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The ALCF provides users with access to supercomputing resources that are significantly more powerful than systems typically used for open scientific research.

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The ALCF is accelerating scientific discoveries in many disciplines, ranging from chemistry and engineering to physics and materials science.

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The ALCF is committed to providing training and outreach opportunities that prepare researchers to efficiently use its leadership computing systems, while also cultivating a diverse and skilled HPC workforce for the future.
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The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility enables breakthroughs in science and engineering by providing supercomputing resources and expertise to the research community.
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The ALCF Support Center assists users with support requests related to their ALCF projects.

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Getting Started on Aurora and Polaris Bootcamp

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Email: support@alcf.anl.gov

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Portal: my.alcf.anl.gov

Slides

Published 07/17/2025

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Leadership Computing Resources

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Computational Science

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Growing the HPC Community

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Support Center

Featured: Get Started

Featured: MyALCF

Getting Started on Aurora and Polaris Bootcamp

Help Desk

MyALCF

Getting_started.pdf