15 May 2025
ETH Zurich
Europe/Zurich timezone

A Short History of Batch Systems

15 May 2025, 10:15
45m
HG D 16.2 (ETH Zurich)

HG D 16.2

ETH Zurich

Rämistrasse 101, 8006 Zürich

Speaker

Christian Bolliger (ETH Zurich)

Description

Batch systems are dating back to the time of punch cards. For most of the computer users are not confronted with them anymore, the processing of tasks is hidden from them. But in the world of high performance computing they play still a crucial role.
The history of batch systems is in fact also a history of supercomputing.

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