Tutorials & Courses

The GRC Knowledge Base is a growing collection of practical guides, tutorials, and reference material for researchers working in high-performance computing, data-centric AI, and systems software. Built by the lab, for the lab, and open to everyone.

Learning Tracks

27 guides

HPC Foundations

Skills for high-performance computing: Linux and the terminal, containers, IDE setup, coding agents, building software with Spack, environment variables, and C++ for HPC.

Linux & TerminalSoftware InstallationEnvironment VariablesC++ for HPCDocker

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29 guides

GRC Tools & Frameworks

Jarvis, the center's tools for deploying and benchmarking HPC applications: jarvis-util for program execution, jarvis-cd for pipelines, and the scspkg package manager.

Jarvis UtilJarvis CDScspkgPipeline ScriptsPackage Index

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6 guides

Computing Resources

User guides, FAQs, and job templates for the Ares cluster and NCSA DeltaAI, plus Illinois Tech administrative procedures.

Ares ClusterNCSA DeltaAIIIT PoliciesJob SchedulingFAQ

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Quick Start

New to GRC? Follow these steps to get up and running.

1. 1Set up your Linux environment
2. 2Connect via SSH
3. 3Install software with Spack
4. 4Write your first C++ program
5. 5Access the Ares cluster
6. 6Get started with DeltaAI

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GRC members maintain these tutorials. Corrections and new tutorials are welcome.