Olivia OnBoarding 2026 seminar series

Drawing on our experience with introducing the Olivia machine and associated services, NRIS Training is now offering a series of seminars that provide a deeper introduction to some highly relevant topics. These seminars are at a basic-to-intermediate level, and targeted towards participants at the preceding OnBoarding event. However, these seminars will also be open to others, but note that some relevant parts from OnBoarding may be assumed known.

Below you find the list of episodes. Each episode is self-contained. You can join only for the episodes you find useful, but some of the content may be relevant for the episodes after:

Episode 1: Wed. 22.04.26 (09:00-12:00 CET) - NIRD and File system usage on Olivia


Content:

  • This first episode will cover data staging and data integration between NIRD and Olivia.

    • We will demonstrate the different options available on Olivia and discuss the best option based on the amount and type of data.

    • We will also cover using S3 to get data from NIRD Datalake and NIRD Research Data Archive, include some overview of Olivia compared to Saga.

  • In addition, we plan to have give some overview on Cray vs. NRIS Software environments on Olivia.

Course material:


Instructors:

  • Siri Kallhovd

  • Saerda Halifu

  • Ole Widar Saastad

Note

  • [Video Recording](When done)

  • [Q&A](when done))


Episode 2: Wed. 29.04.26 (09:00-12:00 CET) - Containers and software install on Olivia


Content:

  • The second day is concerned with containers and how to utilize them correctly. The plan currently is to show containers first on Saga, then move on to Olivia.

Course material:

Instructors:

  • Bjørn Lindi

  • Morten Ledum

  • Jörn Dietze

Note

  • [Video Recording](When done)

  • [Q&A](when done))


Episode 3: Wed. 06.05.26 (09:00-12:00 CET) - GPU utlization and usage on Olivia


Content:

  • The third and final day will be an introduction to GPU’s and how to utilize them on Olivia.

C ourse material:

Instructors:

  • Hicham Agueny

  • Binod Baniya

  • Magnar Bjørgve

Note

  • [Video Recording](When done)

  • [Q&A](when done))


Practical Information

  • The course is open to all and free of charge, but registration is mandatory: Please register at this link

  • This is an online course via zoom. Participants require access to a computer (not provided by the course organisers) with internet connectivity.

Note

We advise you to apply for access to Olivia and the training accounts NN9970K and NS9970K to attend these seminars.

Follow the link below to apply for a user account on the national HPC resources:

Apply for access here

  • For the project, please select NN9970K: Training and Outreach.

  • Under resource, choose Olivia and Saga

  • Set the account start date as the date of application

  • Set the end date to 2026-05-30.

  • The application procedure is documented here.

We will assume that all of you who apply for access to NN9970K also want access to NS9970K unless exlicitely notified us. Please also note that it takes about one day for everything to be settled, so please RESPECT THE APPLICATION DEADLINE.

(This information is duplicated in the signup form.)

Coordinator

  • Espen Tangen

Code of Conduct

All course participants are expected to show respect and courtesy to others. We follow the carpentry code of conduct. If you believe someone is violating the Code of Conduct, we ask that you report it to the training team.

Contact us

You can always contact us by sending an email to support@nris.no.