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Quick Help

A growing list of links and resources that come in handy again and again — the kind of thing I've had to hunt down more than once. Some entries below are placeholders I'll fill in over time; the rest are real links I actually use.

HPC & Slurm

Slurm documentation

Reference for sbatch/srun options, job arrays, and queue management — the stuff you re-Google every few months.

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NERSC user documentation

Perlmutter usage, module/environment setup, and allocation policies.

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DFT & electronic structure software

VASP wiki

INCAR tags, troubleshooting convergence, and worked examples.

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Quantum ESPRESSO documentation

Input descriptions, pseudopotential guidance, and DFPT/phonon tutorials.

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Materials databases

Materials Project

Structures, computed properties, and the pymatgen/MP API for high-throughput queries.

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OQMD

Open Quantum Materials Database — formation energies and phase stability data.

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AI-assisted research & coding

Placeholder: prompt patterns for scientific coding

Add the specific prompts/workflows you've found actually work for DFT input generation and debugging.

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Placeholder: literature-agent tips

Notes on getting LLMs to synthesize papers reliably without hallucinating results.

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Grad school, academia & career

Placeholder: fellowship & funding leads

MACES, Dan David, and other fellowships worth knowing about early.

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Placeholder: conference & travel logistics

APS March Meeting abstract deadlines, poster printing, travel funding forms.

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