Getting an account

Getting an account on Piz Daint

You need first to be part of one of the UZH projects. Your supervising professor can invite you to the appropriate project (named uzh1, uzh2, etc.). You will receive an email from CSCS. Follow the directions in the email to create an account, or to add your existing account to the project.

Getting an account on the large memory nodes Hydra

If your supervisor already has access to Hydra, then you need to send an email to S3IT ( help[at]s3it.uzh.ch ) requesting an HPC account. Note that a UZH login (or UZH short name) is required. All university employee have one. For external, you need to request a temporary UZH login from your IT-Coordinator ( for ICS write to  sysadm[at]physik.uzh.ch ), specifying that you need access to Hydra. If your supervisor does not have access to Hydra, then contact directly S3IT to set up a meeting.

Getting an account on the GPU nodes Vesta

You need to follow exactly the same procedure as for Hydra, except you have to specify that you need access to the GPU cluster.

Getting an account on the Science Cloud

If your supervisor has already access to the Science Cloud, he can add you as a member of the group him or herself. Note that again you need a UZH login (UZH short name). If you don't have a UZH login, ask your IT-Coordinator ( for ICS write to  sysadm[at]physik.uzh.ch ) to open a temporary account as an external. Note that if you don't need to manage instances yourself, your supervisor can directly create an account for you on the group's virtual machines, without any additional hurdle.

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