Applying for User Accounts
Please proceed with the following steps if you intend to get an account for any of the UIBK Leo compute clusters:
- UIBK users have access to several HPC systems. If in doubt, you
are welcome to consult with HPC staff to get assistence in selecting
the right system for your purposes.
Note: In case you need more scratch space please contact the HPC staff directly. - Before applying for an HPC account, make sure you have a ZID user account which is associated with your Institute (student accounts are not eligible for HPC services). If you are employed by the University, this is normally the case. If you are not employed (e.g. visiting scientist, external funding, unfunded dissertation, etc.), please follow the instructions for non-staff persons to obtain a project account.
- Please download and fill in this application form. If you are unsure about how to fill in the form, the ZID HPC staff will gladly assist you.
- After filling in your personal information, please submit the application form to the Research Area Scientific Computing (sending a scan to scientific-computing@uibk.ac.at is sufficient). You will then be contacted to arrange an appointment for a short presentation of your planned research work. Hereupon your application will be confirmed and forwarded to the ZID HPC staff.
- Once your form is completely filled in and signed, please contact the ZID HPC staff to arrange an appointment for an introductory briefing, in which we help you to understand and use our systems.
- After all the preceding steps have been completed, it usually takes one business day to set up your account with the ZID User Services (ZID Benutzerservice).
Acknowledging Cluster Usage
Users are required to recognize their use of the UIBK HPC systems by assigning all resulting publications to the Research Area Scientific Computing within the Forschungsleistungsdokumentation (FLD, https://www.uibk.ac.at/fld/) of the University of Innsbruck, and by adding the following statement to each publication's acknowledgment:
The computational results presented here have been achieved (in part) using the LEO HPC infrastructure of the University of Innsbruck.
Please also note the mandatory Guideline for Declaring the Affiliation to the University of Innsbruck