Interactive computing on Alps

- Slides https://www.cscs.ch/publications/tutorials/2025/video-of-the-webinar-interactive-computing-on-alps 00:00 Introduction to Interactive Computing on Alps 00:49 Webinar Overview and Speaker Introductions 02:07 Jupyter Hub at CSCS - Platform Overview 02:54 Jupyter Hub Access and vCluster Deployments 04:02 Software Environment with UENV 05:18 Advanced Options and Container Support 06:31 Q&A - Difference Between Dane, Santis, and Clariden 07:11 Live Demo - Jupyter Hub Setup and Login 09:09 Jupyter Hub Spawner Configuration 09:46 Working with Jupyter Lab Interface 11:04 Creating Virtual Environments and Kernels 13:48 Using Custom UENV Environments 16:03 Enhancement Requests and Feedback 16:48 Q&A - CPU-Only Nodes Support 17:48 Julia in Jupyter Hub Introduction 19:11 Why Julia for HPC 22:47 Setting Up Julia in Jupyter Hub 26:36 Julia Package Management 29:14 GPU Profiling with Julia 34:30 Real-World GPU Profiling Examples 36:23 Julia Documentation Resources 37:41 Visual Studio Code for Interactive Computing 40:11 Basic VS Code Setup with SSH 41:25 Remote SSH Extension Setup 42:11 VS Code Connection Demo 43:33 Advanced VS Code with UENV Integration 45:36 Remote Tunnels Feature 47:39 Setting Up Remote Tunnels 50:30 Interactive Compute Node Access Demo 56:28 Container Support with Custom TOML Files 58:34 PyTorch Container Demo 01:02:15 Architecture Considerations (ARM vs x86) 01:03:08 Final Q&A and Wrap-up