This page describes the research computing resources available to campus community, including how to request access to them.
Introduction / Getting Started
“Research computing” is a broad topic, but usually means running specialized software and operating systems not designed for consumers, then analyzing data produced by that software. Most of the time, the operating system in question in Linux, and the software is run by typing how you want to run that program into a command-line interface. These can be intimidating to beginners! We collect our favorite beginner-friendly resources below, and are happy to meet and provide individual support - please Ask CIT for this consultation.
Leave Connect selected, and don't worry if a different user is selected. Your username and password will be used to route you to your own backend process.
Click Connect
Usage notes:
Click on the 3 horizontal lines (Hamburger) in the top left to launch programs - the most common programs have been added under (Hamburger) > Start > Geneseo
To leave your session running for you to connect to later, close your browser tab or click (Hamburger) > Disconnect
To end your session, click (Hamburger) > Server > Shutdown Server - this does not shut down the entire server, and only ends your session.
Dragging and dropping a file from your local computer onto a connected session will upload it to your Downloads folder in your home directory if it exists, otherwise your home directory. The system will attempt to open uploaded files that it has a registered program for (PDFs and images should work)
You could also do (Hamburger) > Server > Upload file
Running xdg-open /path/to/some/remote/file in a remote terminal will download that file to your local computer through your browser.
Terminal, Files, Firefox, and many other apps take a few moments to launch in a fresh session - please be patient.
Xterm (under System Tools) launches instantly, but Terminal (Gnome) supports tabs, search, copy+paste, and looks nicer.
Command Line / SSH
If you're new to the command line or SSH, we've found the following LinkedIn Learning courses to be helpful: Command Line and Remote Access.
The deeplearning1 server is running an SSH server on TCP port 22
When you first connect via ssh, you will be asked to confirm the host ssh key, which should be one of the following:
Windows has a built-in Remote Desktop Client; on macOS we recommend the official Microsoft Remote Desktop app from the Mac App Store.
The version of Windows on deeplearning2 limits users to 1 Remote Desktop Client user at a time - please log all the way out when you are done (not disconnect, which leaves your session running), so that others may use this machine remotely.
Software
deeplearning1 (Linux)
Mathematica 13
Matlab R2023a in /usr/local/MATLAB
Python 3.8
Lambda Stack (collection of GPU-accelerated software packages)