ECE408 / CS483 / CSE408:
Applied Parallel Programming
Summer 2024

Computer System Setup

We will use NCSA's Delta supercomputer for programming assignments (labs and project) in this course. We will distribute course assignments via a github repository and will collect students' solutions via github as well. Below are instructions on how to get started with Delta and Github.

Delta Access

To get started with Delta, follow these steps:
  1. Go to https://identity.access-ci.org/new-user and register yourself as a new user. If you already have an ACCESS account (some of you might already have it due to a research project, etc.) do not register as new user, just use the same username. When registering for new account, use "University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign" as your Identity Provider. This way, you can just use your UofI credentials.
  2. Once your account is created, note your ACCESS user ID and email (from your Illinois account) Prof. Lumetta your ACCESS user ID so that he can get a Delta account set up for you.
  3. Wait for an email from NCSA Delta team confirming completion of your account registration. This may take a few days, so please be patient. After receiving the confirmation email, you should be able to login into Delta via ssh and clone the GitHub repository to get started with the labs.
While you are waiting for a confirmation that your account has been setup on Delta, go ahead and familiarize yourself with Delta's documentation and also setup your class GitHub repository.

GitHub setup

To get started with GitHub:
  1. First, follow this link to establish a class repository: https://edu.cs.illinois.edu/create-gh-repo/su24_ece408. This needs to be done only once. After this step is complete, you should be able to visit https://github.com/illinois-cs-coursework/su24_ece408_NetID page (where NetID is your NetID) that shows the contents of your repository. Initially, this repository will be empty.
  2. After completing step 1, you should be able to access the class release repository at https://github.com/illinois-cs-coursework/su24_ece408_.release. Please read README.release.md file for further instructions about what to do next. You can proceed with these steps once your Delta account is setup.

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