Add learning objectives for Intro to HPC

[steve-crouch]

There are no learning objectives for the Introduction to High Performance Computing lesson, although they do already exist for the original materials upon which they are based. A suggested ported set of learning objectives (curated to what's in the UNIVERSE-HPC version) are:

• Why use a Cluster
  • Describe what an HPC system is
  • Identify how an HPC system could benefit you.
• Connecting to a Remote HPC System
  • Configure secure access to a remote HPC system.
  • Connect to a remote HPC system.
• Exploring Remote Resources
  • Survey system resources using nproc, free, and the queuing system
  • Compare & contrast resources on the local machine, login node, and worker nodes
  • Learn about the various filesystems on the cluster using df
  • Find out who else is logged in
  • Assess the number of idle and occupied nodes
• Introduction to Job Scheduling
  • Submit a simple script to the cluster.
  • Monitor the execution of jobs using command line tools.
  • Inspect the output and error files of your jobs.
  • Find the right place to put large datasets on the cluster.
• Accessing Software via Modules
  • Load and use a software package.
  • Explain how the shell environment changes when the module mechanism loads or unloads packages.
• Transferring Files with Remote Computers
  • Transfer files to and from a computing cluster.
• Running a Parallel Job
  • Install a Python package using pip
  • Prepare a job submission script for the parallel executable.
  • Launch jobs with parallel execution.
  • Record and summarize the timing and accuracy of jobs.
  • Describe the relationship between job parallelism and performance.
• Using Resources Effectively
  • Look up job statistics.
  • Make more accurate resource requests in job scripts based on data describing past performance.
• Using Shared Resources Responsibly
  • Describe how the actions of a single user can affect the experience of others on a shared system.
  • Discuss the behaviour of a considerate shared system citizen.
  • Explain the importance of backing up critical data.
  • Describe the challenges with transferring large amounts of data off HPC systems.
  • Convert many files to a single archive file using tar.