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<!-- deployment status https://github.com/WestGrid/trainingMaterials/actions --> <p>To receive future news and emails about our training events, please <a href="/contact">subscribe here</a>.</p> <!-- To receive future news and emails about the BC DRI Group and the Prairies DRI Group training events, please --> <!-- [subscribe here](/contact). --> <p><a href="#table-of-contents">Table of Contents</a>:   <a href="#winter-visualization-series"><em>Winter Visualization Series</em></a> • <a href="#webinars"><em>Webinars</em></a> • <a href="#online-courses"><em>Online courses</em></a> • <a href="#bootcamps"><em>Other local bootcamps and workshops</em></a> <!-- • [<em>Humanities and social sciences training</em>](#dh) --> • <a href="#schools"><em>In-person schools</em></a></p> <h2 id="winter-visualization-series">Winter Visualization Series</h2> <p>This year, <a href="https://ccvis.netlify.app" target="_blank">the National Visualization Team</a> is hosting the Winter Visualization Series, featuring 18 workshops running from January 20 to March 27. For full details and registration, please visit <a href="https://folio.vastcloud.org/winterseries" target="_blank">the Series webpage</a>.</p> <h2 id="webinars">Webinars</h2> <p>To accommodate the Winter Visualization Series, our webinar season will begin on April 7, 2026. The 2026 Spring Webinars, hosted by SFU’s Research Computing Group (RCG), will take place every second Tuesday at 10:00am Pacific (Victoria, Vancouver), 11:00am Mountain (Edmonton, Calgary), and 12:00pm Central (Winnipeg).</p> <!-- Webinar details and registration links will be posted here in March. --> <p>For <em>upcoming webinars</em>, click the linked titles to view details or register. For <em>past sessions</em>, click the titles to access recordings and slides.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>DATE</th> <th>TOPIC</th> <th>SPEAKER</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Apr-07</td> <td><a href="/tools/rdm">RIP pandas, welcome Polars</a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr-21</td> <td><a href="https://forms.gle/Uu1o42F9k6Vh7oCz6" target="_blank">Typst: a new markup typesetting system</a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>May-05</td> <td><a href="https://forms.gle/5x14VjMbaifFbAze6" target="_blank">OpenStack command line in action: VMs in minutes</a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td>May-19</td> <td><a href="https://forms.gle/LsiKPRsZajrUqAwZA" target="_blank">Two paths to Python dashboards: Shiny vs Dash</a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle<br />&amp; Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- something on Apptainer? --> <!-- FTTE talk? --> <!-- fall 2026 webinars: --> <!-- Marie Python Emacs --> <p><a name="courses"></a></p> <h2 id="online-courses">Online courses</h2> <p>SFU Research Computing hosts weekly online sessions on advanced research computing every Thursday from 10:00am to noon Pacific Time. These sessions are open to all academic researchers in Canada. Most courses span two weeks, though some may be shorter or longer. Sessions are not recorded to encourage live participation and interaction. Popular and introductory sessions are repeated throughout the year.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>COURSE</th> <th>DATES</th> <th>INSTRUCTOR</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Bash for beginners</td> <td>Jan-22</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>HPC for beginners</td> <td>Jan-29</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Introduction to Python</td> <td>Feb-05,<br />Feb-12,<br />Feb-26</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Getting started with Git</td> <td>Mar-05</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Collaboration with GitHub</td> <td>Mar-12</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Parallel computing in Julia</td> <td>Mar-19,<br />Mar-26</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Parallel computing in Chapel</td> <td>Apr-02</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td>GPU Python:<br />Arrays with CuPy</td> <td>Apr-09</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>GPU Python:<br />Numba JIT compilation to CUDA kernels</td> <td>Apr-16</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://forms.gle/nLkXezYqCjSPLeR16" target="_blank">GPU Python:<br />DataFrames with Polars and RAPIDS cuDF</a></td> <td>Apr-23</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://forms.gle/g4zFsPzHaFBtJyRe8" target="_blank">GPU programming in Chapel</a></td> <td>Apr-30</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://forms.gle/HJ9teThx7cZezcV97" target="_blank">Gen-AI with JAX for simulation data</a></td> <td>May-07</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://forms.gle/NfQf4UTtG82RzFBP6" target="_blank">High-performance R</a></td> <td>May-14,<br />May-21</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- fall 2026 courses: --> <!-- Marie 2-week Getting started with Git (1 week is not enough) followed by 1-week Collaboration with Git --> <!-- Marie 3-week PyTorch course (back from JAX) --> <!-- 1. break into smaller courses, with dependencies/requirements --> <!-- 1. be explicit about pre-requisites, e.g. for this Python course some were not familiar with HPC and bash, no --> <!-- idea what ssh is, etc. --> <!-- 1. include into the abstract: if you have not attended, please study this material --> <!-- 1. two start times: 9:30am for people not familiar with ssh, 10:00am for everyone else --> <!-- 1. we have 19 weeks - 1 reading week break = 18 weeks, starting on Jan-19 --> <!-- |COURSE|WINTER/SPRING 2024|FALL 2024|WINTER/SPRING 2025|FALL 2025| --> <!-- |Introduction to the Unix shell|X||X|X| --> <!-- |Introduction to HPC|X|X|X|X| --> <!-- |Introduction to Python||||X| --> <!-- |Getting started with Git|X|X||X| --> <!-- |Working with Apptainer containers|X|X||X| --> <!-- |HPC Python|X|X|X|X| --> <!-- |High-performance R|||X|| --> <!-- |Parallel Julia|X||X|| --> <!-- |Parallel programming in Chapel|||X|| --> <!-- |Using GPUs with Chapel||X||| --> <!-- |Deep learning with JAX|X||X|X| --> <!-- |Deep learning with Flax|X|||| --> <!-- |Beginner's introduction to Emacs||X||| --> <!-- |Faster Python DataFrames with Polars||X||| --> <!-- |Answering your Bash questions||X||| --> <!-- |Scientific visualization|X||X|X| --> <!-- |Large-scale and remote visualization|X|X||| --> <!-- |Hands-on with ParaView’s Programmable Filter/Source for scientific visualization||X||| --> <p><a name="bootcamps"></a></p> <h2 id="upcoming-bootcamps-and-workshops">Upcoming bootcamps and workshops</h2> <p>Workshops from other Western Canadian universities will be added here as they are announced.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>DATE</th> <th>EVENT</th> <th>VENUE</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Jan-Feb</td> <td><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/en/information-services-and-technology/research-computing/bootcamps.html" target="_blank">UofA Winter Bootcamp</a></td> <td>Online</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a name="schools"></a></p> <h2 id="summer-school">Summer school</h2> <!-- Typically at the end of a term we organize a longer, in-person research computing school at SFU that is open --> <!-- to all students, postdocs, faculty and staff. We will add more information here. --> <p>SFU’s 2026 Research Computing Summer School will run June 1–5 as a week-long program open to all researchers at SFU and other Canadian post-secondary institutions. More details, including the full schedule, will be shared closer to the start date – please watch our <a href="/contact" target="_blank">newsletter</a> and this site for updates.</p> <!-- This year's --> <!-- program offers a hands-on introduction to essential tools and concepts in modern scientific computing and --> <!-- data-intensive research, with an emphasis on efficient, reproducible, and scalable workflows. Through a --> <!-- combination of guided instruction and practical sessions, attendees will develop the skills needed to navigate --> <!-- computational environments, manage and optimize research code, and harness the power of high-performance --> <!-- computing. --> <!-- - Day 1: Intro to Linux command line - full-day --> <!-- - Day 2: Intro to high-performance computing (HPC) - full-day --> <!-- - Day 3: Version control with Git - morning --> <!-- - Day 3: Make your R code faster (serial optimization in R) - afternoon --> <!-- - Day 4: Practical hands-on session: working on a Git project of your choice (bash, HPC, or R) - morning --> <!-- - Day 4: First dive into parallel programming with Chapel - afternoon --> <!-- - Day 5: HPC Python - full-day --> <hr /> <p><br /> As always, we welcome suggestions for additional training topics and events. Please email your ideas to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">training at westdri dot ca</code>.</p> <!-- [text](link){:target="_blank"} --> 2025-12-18T00:00:00+00:00 https://training.westdri.ca/events/upcoming-training-fall-2025/ 2025-08-15T00:00:00+00:00 SFU

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Webinar registration opens in early September.</p> <p>For <em>upcoming webinars</em>, click the linked titles to view details or register. For <em>past sessions</em>, click the titles to access recordings and slides.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>DATE</th> <th>TOPIC</th> <th>SPEAKER</th> <th> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Sep-16</td> <td><a href="/getting-started#high-performance-computing"><span style="color:blue">Introduction to the Fir cluster</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oct-07</td> <td><a href="/getting-started#emacs"><span style="color:blue">AI pair programming &amp; LLMs chats in Emacs</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oct-14</td> <td><a href="/tools/rdm"><span style="color:blue">Globus-cli for file transfer</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oct-28</td> <td><a href="/programming#python"><span style="color:blue">The next generation of Python notebooks</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nov-18</td> <td><a href="/tools/visualization"><span style="color:blue">Creating interactive online visualizations with Trame</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td><!-- Nov-11 is a holiday --></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nov-25</td> <td><a href="/tools/ml"><span style="color:blue">Deep learning experiment tracking with MLflow</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dec-09</td> <td><a href="/tools/virtual"><span style="color:blue">Command-line OpenStack</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- | May-06 | [Managing Python packages, versions, and projects with uv](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zw7PDyPdjnTuZ3n9Ew76Xbh2pVpbPffltsxJsAJCMUs/preview){:target="_blank"} | Marie-Hélène Burle | --> <!-- | May-20 | [Workflow hacks for large datasets in HPC](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEFzFAZsgEej5BulHdqEPREOpC2G87iN27gGpSy5POUJBQ7w/viewform){:target="_blank"} | Alex Razoumov | --> <!-- Other potential filler topics: --> <!-- - (Alex) How to create a GPU container on Arbutus cloud --> <!-- - (Alex) Second look at in-situ visualization --> <!-- - (Alex) Adam's distributed /localscratch storage with GekkoFS --> <!-- - (Alex) https://github.com/JuliaSIMD/Polyester.jl for low-overhead multithreading in Julia --> <!-- maybe invite Jillian? --> <!-- One of UBC topics: Research Cybersecurity Hygiene training --> <p><a name="courses"></a></p> <h2 id="online-courses">Online courses</h2> <p>SFU Research Computing hosts weekly online sessions on advanced research computing every Thursday from 10:00am to noon Pacific Time. These sessions are open to all academic researchers in Canada. Most courses span two weeks, though some may be shorter or longer. Sessions are not recorded to encourage live participation and interaction. Popular and introductory sessions are repeated throughout the year.</p> <!-- | [Beginner's introduction to Emacs](link){:target="_blank"} | Sep-26, Oct-03 | Marie-Hélène Burle | --> <!-- Alex to look at regression from scratch in JAX + Flax --> <!-- Feb-20 (UBC midterm break) Marie ia away --> <!-- May-29 DRI Connect --> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>COURSE</th> <th>DATES</th> <th>INSTRUCTOR</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Introduction to the Unix shell</td> <td>Sep-11, Sep-18</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Introduction to HPC</td> <td>Sep-25, Oct-02, Oct-09</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Introduction to Python</td> <td>Oct-16</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Scientific visualization</td> <td>Oct-23</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Getting started with Git</td> <td>Oct-30</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Working with Apptainer containers</td> <td>Nov-06, Nov-13</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td>HPC Python</td> <td>Nov-20, Nov-27, Dec-04</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Deep learning with the JAX AI stack</td> <td>Dec-11, Dec-18</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- - teach the JAX course together with Marie (as discussed in Slack on 2025-Apr-17) --> <!-- | [HPC Python](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBTsmCqf1bEUwnpf1p6zIppfIdM_8WAt9H1i2w2w4OT2d_vg/viewform){:target="_blank"} | Apr-24, May-01, May-08 | Alex Razoumov | <\!-- week 2 on Ray Core, week 3 on Ray Data -\-> --> <!-- | [Parallel programming in Chapel](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfo8JQwMjH0bUaNl84nBJU01m2m7sS_xPnu0w0-qk6gOJc-vw/viewform){:target="_blank"} | May-15, May-22 | Alex Razoumov | --> <p><a name="bootcamps"></a></p> <h2 id="upcoming-bootcamps-and-workshops">Upcoming bootcamps and workshops</h2> <p>Workshops from other Western Canadian universities will be added here as they are announced.</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>DATE</td> <td>EVENT</td> <td>VENUE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Starts Sep-19</td> <td><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/en/information-services-and-technology/research-computing/bootcamps.html" target="_blank">Univ. of Alberta Fall Research Computing Bootcamp</a></td> <td>Online</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a name="calendar"></a></p> <h2 id="our-training-calendar">Our training calendar</h2> <p>As always, we welcome suggestions for additional training topics and events. Please email your ideas to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">training at westdri dot ca</code>.</p> <div class="flex-video"> <iframe src="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=c_931e1c03612d34e93731445887914964ac4c406fd45b3c4e024af73264391906%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;ctz=America%2FVancouver" style="border: 0" width="800" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> </div> <!-- <a name="schools"></a> --> <!-- ## Summer school --> <!-- <\!-- Typically at the end of a term we organize a longer, in-person research computing school at SFU that is open -\-> --> <!-- <\!-- to all students, postdocs, faculty and staff. We will add more information here. -\-> --> <!-- SFU's 2025 week-long Research Computing Summer School will take place from June 9th to 13th. This year's --> <!-- program offers a hands-on introduction to essential tools and concepts in modern scientific computing and --> <!-- data-intensive research, with an emphasis on efficient, reproducible, and scalable workflows. Through a --> <!-- combination of guided instruction and practical sessions, attendees will develop the skills needed to navigate --> <!-- computational environments, manage and optimize research code, and harness the power of high-performance --> <!-- computing. --> <!-- - Day 1: Intro to Linux command line - full-day --> <!-- - Day 2: Intro to high-performance computing (HPC) - full-day --> <!-- - Day 3: Version control with Git - morning --> <!-- - Day 3: Make your R code faster (serial optimization in R) - afternoon --> <!-- - Day 4: Practical hands-on session: working on a Git project of your choice (bash, HPC, or R) - morning --> <!-- - Day 4: First dive into parallel programming with Chapel - afternoon --> <!-- - Day 5: HPC Python - full-day --> <!-- The school will be open to all researchers at SFU and other Canadian post-secondary institutions. The website --> <!-- and registration details will be announced in the coming weeks -- please watch our --> <!-- [newsletter](/contact){:target="_blank"} and this site for updates. --> <!-- [text](link){:target="_blank"} --> 2025-08-15T00:00:00+00:00 https://training.westdri.ca/events/upcoming-training-winter-spring-2025/ 2024-12-20T00:00:00+00:00 SFU

<!-- deployment status https://github.com/WestGrid/trainingMaterials/actions --> <p>To receive future news and emails about our training events, please <a href="/contact">subscribe here</a>.</p> <!-- To receive future news and emails about the BC DRI Group and the Prairies DRI Group training events, please --> <!-- [subscribe here](/contact). --> <!-- Going forward, this new list will be our primary way to reach academic researchers in Western Canada (and --> <!-- elsewhere). --> <p><a href="#table-of-contents">Table of Contents</a>:   <a href="#webinars"><em>Webinars</em></a> • <a href="#online-courses"><em>Online courses</em></a> • <a href="#bootcamps"><em>Other local bootcamps and workshops</em></a> <!-- • [<em>Humanities and social sciences training</em>](#dh) --> • <a href="#schools"><em>In-person schools</em></a></p> <h2 id="webinars">Webinars</h2> <!-- BC DRI + Prairies DRI bi-weekly Research Computing webinars take place every second Tuesday at 10am Pacific / --> <!-- 11pm Mountain / noon Central. --> <p>The 2025 winter/spring webinars are jointly presented by SFU’s Research Computing Group (RCG) and UBC’s Advanced Research Computing (ARC). These webinars are held every second Tuesday at 10:00am Pacific (Victoria, Vancouver), 11:00am Mountain (Edmonton, Calgary), and noon Central (Saskatoon, Winnipeg).</p> <!-- Webinar registration will open in early September. --> <!-- For *upcoming webinars*, click the linked title to see more details or to register. For *past --> <!-- sessions*, click on the title to view recordings and slides. --> <!-- | Oct-01 | [GPU computing with Chapel](link){:target="_blank"} | Alex Razoumov (SFU) | --> <!-- Roman: let's consider setting 4 webinars in March and April time frame. --> <!-- February 17-21 UBC midterm break --> <!-- May-27 DRI Connect --> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>DATE</th> <th>TOPIC</th> <th>SPEAKER</th> <th> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Jan-21</td> <td><a href="/programming#julia"><span style="color:blue">High-level parallel stencil computations on CPUs and GPUs in Julia</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td><!-- ParallelStencil.jl --></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jan-28</td> <td><a href="/getting-started#linux"><span style="color:blue">Modern shell utilities</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb-11</td> <td><a href="/programming#python"><span style="color:blue">Running parallel Ray workflows across multiple cluster nodes</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb-25</td> <td><a href="/tools/pp"><span style="color:blue">Bayesian inference in JAX</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mar-25</td> <td><a href="/tools/cyber"><span style="color:blue">Compliance or chaos: a research assessment survival guide</span></a></td> <td>Luc Letarte &amp;<br /> Jessica Galo</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr-08</td> <td><a href="/tools/rdm"><span style="color:blue">Introduction to Globus</span></a></td> <td>Ben Lai &amp;<br /> Michael Tang</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr-22</td> <td><a href="/tools/cyber"><span style="color:blue">Cybersecurity hygiene</span></a></td> <td>Scott Baker</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>May-06</td> <td><a href="/programming#python"><span style="color:blue">Managing Python packages, versions, and projects with uv</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>May-20</td> <td><a href="/tools/rdm"><span style="color:blue">Workflow hacks for large datasets in HPC</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- Other potential filler topics: --> <!-- - (Alex) How to create a GPU container on Arbutus cloud --> <!-- - (Alex) Second look at in-situ visualization --> <!-- - (Alex) Adam's distributed /localscratch storage with GekkoFS --> <!-- - (Alex) https://github.com/JuliaSIMD/Polyester.jl for low-overhead multithreading in Julia --> <!-- maybe invite Jillian? --> <!-- One of UBC topics: Research Cybersecurity Hygiene training --> <p><a name="courses"></a></p> <h2 id="online-courses">Online courses</h2> <p>SFU Research Computing offers weekly online sessions on advanced research computing. These sessions take place every Thursday from 10am to noon Pacific and are open to all academic researchers across Canada. Most courses span 2 weeks, although some courses may be shorter or longer.</p> <p>Please note that these sessions are not recorded, as we want to encourage attendance and live interaction, and we are planning to repeat the most popular / introductory sessions throughout the year.</p> <!-- | [Beginner's introduction to Emacs](link){:target="_blank"} | Sep-26, Oct-03 | Marie-Hélène Burle | --> <!-- Alex to look at regression from scratch in JAX + Flax --> <!-- Feb-20 (UBC midterm break) Marie ia away --> <!-- May-29 DRI Connect --> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>COURSE</th> <th>DATES</th> <th>INSTRUCTOR</th> <th> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Introduction to the Unix shell</td> <td>Jan-16, Jan-23</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Introduction to HPC</td> <td>Jan-30, Feb-06, Feb-13</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>High-performance R</td> <td>Feb-27, Mar-06</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Scientific visualization</td> <td>Mar-13</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Parallel Julia</td> <td>Mar-20, Mar-27</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Deep learning with JAX</td> <td>Apr-03, Apr-10, Apr-17</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>HPC Python</td> <td>Apr-24, May-01, May-08</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td><!-- week 2 on Ray Core, week 3 on Ray Data --></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Parallel programming in Chapel</td> <td>May-15, May-22</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a name="bootcamps"></a></p> <h2 id="upcoming-bootcamps-and-workshops">Upcoming bootcamps and workshops</h2> <p>We will be adding workshops here as they are announced at other Western Canadian universities.</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>DATE</td> <td>EVENT</td> <td>VENUE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Starts May-02</td> <td><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/en/information-services-and-technology/research-computing/bootcamps.html" target="_blank">Univ. of Alberta Spring Bootcamp</a></td> <td>Online</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a name="schools"></a></p> <h2 id="summer-school">Summer school</h2> <!-- Typically at the end of a term we organize a longer, in-person research computing school at SFU that is open --> <!-- to all students, postdocs, faculty and staff. We will add more information here. --> <p>SFU’s 2025 week-long Research Computing Summer School took place from June 9th to 13th. This year’s program offered a hands-on introduction to essential tools and concepts in modern scientific computing and data-intensive research, with an emphasis on efficient, reproducible, and scalable workflows. Through a combination of guided instruction and practical sessions, attendees developed the skills needed to navigate computational environments, manage and optimize research code, and harness the power of high-performance computing.</p> <ul> <li>Day 1: Linux command line - full-day</li> <li>Day 2: High-performance computing (HPC) - full-day</li> <li>Day 3: Version control with Git - morning</li> <li>Day 3: Make your R code faster (serial optimization in R) - afternoon</li> <li>Day 4: Practical hands-on session: working on a Git project of your choice - morning</li> <li>Day 4: First dive into parallel programming with Chapel - afternoon</li> <li>Day 5: Accelerated computing with Python - full-day</li> </ul> <p>The school was open to all researchers at SFU and other Canadian post-secondary institutions. For more details, please visit the <a href="https://sfu25.netlify.app" target="_blank">school website</a>.</p> <hr /> <p><br /> As always, we welcome requests for other training topics and events. Please email suggestions to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">training at westdri dot ca</code>.</p> <!-- [text](link){:target="_blank"} --> 2024-12-20T00:00:00+00:00 https://training.westdri.ca/events/upcoming-training-fall-2024/ 2024-08-08T00:00:00+00:00 SFU

<!-- deployment status https://github.com/WestGrid/trainingMaterials/actions --> <p>To receive future news and emails about our training events, please <a href="/contact">subscribe here</a>.</p> <!-- To receive future news and emails about the BC DRI Group and the Prairies DRI Group training events, please --> <!-- [subscribe here](/contact). --> <!-- Going forward, this new list will be our primary way to reach academic researchers in Western Canada (and --> <!-- elsewhere). --> <p><a href="#table-of-contents">Table of Contents</a>:   <a href="#webinars"><em>Webinars</em></a> • <a href="#online-courses"><em>Online courses</em></a> • <a href="#bootcamps"><em>Other local bootcamps and workshops</em></a> <!-- • [<em>Humanities and social sciences training</em>](#dh) --> • <a href="#schools"><em>In-person schools</em></a></p> <h2 id="webinars">Webinars</h2> <!-- BC DRI + Prairies DRI bi-weekly Research Computing webinars take place every second Tuesday at 10am Pacific / --> <!-- 11pm Mountain / noon Central. --> <p>The 2024 fall webinars are jointly presented by SFU’s Research Computing Group (RCG) and UBC’s Advanced Research Computing (ARC). These webinars are held every second Tuesday at 10:00am Pacific (Victoria, Vancouver), 11:00am Mountain (Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon), and noon Central (Winnipeg).</p> <!-- Webinar registration will open in early September. --> <!-- For *upcoming webinars*, click the linked title to see more details or to register. For *past --> <!-- sessions*, click on the title to view recordings and slides. --> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>DATE</th> <th>TOPIC</th> <th>SPEAKER</th> <th> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Sep-17</td> <td><a href="/getting-started#emacs"><span style="color:blue">Understanding Emacs modes</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle (SFU)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oct-01</td> <td><a href="/programming#chapel"><span style="color:blue">GPU computing with Chapel</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov (SFU)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oct-15</td> <td><a href="/getting-started#hpc"><span style="color:blue">Best practices in HPC/HTC environments</span></a></td> <td>Roman Baranowski (UBC)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oct-29</td> <td><a href="/getting-started#git"><span style="color:blue">Lazygit</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle (SFU)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nov-12</td> <td><a href="/programming#nextflow"><span style="color:blue">Nextflow and Julia for scalable computation</span></a></td> <td>Alexandre Bouchard-Côtén (UBC)</td> <td><!-- Nextflow/Julia from Alex Bouchard's group (https://www.stat.ubc.ca/~bouchard) --></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nov-26</td> <td><a href="/tools/rdm#annex"><span style="color:blue">Distributed file storage with git-annex</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov (SFU)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dec-10</td> <td><a href="/tools/virtual#alliancecloud"><span style="color:blue">Intro to the Alliance Cloud</span></a></td> <td>Michael Tang (UBC)</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a name="courses"></a></p> <h2 id="online-courses">Online courses</h2> <p>SFU Research Computing offers weekly online sessions on advanced research computing. These sessions take place every Thursday from 10am to noon Pacific and are open to all academic researchers across Canada. Most courses span 2 weeks, although some courses may be shorter or longer.</p> <p>Please note that these sessions are not recorded, as we want to encourage attendance and live interaction, and we are planning to repeat the most popular / introductory sessions throughout the year.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>COURSE</th> <th>DATES</th> <th>INSTRUCTOR</th> <th> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Introduction to HPC</span></td> <td>Sep-12, Sep-19</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Beginner’s introduction to Emacs</span></td> <td>Sep-26, Oct-03</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Working with Apptainer containers</span></td> <td>Oct-10, Oct-17</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Faster Python DataFrames with Polars</span></td> <td>Oct-24</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Parallel coding in Python</span></td> <td>Oct-31, Nov-07</td> <td>Alex Razoumov and <br /> Marie-Hélène Burle</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Hands-on with ParaView’s Programmable Filter / Source for scientific visualization</span></td> <td>Nov-14</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td><!-- Marie out of town on vacation --></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Large-scale and remote visualization</span></td> <td>Nov-21</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td><!-- Marie is teaching @BCCAI workshop Nov-{20,21} --></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Version control with Git</span></td> <td>Nov-28</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Using GPUs with Chapel</span></td> <td>Dec-05, Dec-12</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td><!-- set up vGPUs on Arbutus or Beluga --></td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Answering your Bash questions</span></td> <td>Dec-19</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle and Alex Razoumov</td> <td><!-- bring your own questions and problems or pick from our course; create a google form in advance --></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- Alex to look at regression from scratch in JAX + Flax --> <p><a name="bootcamps"></a></p> <h2 id="other-local-bootcamps-and-workshops">Other local bootcamps and workshops</h2> <p>We will be adding workshops here as they are announced at other Western Canadian universities.</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>DATE</td> <td>EVENT</td> <td>VENUE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Starts Sep-20</td> <td><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/en/information-services-and-technology/news/2024/fall-research-computing-bootcamp-2024.html" target="_blank">Univ. of Alberta Fall Bootcamp</a></td> <td>Online</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a name="schools"></a></p> <h2 id="in-person-schools">In-person schools</h2> <p>Typically at the end of a term we organize a longer, in-person research computing school at SFU that is open to all students, postdocs, faculty and staff. We will add more information here.</p> <hr /> <p><br /> As always, we welcome requests for other training topics and events. Please email suggestions to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">training at westdri dot ca</code>.</p> <!-- [text](link){:target="_blank"} --> 2024-08-08T00:00:00+00:00 https://training.westdri.ca/events/upcoming-training-winter-spring-2024/ 2023-12-10T00:00:00+00:00 SFU

<!-- deployment status https://github.com/WestGrid/trainingMaterials/actions --> <p>To receive future news and emails about the BC DRI Group and the Prairies DRI Group training events, please <a href="/contact">subscribe here</a>.</p> <!-- Going forward, this new list will be our primary way to reach academic researchers in Western Canada (and --> <!-- elsewhere). --> <p><a href="#table-of-contents">Table of Contents</a>:   <a href="#webinars"><em>Webinars</em></a> • <a href="#online-courses"><em>Online courses</em></a> • <a href="#schools"><em>In-person schools</em></a> • <a href="#bootcamps"><em>Other bootcamps and workshops</em></a> <!-- • [<em>Humanities and social sciences training</em>](#dh) --></p> <h2 id="webinars">Webinars</h2> <p>BC DRI + Prairies DRI bi-weekly Research Computing webinars take place every second Tuesday at 11am Pacific / noon Mountain / 1pm Central.</p> <!-- Webinar registration will open in early September. --> <!-- For *upcoming webinars*, click the linked title to see more details or to register. For *past --> <!-- sessions*, click on the title to view recordings and slides. --> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>DATE</th> <th>TOPIC</th> <th>SPEAKER</th> <th> </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Jan-09</td> <td><a href="/tools/visualization#imagemagick"><span style="color:blue">Command-line image processing with ImageMagick</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov (SFU)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jan-23</td> <td><a href="/tools/ml#copilot"><span style="color:blue">AI-powered coding with GitHub Copilot</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle (SFU)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb-20</td> <td><a href="/domains/dh/#photogrammetry"><span style="color:blue">Photogrammetry on HPC clusters</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov (SFU)</td> <td><!-- Marie away this week --></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mar-05</td> <td><a href="/getting-started#emacs"><span style="color:blue">Modern Emacs: all those new tools that make Emacs better and faster</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle (SFU)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mar-19</td> <td><a href="/tools/ml#genai"><span style="color:blue">Things researchers should know before using Generative AI</span></a></td> <td>Jillian Anderson (SFU)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr-16</td> <td><a href="/tools/ml#jax"><span style="color:blue">JAX: a framework for high-performance array computing</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle (SFU)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr-23</td> <td><a href="/tools/rdm#lossy"><span style="color:blue">Lossy data compression</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov (SFU)</td> <td><!-- topological or ML --></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr-30</td> <td><a href="/programming#julia"><span style="color:blue">Julia at full tilt: profiling and optimizations</span></a></td> <td>Paul Schrimpf (UBC)</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>May-14</td> <td><a href="/tools/rdm#polars"><span style="color:blue">DataFrames on steroids with Polars</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle (SFU)</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- Original title: Using large-language models (LLMs) for writing proposals and other research documents --> <!-- | TBA | [Emacs](){:target="_blank"} | | --> <!-- | Feb-13 | HSS Winter Series week | | --> <!-- ACTION ask Sarah Huber's SO --> <!-- webinar ideas https://docs.google.com/document/d/15e2zc_f4lQ7HalWF12QyESSOV7zlsthgqI3mVffcKwM --> <!-- [text](link){:target="_blank"} --> <!-- | Apr-25 | Cybersecurity webinar (TBC) | - | --> <!-- Belaid: It will be about the introduction to actual bigdata and its ecosystem, including Hadoop and Spark. --> <!-- Apr-03 - Marie's training meeting in Ontario --> <p><a name="courses"></a></p> <h2 id="online-courses">Online courses</h2> <p>We offer weekly online sessions on advanced research computing. These sessions take place every Thursday from 10am to noon Pacific and are open to all academic researchers across Canada. Most courses span 2 weeks, although some courses may be shorter or longer.</p> <p>Please note that these sessions are not recorded, as we want to encourage attendance and live interaction, and we are planning to repeat the most popular / introductory sessions throughout the year.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>COURSE</th> <th>DATES</th> <th>INSTRUCTOR</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Introduction to HPC</span></td> <td>Jan-11, Jan-18</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Introduction to Apptainer containers</span></td> <td>Jan-25</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Parallel computing in Julia</span></td> <td>Feb-01, Feb-08</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">3D scientific visualization with ParaView</span></td> <td>Feb-22, Feb-29</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Introduction to Bash command line</span></td> <td>Mar-07, Mar-14</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle and Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Version control with Git</span></td> <td>Mar-21</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Parallel computing in Python</span></td> <td>Mar-28, Apr-04</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Introduction to JAX: a framework for high-performance array computing and automatic differentiation</span></td> <td>Apr-11, Apr-18, Apr-25</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Introduction to deep learning with Flax, a neural network framework built on JAX</span></td> <td>May-02, May-09, May-16</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Large-scale and remote visualization</span></td> <td>May-23</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- Apr-04 - I'll be teaching on my own (Marie will be flying back from Toronto) --> <!-- Part 1: JAX fundamentals (3 weeks) --> <!-- - week 1: intro to JAX (why JAX, relation to NumPy) --> <!-- - week 2: JIT and AD --> <!-- - week 3: Pytrees and parallel execution --> <!-- Part 2: Deep learning with JAX and Flax (3 weeks) --> <!-- - week 1: intro to deep learning and Flax --> <!-- - week 2: Flax fundamentals --> <!-- - week 3: Data preprocessing and training techniques, and Parallel training --> <!-- | HSS Winter Series week | Feb-15 | | --> <!-- <a name="commons"></a> --> <!-- ## SFU / UBC Research Commons workshops --> <!-- This fall the SFU workshops will be taught in-person, and the UBC workshops will be online via Zoom. To --> <!-- register, click on an event in the 3rd or 4th column. Students, staff and faculty are all welcome to attend. --> <p><a name="schools"></a></p> <h2 id="2024-summer-school">2024 summer school</h2> <p>SFU’s Research Computing 2024 Summer School will be held on June 3-7 (full week), organized in collaboration with <a href="https://www.sfu.ca/neuro-institute.html" target="_blank">the Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology</a> and hosted by <a href="https://www.sfu.ca/big-data.html" target="_blank">SFU’s Big Data Hub</a>. It is open to all academic researchers at SFU, UBC, BCIT and other local post-secondary institutions. Researchers of all levels – undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, faculty and staff – are welcome to register.</p> <p>You can find more details including the program on the <a href="https://rcss24.netlify.app/" target="_blank">school website</a>, and you can register <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/881514191677" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>Note that our colleagues at UBC are organizing an in-person summer school in July (linked in the table below) that will have some courses that we do not cover at SFU.</p> <p><a name="bootcamps"></a></p> <h2 id="other-bootcamps-and-workshops">Other bootcamps and workshops</h2> <p>We will be adding workshops here as they are announced at other Western Canadian universities.</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>DATE</td> <td>EVENT</td> <td>VENUE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Starts Jan-19</td> <td><span style="color:gray">Univ. of Alberta Winter Bootcamp</span></td> <td>Online</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb 12-16</td> <td><span style="color:gray">HSS Winter Series 2024</span></td> <td>Online</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb 26-28</td> <td><span style="color:gray">Introduction to programming with Python (follow-up to the 2024 HSS Winter Series)</span></td> <td>Online</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb 26-28</td> <td><span style="color:gray">Introduction to programming with R (follow-up to the 2024 HSS Winter Series)</span></td> <td>Online</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Starts Apr-30</td> <td><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/information-services-and-technology/news/2024/spring-research-computing-bootcamp-2024.html" target="_blank">Univ. of Alberta Spring Bootcamp</a></td> <td>Online</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jul 8-11</td> <td><a href="https://arc.ubc.ca/training-resources/training-events/arc-2024-summer-school-program-8-11-july-2024" target="_blank">UBC ARC 2024 Summer School</a></td> <td>West Mall Swing Space</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- watch https://www.ualberta.ca/information-services-and-technology/research-computing --> <!-- <a name="dh"></a> --> <!-- ## Humanities and social sciences training --> <!-- | DATE | EVENT | VENUE | --> <!-- | Feb-14 to Feb-17 | [HSS Winter Series](https://hss23.netlify.app){:target="_blank"} | online | --> <!-- | June 5-9 and 12-16 | [DHSI](https://dhsi.org){:target="_blank"} <br> (Digital Humanities Summer Institute) | TBC | --> <hr /> <p><br /> As always, we welcome requests for other training topics and events. Please email suggestions to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">training at westdri dot ca</code>.</p> <!-- [text](link){:target="_blank"} --> 2023-12-10T00:00:00+00:00 https://training.westdri.ca/events/upcoming-training-fall-2023/ 2023-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 SFU

<!-- deployment status https://github.com/WestGrid/trainingMaterials/actions --> <!-- While WestGrid ceased its operations on March 31, 2022, research computing training in Western Canada remains --> <!-- -- coordinated by the same team, now based at Simon Fraser University, with participation from HPC analysts --> <!-- across the BC DRI Group and the Prairies DRI Group (former WestGrid space). --> <p>To receive future news and emails about the BC DRI Group and the Prairies DRI Group training events, please <a href="/contact">subscribe here</a>.</p> <!-- Going forward, this new list will be our primary way to reach academic researchers in Western Canada (and --> <!-- elsewhere). --> <p><a href="#table-of-contents">Table of Contents</a>:   <a href="#webinars"><em>Webinars</em></a> • <a href="#online-courses"><em>Online courses</em></a> • <a href="#commons"><em>SFU / UBC Research Commons workshops</em></a> • <a href="#bootcamps"><em>Other local bootcamps and workshops</em></a> <!-- • [<em>Humanities and social sciences training</em>](#dh) --> • <a href="#schools"><em>In-person schools</em></a></p> <h2 id="webinars">Webinars</h2> <p>BC DRI + Prairies DRI bi-weekly Research Computing webinars take place every second Tuesday at 11am Pacific / noon Mountain / 1pm Central.</p> <!-- Webinar registration will open in early September. --> <!-- For *upcoming webinars*, click the linked title to see more details or to register. For *past --> <!-- sessions*, click on the title to view recordings and slides. --> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>DATE</th> <th>TOPIC</th> <th>SPEAKER</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Sep-19</td> <td><a href="/tools/visualization#launching-2023-visualize-this-contest"><span style="color:blue">Launching 2023 <em>Visualize This</em> contest</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov (SFU)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oct-03</td> <td><a href="/tools/ml#current-ml-frameworks"><span style="color:blue">A map of current machine learning frameworks</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle (SFU)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oct-17</td> <td><a href="/tools/visualization#cinema"><span style="color:blue">Image-based approach to large-scale visualization</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov (SFU)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oct-31</td> <td><a href="/domains/geo#hydrological"><span style="color:blue">Essentials of High-Performance Computing for new users: A practical example using hydrological models</span></a></td> <td>Marcos Cunha-Cordeiro and Befekadu Woldegiorgis (Univ. of Manitoba)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nov-14</td> <td><a href="/getting-started#emacs"><span style="color:blue">Emacs as a programming IDE for Python, R, and Julia</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle (SFU)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nov-28</td> <td><a href="/domains/dh/#text-analysis-in-3d"><span style="color:blue">Text analysis in 3D</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov (SFU)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dec-12</td> <td><a href="/tools/rdm/#dvc"><span style="color:blue">Version control for data science and machine learning with DVC</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle (SFU)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- [text](link){:target="_blank"} --> <!-- | Apr-25 | Cybersecurity webinar (TBC) | - | --> <!-- Belaid: It will be about the introduction to actual bigdata and its ecosystem, including Hadoop and Spark. --> <p><a name="courses"></a></p> <h2 id="online-courses">Online courses</h2> <p>We offer weekly online sessions on advanced research computing. These sessions take place every Thursday from 10am to noon Pacific and are open to all academic researchers across Canada. Most courses span 3 weeks, although some courses may be shorter or longer.</p> <p>Please note that these sessions are not recorded, as we want to encourage attendance and live interaction, and we are planning to repeat the most popular / introductory sessions throughout the year.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>COURSE</th> <th>DATES</th> <th>INSTRUCTOR</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Introduction to Bash command line</span></td> <td>Sep-14, Sep-21</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle, <br /> Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Scientific Python</span></td> <td>Sep-28, Oct-05</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Speeding up computations in R</span></td> <td>Oct-12, Oct-26, Nov-02</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Parallel computing in Chapel</span></td> <td>Nov-09, Nov-16</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Fast computing with JAX</span></td> <td>Nov-30, Dec-07</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Introduction to Bash command line</span></td> <td>Dec-14, Dec-21</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle, <br /> Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- | Parallel computing in Julia | Apr-20, Apr-27, May-11 | Alex Razoumov | --> <!-- | --> <!-- [Introduction to Apptainer containers](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6E2JYpT-1rBdY4oBX7LYOy7Gh8CAz8UOdoXejtin24r8zfw/viewform){:target="_blank"} | early 2024 | Alex Razoumov | --> <p><a name="commons"></a></p> <h2 id="sfu--ubc-research-commons-workshops">SFU / UBC Research Commons workshops</h2> <p>This fall the SFU workshops will be taught in-person, and the UBC workshops will be online via Zoom. To register, click on an event in the 3rd or 4th column. Students, staff and faculty are all welcome to attend.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>TOPIC</th> <th>SPEAKER</th> <th>1st RUN</th> <th>2nd RUN</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Introduction to Python (basic concepts and data structures)</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle and Alex Razoumov</td> <td><a href="https://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/software-data-dh/software/38182" target="_blank">Friday, Sep-29 at <span style="color:#CE0834">SFU Research Commons</span></a></td> <td><a href="https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3748911" target="_blank">Friday, Oct-06 at <span style="color:#005CA7">UBC Research Commons</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Introduction to scientific Python (numpy, pandas, xarrays)</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle and Alex Razoumov</td> <td><a href="https://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/software-data-dh/software/38183" target="_blank">Friday, Oct-20 at <span style="color:#CE0834">SFU Research Commons</span></a></td> <td><a href="https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3748918" target="_blank">Friday, Oct-27 at <span style="color:#005CA7">UBC Research Commons</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Python for simple data visualization</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle and Alex Razoumov</td> <td><a href="https://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/software-data-dh/software/38184" target="_blank">Friday, Nov-17 at <span style="color:#CE0834">SFU Research Commons</span></a></td> <td><a href="https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3748919" target="_blank">Friday, Nov-24 at <span style="color:#005CA7">UBC Research Commons</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Web scraping with Python</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle and Alex Razoumov</td> <td><a href="https://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/software-data-dh/software/38185" target="_blank">Friday, Dec-01 at <span style="color:#CE0834">SFU Research Commons</span></a></td> <td><a href="https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3748920" target="_blank">Friday, Dec-08 at <span style="color:#005CA7">UBC Research Commons</span></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- UBC Fridays 1:00pm–2:30pm --> <!-- Python will similat to https://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/software-data-dh/software/36876 --> <!-- [Thursday, Jan-26 at <span style="color:#CE0834">SFU Research Commons</span>](https://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/software-data-dh/software/37740){:target="_blank"} --> <p><a name="bootcamps"></a></p> <h2 id="other-local-bootcamps-and-workshops">Other local bootcamps and workshops</h2> <p>We will be adding workshops here as they are announced at other Western Canadian universities.</p> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>DATE</td> <td>EVENT</td> <td>VENUE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Starts Sep-22</td> <td><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/information-services-and-technology/news/2023/fall-research-computing-bootcamp.html" target="_blank">Univ. of Alberta Fall Bootcamp</a></td> <td>Online</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- watch https://www.ualberta.ca/information-services-and-technology/research-computing --> <!-- <a name="dh"></a> --> <!-- ## Humanities and social sciences training --> <!-- | DATE | EVENT | VENUE | --> <!-- | Feb-14 to Feb-17 | [HSS Winter Series](https://hss23.netlify.app){:target="_blank"} | online | --> <!-- | June 5-9 and 12-16 | [DHSI](https://dhsi.org){:target="_blank"} <br> (Digital Humanities Summer Institute) | TBC | --> <p><a name="schools"></a></p> <h2 id="in-person-schools">In-person schools</h2> <!-- | DATE | COURSE | LOCATION | --> <!-- | May 1-5 <br> (5 days) | [UVic spring school](https://2023uvic.netlify.app){:target="_blank"} | UVic | --> <!-- | June 19-23 <br> (5 days) | [SFU summer school](https://2023sfu.netlify.app){:target="_blank"} | SFU's Big Data Hub | --> <p><br /> As always, we welcome requests for other training topics and events. Please email suggestions to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">training at westdri dot ca</code>.</p> 2023-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 https://training.westdri.ca/events/upcoming-training-winter-spring-2023/ 2022-12-02T00:00:00+00:00 SFU

<!-- While WestGrid ceased its operations on March 31, 2022, research computing training in Western Canada remains --> <!-- -- coordinated by the same team, now based at Simon Fraser University, with participation from HPC analysts --> <!-- across the BC DRI Group and the Prairies DRI Group (former WestGrid space). --> <p>To receive future news and emails about the BC DRI Group and the Prairies DRI Group training events, please <a href="/contact">subscribe here</a>.</p> <!-- Going forward, this new list will be our primary way to reach academic researchers in Western Canada (and --> <!-- elsewhere). --> <p><a href="#table-of-contents">Table of Contents</a>:   <a href="#webinars"><em>Webinars</em></a> • <a href="#online-courses"><em>Online courses</em></a> • <a href="#commons"><em>SFU / UBC Research Commons workshops</em></a> • <a href="#bootcamps"><em>Other local bootcamps and workshops</em></a> • <a href="#dh"><em>Humanities and social sciences training</em></a> • <a href="#schools"><em>In-person schools</em></a></p> <h2 id="webinars">Webinars</h2> <p>BC DRI + Prairies DRI bi-weekly Research Computing webinars take place every second Tuesday at 11am Pacific / noon Mountain / 1pm Central.</p> <!-- We will open registration by early January. --> <!-- For *upcoming webinars*, click the linked title to see more details or to register. For *past --> <!-- sessions*, click on the title to view recordings and slides. --> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>DATE</th> <th>TOPIC</th> <th>SPEAKER</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Jan-17</td> <td><a href="/tools/virtual#manyFilesInOverlays"><span style="color:blue">Hiding large numbers of files in container overlays</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov (SFU)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jan-31</td> <td><a href="/programming#introduction-to-high-performance-research-computing-in-r"><span style="color:blue">Introduction to high-performance research computing in R</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle (SFU)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb-14</td> <td><a href="/tools/rdm#datalad" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Data management with DataLad</span></a></td> <td>Ian Percel (UofCalgary)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb-28</td> <td><a href="/tools/rdm#sql"><span style="color:blue">How to create and access MySQL and PostgreSQL databases on DRI systems</span></a></td> <td>Gemma Hoad (SFU)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mar-14</td> <td><a href="/domains/md#automating-the-gromacs-analysis-tools-on-hpc-systems"><span style="color:blue">Automating the GROMACS analysis tools on HPC systems</span></a></td> <td>Olivier Fisette (USask)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mar-28</td> <td><a href="/tools/rdm#distributed-datasets-with-datalad"><span style="color:blue">Distributed datasets with DataLad</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov (SFU)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Apr-11</td> <td><a href="/getting-started#quarto"><span style="color:blue">The new R Markdown: authoring dynamic scientific documents with Quarto</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle (SFU)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>May-09</td> <td><a href="/domains/dh#regexpchatgpt"><span style="color:blue">Learning Regular Expressions with Smart Tools</span></a></td> <td>John Simpson (UofA)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>May-23</td> <td><a href="/tools/rdm#pytables"><span style="color:blue">Managing large hierarchical datasets with PyTables</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov (SFU)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- | Apr-25 | [The Beauty of the Bigdata Realm](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdwXJ05GhpywfpiAwEIWjKvM8u5xKWmcqVaSzAXrLdBM6AeRQ/viewform){:target="_blank"} | Belaid Moa (UVic) | --> <!-- [text](link){:target="_blank"} --> <!-- | Apr-25 | Cybersecurity webinar (TBC) | - | --> <!-- Belaid: It will be about the introduction to actual bigdata and its ecosystem, including Hadoop and Spark. --> <p><a name="courses"></a></p> <h2 id="online-courses">Online courses</h2> <p>We offer weekly online sessions on advanced research computing. These sessions take place every Thursday from 10am to noon Pacific and are open to all academic researchers across Canada. Most courses span 3 weeks, although some courses may be shorter or longer.</p> <!-- We will post the program here by early January. --> <p>Please note that these sessions are not recorded, as we want to encourage attendance and live interaction, and we are planning to repeat the most popular / introductory sessions throughout the year.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>COURSE</th> <th>DATES</th> <th>INSTRUCTOR</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Introduction to Bash command line</span></td> <td>Feb-02, Feb-09</td> <td>Alex Razoumov <br /> Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Scientific Python</span></td> <td>Feb-23, Mar-02</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Speeding up computations with parallel R</span></td> <td>Mar-09, Mar-16, Mar-23</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Introduction to Apptainer containers</span></td> <td>Mar-30</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">3D scientific visualization with ParaView</span></td> <td>Apr-06, Apr-13</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Parallel computing in Julia</span></td> <td>Apr-20, Apr-27, May-11</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span style="color:gray">Introduction to Bash command line</span></td> <td>May-18, May-25</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- remaining dates: May-11 May-18 May-25 --> <p><a name="commons"></a></p> <h2 id="sfu--ubc-research-commons-workshops">SFU / UBC Research Commons workshops</h2> <p>We try to run these workshops in-person but sometimes they take place online. Students, staff and faculty are all welcome to attend.</p> <!-- To register, click on an event in the 2nd or 3rd column (not open for SFU yet). --> <!-- Registration links will be posted in early January. --> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>TOPIC</th> <th>SPEAKER</th> <th>1st RUN</th> <th>2nd RUN</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Searching the Git history</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> <td><a href="https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3706627" target="_blank">Friday, Jan-20 at <span style="color:#005CA7">UBC Research Commons</span></a></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Introduction to Python <br /> (full day)</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle and Alex Razoumov</td> <td><a href="https://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/software-data-dh/software/37740" target="_blank">Thursday, Jan-26 at <span style="color:#CE0834">SFU Research Commons</span></a></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Version control of scientific datasets with DataLad</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td><a href="https://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/software-data-dh/software/37739" target="_blank">Thursday, Feb-23 at <span style="color:#CE0834">SFU Research Commons</span></a></td> <td><a href="https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3707077" target="_blank">Friday, Feb-24 at <span style="color:#005CA7">UBC Research Commons</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Managing large hierarchical datasets with PyTables</td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> <td><a href="https://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/software-data-dh/software/37742" target="_blank">Thursday, Apr-27 at <span style="color:#CE0834">SFU Research Commons</span></a></td> <td><a href="https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3707080" target="_blank">Friday, Apr-28 at <span style="color:#005CA7">UBC Research Commons</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Finding pre-trained models for transfer learning</td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> <td><a href="https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3707039" target="_blank">Friday, May-19 at <span style="color:#005CA7">UBC Research Commons</span></a></td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- UBC Fridays 1:00pm–2:30pm --> <!-- Python will similat to https://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/software-data-dh/software/36876 --> <!-- [Thursday, Mar-23 at <span style="color:#CE0834">SFU Research Commons</span>](https://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/software-data-dh/software/37741){:target="_blank"} --> <p><a name="bootcamps"></a></p> <h2 id="other-local-bootcamps-and-workshops">Other local bootcamps and workshops</h2> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>Jan-20 to Feb-09</td> <td><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/information-services-and-technology/news/2022/winter-research-computing-bootcamp-starts-january-20.html" target="_blank">UofA Winter Bootcamp</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>May-04 to Jun-21</td> <td><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/information-services-and-technology/news/2023/spring-research-computing-bootcamp.html" target="_blank">UofA Spring Bootcamp</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a name="dh"></a></p> <h2 id="humanities-and-social-sciences-training">Humanities and social sciences training</h2> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>DATE</td> <td>EVENT</td> <td>VENUE</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb-14 to Feb-17</td> <td><a href="https://hss23.netlify.app" target="_blank">HSS Winter Series</a></td> <td>online</td> </tr> <tr> <td>June 5-9 and 12-16</td> <td><a href="https://dhsi.org" target="_blank">DHSI</a> <br /> (Digital Humanities Summer Institute)</td> <td>TBC</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a name="schools"></a></p> <h2 id="in-person-schools">In-person schools</h2> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>DATE</td> <td>COURSE</td> <td>LOCATION</td> </tr> <tr> <td>May 1-5 <br /> (5 days)</td> <td><a href="https://2023uvic.netlify.app" target="_blank">UVic spring school</a></td> <td>UVic</td> </tr> <tr> <td>June 19-23 <br /> (5 days)</td> <td><a href="https://2023sfu.netlify.app" target="_blank">SFU summer school</a></td> <td>SFU’s Big Data Hub</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>As always, we welcome requests for other training topics and events. Please email suggestions to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">training at westdri dot ca</code>.</p> 2022-12-02T00:00:00+00:00 https://training.westdri.ca/events/upcoming-training-fall-2022/ 2022-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 SFU

<!-- ## New mailing list --> <!-- While WestGrid ceased its operations on March 31, 2022, research computing training in Western Canada remains --> <!-- -- coordinated by the same team, now based at Simon Fraser University, with participation from HPC analysts --> <!-- across the BC DRI Group and the Prairies DRI Group (former WestGrid space). --> <p>To receive future news and emails about the BC DRI Group and the Prairies DRI Group training events, please <a href="/contact">subscribe here</a>.</p> <h2 id="webinars">Webinars</h2> <p>BC DRI + Prairies DRI bi-weekly Research Computing webinars take place every second Wednesday at 10am Pacific / 11am Mountain / 12pm Central.</p> <!-- We will open registration in early September. --> <!-- For *upcoming webinars*, click the linked title to see more details or to register. For *past --> <!-- sessions*, click on the title to view recordings and slides. --> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>DATE      </th> <th>TOPIC</th> <th>Speaker         </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Sep-28</td> <td><a href="/tools/visualization/#in-situ-visualization-with-paraview-catalyst2"><span style="color:blue">In-situ visualization with ParaView Catalyst2</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov (SFU)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oct-12</td> <td><a href="/tools/ml/#tensorboard"><span style="color:blue">TensorBoard for objection detection models</span></a></td> <td>Jillian Anderson (SFU)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oct-26</td> <td><a href="/tools/visualization/#data-visualization-in-julia-with-the-makie-ecosystem"><span style="color:blue">Data visualization in Julia with the Makie ecosystem</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle (SFU)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nov-09</td> <td><a href="/tools/virtual#storage-options-for-cloud-computing"><span style="color:blue">Storage options for cloud computing</span></a></td> <td>Sarah Huber (UVic)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nov-23</td> <td><a href="/getting-started#linux"><span style="color:blue">Turbo boost your interactive experience on the cluster with tmux</span></a></td> <td>Chris Want (UofA)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dec-07</td> <td><a href="/getting-started#linux"><span style="color:blue">Lesser known but very useful Bash features</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov &amp; <br /> Marie-Hélène Burle (SFU)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- Nov-13[^1] --> <!-- [^1]: Note the different day of the week (Friday). --> <h2 id="ubc--sfu-research-commons-workshops">UBC / SFU Research Commons workshops</h2> <p>These workshops are in-person only. Students, staff and faculty are all welcome to attend. <!-- For upcoming workshops, click a date to see more details or to register. --> To register, click on an event in the 2nd or 3rd column.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>TOPIC</th> <th>1st run         </th> <th>2nd run         </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Automation and scripting in bash for absolute beginners</td> <td><a href="https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3683923">Friday, Sep-23 at<br /> <span style="color:#005CA7">UBC Research Commons</span></a></td> <td><a href="https://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/software-data-dh/software/37400">Thursday, Sep-29 at<br /> <span style="color:#CE0834">SFU Research Commons</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>1/2-day Git workshop</td> <td><a href="https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/publish/research-data-management/37488">Tuesday, Oct-04 at<br /> <span style="color:#CE0834">SFU Research Commons</span></a></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>What format to choose to save your data</td> <td><a href="https://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/software-data-dh/software/37399">Thursday, Oct-27 at<br /> <span style="color:#CE0834">SFU Research Commons</span></a></td> <td><a href="https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3683941">Friday, Nov-04 at<br /> <span style="color:#005CA7">UBC Research Commons</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Authoring scientific documents with Markdown and Quarto</td> <td><a href="https://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/software-data-dh/software/37398">Thursday, Nov-24 at<br /> <span style="color:#CE0834">SFU Research Commons</span></a></td> <td><a href="https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3683985">Friday, Dec-02 at<br /> <span style="color:#005CA7">UBC Research Commons</span></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2 id="local-bootcamps-and-workshops">Local bootcamps and workshops</h2> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>DATE      </td> <td>Title</td> <td>Location</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sep-16 to Oct-03</td> <td><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/information-services-and-technology/news/2022/fall-research-computing-bootcamp-starts-september-16.html" target="_blank">Fall Research Computing Bootcamp</a></td> <td>University of Alberta</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sep-29</td> <td><a href="https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/rcs/2022/09/09/workshop-introduction-to-machine-learning-under-the-alliance-resources" target="_blank">Workshop: Introduction to machine learning under the Alliance resources</a></td> <td>University of Victoria</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- | Sep-27 to Oct-25 | [UofA's Fall Research Computing Bootcamp](https://www.ualberta.ca/information-services-and-technology/news/2021/fall-2021-research-computing-bootcamp.html) | Online by the UofA | --> <!-- | Oct-04 and Oct-05 | [Visualization with Paraview (EN)](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/171338226247) | <span style="color:#3339ff">National training workshop</span> | --> <!-- | Oct-14 | [Multi-processing in Julia](https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/calendar/vancouver/julia-part-1) | <span style="color:#005CA7">Online for UBC Research Commons</span> | --> <!-- | Oct-18 and Oct-19 | Parallel Julia workshop | Invited for a 3rd party | --> <!-- | Nov-02 and Nov-03 | [Visualization with Paraview (FR)](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/172208820217) | <span style="color:#3339ff">National training workshop</span> | --> <!-- | Nov-18 | [Using Deep Learning to increase image resolution](https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/calendar/vancouver/deep-learning-image-processing) | <span style="color:#005CA7">Online for UBC Research Commons</span> | --> <!-- | Dec-09 | [Working with shared and distributed arrays in Julia](https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/calendar/vancouver/julia-part-2) | <span style="color:#005CA7">Online for UBC Research Commons</span> | --> <h2 id="westdri-autumn-school">WestDRI autumn school</h2> <p>In our <a href="https://autumnschool2022.westdri.ca" target="_blank">2022 autumn school</a> we decided to focus on a small subset of our courses, leaving more advanced topics to spring (March) and summer (May-June) schools.</p> <!-- Registration for the autumn school is [now --> <!-- open](https://forms.gle/NZhzRU5o8ti8VhVJ7){:target="_blank"}. You will need a Canadian academic email address --> <!-- to register. --> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>DATE        </td> <td>Course</td> <td>Location       </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nov-08</td> <td><a href="https://autumnschool2022.westdri.ca/bash-menu" target="_blank">Linux command line</a></td> <td>Online</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nov-10</td> <td><a href="https://autumnschool2022.westdri.ca/python-menu" target="_blank">Python level 1</a></td> <td>Online</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nov-15</td> <td><a href="https://autumnschool2022.westdri.ca/hpc-menu" target="_blank">Intro to HPC</a></td> <td>Online</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nov-17</td> <td><a href="https://autumnschool2022.westdri.ca/r-menu" target="_blank">R level 1</a></td> <td>Online</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nov-22</td> <td><a href="https://autumnschool2022.westdri.ca/gpu-menu" target="_blank">GPU Python (NVIDIA)</a></td> <td>Online</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>As always, we welcome requests for other training topics and events. Please email suggestions to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">training at westdri dot ca</code>.</p> 2022-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 https://training.westdri.ca/events/summer-school-2022/ 2022-04-22T00:00:00+00:00 SFU

<p>While WestGrid ceased its operations on March 31, 2022, summer schools (and all other research computing training) remain – from the same team, now based at Simon Fraser University.<sup id="fnref:1" role="doc-noteref"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote" rel="footnote">1</a></sup></p> <p>This summer, we are bringing you the Western Canada Research Computing Training Modules (aka summer school) 2022. The modules will run online from May 10 to July 21. Course details and registration information can be found at the <a href="https://rcmodules22.netlify.app">school website</a>.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>MODULE          </th> <th>DATE    </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://rcmodules22.netlify.app/basics" target="_blank">Remote computing basics</a></td> <td>May 10, 12, 17, 19</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://rcmodules22.netlify.app/programming" target="_blank">Programming tools</a></td> <td>May 24, 26, 31 and June 2</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://rcmodules22.netlify.app/parallel" target="_blank">Parallel coding</a></td> <td>June 14, 16, 28, 30</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://rcmodules22.netlify.app/virtualization" target="_blank">Virtualization</a></td> <td>July 5, 7</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://rcmodules22.netlify.app/ml" target="_blank">Machine learning</a></td> <td>July 12, 14</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://rcmodules22.netlify.app/scivis" target="_blank">Scientific visualization</a></td> <td>July 19, 21</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Please email your questions at <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">training at westdri dot ca</code>.</p> <p>The Research Computing team at the UofA is running their own bootcamps:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/information-services-and-technology/news/2022/spring-research-computing-bootcamp-starts-april-29.html" target="_blank">Spring Research Computing Bootcamp</a> (from April 29)</li> <li><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/information-services-and-technology/news/2022/spring-intermediate-python-bootcamp.html" target="_blank">Spring Intermediate Python Series</a> (from May 25)</li> </ul> <div class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes"> <ol> <li id="fn:1" role="doc-endnote"> <p>Since April 1st, 2022, the advanced research computing / HPC training in Western Canada has been coordinated by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada and Simon Fraser University, in collaboration with other universities in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. <a href="#fnref:1" class="reversefootnote" role="doc-backlink">&#8617;</a></p> </li> </ol> </div> 2022-04-22T00:00:00+00:00 https://training.westdri.ca/events/upcoming-training-winter-spring-2022/ 2021-11-19T00:00:00+00:00 SFU

<!-- Please check this page in early January 2022 to see the full list of upcoming winter/spring webinars and workshops. --> <h2 id="webinars">Webinars</h2> <p>WestGrid’s bi-weekly training webinars take place every second Wednesday at 10am Pacific / 11am Mountain / 12pm Central. For <em>upcoming sessions</em>, click the linked title to see more details or to register. For <em>past sessions</em>, click on the title to view recordings and slides.</p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>DATE                     </th> <th>TOPIC</th> <th>Speaker                           </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Jan-26</td> <td><a href="/tools/ml/#pytorch-tensors"><span style="color:blue">Everything you wanted to know (and more) about PyTorch tensors</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb-02</td> <td><a href="/programming#julia"><span style="color:blue">ThreadsX.jl: easier multithreading in Julia</span></a></td> <td>Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mar-16<sup id="fnref:1" role="doc-noteref"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote" rel="footnote">1</a></sup></td> <td><a href="/getting-started#a-few-of-our-favourite-tools"><span style="color:blue">A few of our favourite tools</span></a></td> <td>Marie-Hélène Burle and Alex Razoumov</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mar-30</td> <td><a href="/tools/virtual/#cloudSecurity"><span style="color:blue">Best practices for securing your own OpenStack VM / Amazon instances / Containers</span></a></td> <td>Ken Bigelow</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- | Mar-16 | [Image/data upscaling: training and parallel workflows](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/241331006537) | Alex Razoumov and Marie-Hélène Burle | --> <!-- Apr-13 - after the transition --> <!-- Apr-27 - after the transition --> <!-- May-11 - after the transition --> <!-- May-25 - after the transition --> <!-- Nov-08[^1] --> <!-- [^1]: Note the different day of the week (Friday). --> <h2 id="other-workshops">Other workshops</h2> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>DATE                          </td> <td>Event</td> <td>Location                         </td> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/information-services-and-technology/news/2022/winter-research-computing-bootcamp-starts-january-17.html">UofA Winter Research Computing Bootcamp</a></td> <td>online</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jan-27</td> <td><a href="https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3653468">Everything you wanted to know (and more) about PyTorch tensors</a></td> <td><span style="color:#049A80">Online for UBC Research Commons</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb-14,16,18</td> <td><a href="https://parallel-programming-in-julia.eventbrite.ca">Parallel Julia</a></td> <td><span style="color:#3339ff">National training workshop</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feb-17</td> <td><a href="https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3653471">Collaborating through Git and GitHub</a></td> <td><span style="color:#049A80">Online for UBC Research Commons</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mar-7,9,11</td> <td><a href="https://parallel-programming-in-chapel.eventbrite.ca">Parallel Chapel</a></td> <td><span style="color:#3339ff">National training workshop</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mar-24</td> <td><a href="https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3653491">Bash scripting for beginners</a></td> <td><span style="color:#049A80">Online for UBC Research Commons</span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- ## Western Canada Research Computing summer school --> <!-- WestGrid ceased its operations on March 31, 2022. Since April 1, 2022 the advanced research computing / HPC training in --> <!-- Western Canada is coordinated by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada and Simon Fraser University, in collaboration --> <!-- with other universities. Consequently, "WestGrid summer school" has been renamed "Western Canada Research Computing --> <!-- summer school". It will run online from mid-May to mid-July, 2022. The course details and the registration information --> <!-- will be published soon. --> <!-- As always, we welcome requests for other training topics and events. Please email suggestions to `training at westdri dot ca`. --> <div class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes"> <ol> <li id="fn:1" role="doc-endnote"> <p>We are postponing the “Image/data upscaling” webinar until further notice. <a href="#fnref:1" class="reversefootnote" role="doc-backlink">&#8617;</a></p> </li> </ol> </div> 2021-11-19T00:00:00+00:00