containers: Guidelines for using Singularity containers to run portable, isolated software environments.
Changelog
- [2026-05-26] Add useful tricks on Using Remote Explorer (VSCode) and How to create a container based on a Github repo?.
- [2026-05-07] Update instructions on Remote Explorer (VSCode).
- [2026-04-24] Initial version.