Internships

MGHPCC Internship Program

Our internship program combines hands-on learning with the application of current and new knowledge to tasks that are vital to the operation of the thousands of computer systems installed at the MGHPCC. The internship program is open to students from Holyoke Community College, Springfield Technical Community College, and TechFoundry.

Interns work with a variety of high performance computing hardware and software systems, starting with introductory reading and exercises with the Linux operating system, system administration tools, and Python scripting, and then moving onto hands-on work. Assignments vary depending on skills and needs.

Internship Assignments

Hardware & Software Administration

Rebooting and running diagnostics on nodes that are experiencing problems.
Reviewing log files to look for potential problems.
Assistance with debugging of problems, and working with people who are working remotely.

Infrastructure Maintenance & Documentation

Assembly, installation, organization, and labeling of data cabling for networks and Linux clusters.
Documentation of Power Distribution Unit rack assignments and other hardware.
Setup and maintenance of experimental computer hardware in the MGHPCC “Sandbox” lab.

Working Hours

The minimum commitment is 16 hours per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Applications

Our internship program is not open for applications at this time. Future cohort details and application information will be posted here.