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Minerva HPC Presentations

 

NEW! Minerva/HPC Fall Training 2026

September/October 2026

  • We will be holding 5 training sessions this Fall, every Thursday starting September 10, 2026, and ending October 8, 2026. 
  • All sessions will be offered in person (LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED).  
  • Zoom links for virtual attendees to register for each session are provided below.  
  • Upon registration, a zoom link will be sent for the specific training session. 

Session 1: Introduction to Minerva Restricted Cluster – Thursday, September 10, 2026, 1 pm- 2 pm 

Register here
This session covers: 
  • Minerva-Res Resources and Restrictions
  • Onboarding: Projects and Accounts
  • Data Migration
  • Data Transfer
  • Network Access  

Session 2: Introduction to Minerva – Thursday, September 17, 2026, 1 pm- 2 pm 

Register here 
This session covers: 
  • Minerva resources 
  • Account and logging in 
  • User software environment 
  • Other services on Minerva  

Session 3: Load Sharing Facility (LSF) Job Scheduler – Thursday September 24, 2026, 1 pm- 2 pm 

Register here 
This session covers: 
  • LSF introduction and basic/helpful LSF commands 
  • Job submission and monitoring 
  • Parallel jobs (parallel processing and GPUs) 
  • Job Arrays and Self-scheduler 

Session 4. Introduction to GPU/AI resources on Minerva – Thursday, October 1, 2026, 1 pm – 2 pm 

Register here 
This session covers: 
  • What is a GPU? 
  • GPU resources on Minerva 
  • User GPU/AI Software environment on Minerva 
  • Running GPU/AI jobs in LSF 

Session 5: Leveraging Large Language Models in Biomedical Research – Thursday, October 8, 2026, 1 pm – 2 pm 

Register here 
This session covers: 
  • Introduction to Large Language Models (LLMs) 
  • Transformer Architecture & Key LLM Models  
  • Training and Fine-Tuning LLMs 
  • Practical Implementation on GPUs 
 
Direct any questions to hpchelp@hpc.mssm.edu 
 

 

NEW! Minerva Restricted Cluster

Introducing the Minerva Restricted Cluster, a dedicated HPC environment designed to support NIH controlled-access data in compliance with NIST SP 800-171 requirements. Scientific Computing and Data (SCD) computational scientists provide training on Minerva-Res resources and restrictions, onboarding (projects and accounts), data migration and transfer, and network access. Our computational scientists are also available to answer questions by opening a ticket at the following e-mail address: hpchelp@mssm.edu, or at the weekly Digital Concierge drop-in. 

 

 

 

Minerva User Group – Training Sessions

Scientific Computing and Data (SCD) computational scientists provide both introductory and advanced training sessions on how to use the Minerva supercomputer effectively and efficiently. The times and locations will be announced on this website and through the Mount Sinai research email list. Our computational scientists are also available to answer questions by appointment or at the weekly Digital Concierge drop-in. Please see below for archived slides from past training sessions:

Find slide presentations from past training sessions here.

Minerva User Group – Town Hall Meetings

The Minerva User Group (MUG) meets quarterly and on an as-needed basis to review computational and data usage statistics, in addition to providing advice on operational policies and plans. All scientists and researchers who use Minerva are encouraged to participate. Please see below for slides from recent meetings:

Find slide presentations from past Minerva User Group Meetings here.

Minerva User Satisfaction Survey

The Minerva User Satisfaction Survey is issued in January each year to collect feedback from users. Previous results can be found below:

Find past survey results here.