It is possible to use GUI applications on Hyak compute nodes, and even access a desktop environment. UW IT provides a service called Open OnDemand which allows users to schedule and cancel jobs, upload and download files and access GUI applications.
The following IDEs and apps are currently available to run directly from OnDemand:
- RStudio
- Matlab
- Jupyter Notebooks
Examples and Instructions for using OnDemand can be found on the Research Computing Club’s Open OnDemand documentation site.