{"id":13260,"date":"2025-03-03T15:37:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/hpc\/getting-started\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:39:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T20:39:22","slug":"getting-started","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/hpc\/getting-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p class=\"size-p-lg wp-block-paragraph\">The High Performance Computing Service support model focuses on providing one-on-one interpersonal assistance as much as possible in order to meet the unique and complex needs of each researcher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Direct user support is provided by \u201cfacilitators\u201d who specialize in assisting computational research. The facilitators also work with each other as part of the support group in order to maximize the economic benefits of providing a centralized Computing service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a0\">Requesting Access<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Access to the High Performance Computing service can be requested using the form below. A facilitator will contact you, assess your needs and skill level, and help you get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Faculty Research Computing resources, such as the Mortimer HPC clusters, are available to all UWM faculty and their assistants for faculty led research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Educational Research Computing resources, such as the Peregrine HPC cluster, are available to UWM students for course work, thesis, and independent research projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-u-flex uwm-u-flex--wrap uwm-u-flex--left\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-u-mr-20 uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/hpc\/getting-started\/hpc-request-access\/\" rel=\"\">High Performance Computing Access Request<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-13503\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/hpc\/\">High Performance Computing (HPC)<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/hpc\/about\/\">About HPC<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/hpc\/getting-started\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">Getting Started<\/span><\/a><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/hpc\/getting-started\/hpc-request-access\/\">HPC Request Access<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/hpc\/support\/\">Support<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/information-technology\/hpc\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1652,"featured_media":0,"parent":12912,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-13260","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uwm_unpublish_requested":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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