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CAR Mobility Systems Lab Setup Guide

Welcome to the OSU CAR Mobility Systems Lab documentation! This guide helps lab members set up their development environment and work effectively on the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC).

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🚀 Quick Start

New to the lab? Follow these steps to get up and running:

Step Guide Description
1 Install WSL2 Windows users: set up WSL2 (your Linux development environment)
2 Set up VS Code Install and configure Visual Studio Code with essential extensions
3 Get OSC Access Request your account on the Ohio Supercomputer Center
4 Connect via SSH Set up SSH keys and connect to OSC from your machine
5 Start Developing Use VS Code's Remote-SSH for seamless development on the cluster

🔧 Our Tool Stack

  • VS Code + Remote-SSH

    Edit, debug, and develop directly on OSC nodes from your local machine.

  • Git & GitHub

    Version control, pull requests, and CI/CD for reproducible research.

  • SLURM

    Schedule CPU and GPU jobs on OSC's Pitzer cluster.

  • uv + Modules

    Fast, reproducible Python environments on HPC.

  • PyTorch & PyG

    Neural network training with GPU acceleration and graph neural networks.

  • Claude & Copilot

    AI-assisted coding, debugging, and pipeline automation.

📚 Documentation Sections

  • Getting Started

    WSL2, VS Code, Python environments, and AI coding assistants for local development.

    Get started

  • OSC Basics

    Cluster specs, account setup, SSH, remote development, file transfer, and OnDemand.

    Learn OSC basics

  • Working on OSC

    SLURM job submission, environment management, pipeline orchestration, and simulators.

    Start working

  • ML Workflows

    PyTorch & GPU setup, PyG, project templates, notebook-to-script, and experiment tracking.

    ML guides

  • Contributing

    How this site works, adding pages, and setting up your own documentation site.

    Contribute

  • Assignments

    Hands-on tasks for new undergraduates: personal websites, EDA, and OSC onboarding.

    View assignments

  • Resources

    Troubleshooting guides, useful links, and OSC support contacts.

    Get help

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