2025 LCI Advanced Workshop

20th October 2025 – 22nd October 2025
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

If you have recently been tasked with managing HPC clusters or want to expand your knowledge about them, especially about batch scheduling.

Registrations are closed. The 2025 Advanced Workshop is full.

Schedule

October 20th:

• 8:30 – 9:15 Introductions of Attendees/Instructors
• 9:15 – 10:30 Building Slurm / Upgrade Lecture
• 10:30 – 11:00 Break
• 11:00 – 12:00 Building Slurm Lab
• 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
• 1:00 – 2:00 Job Arrays, Scheduling, & Accounting
• 2:00 – 3:00 Service Restoration & Installation Repair
• 3:00 – 3:30 Break
• 3:30 – 4:30 Slurm HA and Federation Lecture
• 4:30 – 5:00 Open Discussion

October 21st:

• 8:30 – 10:00 Job Submit Plugins Lecture
• 10:00 – 10:30 Fairshare Classic and Fairshare Fairtree
• 10:30 – 11:00 Break
• 11:00 – 12:00 Fairshare Lab
• 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
• 1:00 – 2:00 QoS’s for Private Nodes & Resource Limits (Class) Lecture
• 2:00 – 3:00 Job Submit Plug Lab
• 3:00 – 3:30 Break
• 3:30 – 4:15 Security: pam_slurm_adopt / Private Data / TLS / tmpfs
• 4:15 – 5:00 Security Implementation Lab / Open Discussion

October 22nd:

• 8:30 – 9:30 Slurm API Exploration
• 9:30 – 10:45 Large-job Starvation & Scheduler Tuning
• 10:45 – 11:15 Break
• 11:12 – 12:00 Advanced Reservations (magnetic / floating / maint)
• 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
• 1:00 – 2:00 Power Usage and Monitoring Lecture
• 2:00 – 3:00 Licenses & Usage Entitlements
• 3:00 – 3:30 Break
• 3:30 – 4:15 Slurm Dashboard Demo / Open Discussion
• 4:15 – 5:00 Wrap Up Discussion

Travel and Lodging Information

Getting to the University of Oklahoma

Will Rogers World Airport (OKC)

1. As you leave the OKC airport, look for the on-ramp to I-44 on your right. There’s only one such on-ramp, which is actually I-44 westbound.
2. After you’ve been on I-44 W for a few miles, you’ll come to a fork between I-44 W and I-44 E. Stay on I-44 W on the right side.
3. You’ll come to a major curve. DON’T take the I-44 W exit; instead, stay on the same road, which will become I-240 E (go figure).
4. After several miles, take the I-35 S exit (toward Dallas).
5. Follow I-35 S out of Oklahoma City, through Moore, and into Norman.

Getting to the Thurman J. White Forum Building

Driving Directions to the Thurman J. White Forum Building, 1704 Asp Ave, Norman, OK

1. Follow I-35 S to W Lindsey St in Norman. Take exit 108B from I-35 S.
2. Use any lane to turn left onto W Lindsey St
3. Turn right onto S Pickard Ave
4. Turn left onto Asp Ave.
5. The Union parking deck will be unavailable Oct 21-22, so you MUST pre-purchase a visitor parking pass.

Hotel Options 

Here’s a listing of hotels in Norman: Accommodation Options
Also, the following hotels are under $98/night:

• Best Western: SureStay
• Choice Hotels: Comfort Inn, Sleep Inn
• Independent: Express Inn & Suites
• Marriott: Fairfield Inn
• Radisson: Country Inn & Suites
• Wyndham: Days Inn, La Quinta, Super 8, Travelodge
• Red Lion: America’s Best Value

Please book the accommodations that best cater to your needs.

Parking Information

Participants can purchase parking passes in advance on the OU Parking webpage:

1. Go to: https://www.ou.edu/parking
2. In the lower left, click on: Purchase Visitor Permit
3. Create a guest account.
4. When the Parking Portal page loads, click on: Get Permits
5. Follow the instructions.

In case of any questions, please reach out to Henry Neeman (hneeman@ou.edu) or Jason Mierek (mierek@illinois.edu)