Intro to Scientific Computing and High Performance Computing - Summer 2022

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• Program: https://scicomp.aalto.fi/training/scip/kickstart-2022-summer/
• Prerequisites: a computer with an internet connection and with a shell terminal
  • Linux/Mac: you already have a bash terminal
  • Windows: we recommend https://gitforwindows.org/
  • Alternatively, if you have access to a university linux server, you do not need to install anything, you can just open powershell and run something like ssh username@machine.uni.fi
• Remote SSH to a native Linux
  • Aalto https://scicomp.aalto.fi/aalto/remoteaccess/
  • HY https://wiki.helsinki.fi/display/it4sci/Remote+access+to+University+resources
  • TUNI https://www.tuni.fi/it-services/handbook/2724/3229
  • OULU: https://www.oulu.fi/ict/remote
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