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Events for fall 2025

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Table of Contents:   WebinarsOnline coursesOther local bootcamps and workshopsIn-person schools

Webinars

The 2025 Fall Webinars, hosted by SFU’s Research Computing Group (RCG), take place every second Tuesday at 10:00am Pacific (Victoria, Vancouver), 11:00am Mountain (Edmonton, Calgary), and noon Central (Winnipeg). Webinar registration opens in early September.

For upcoming webinars, click the linked titles to view details or register. For past sessions, click the titles to access recordings and slides.

DATETOPICSPEAKER 
Sep-16Introduction to the Fir clusterAlex Razoumov 
Oct-07Using LLMs in EmacsMarie-Hélène Burle 
Oct-14Globus-cli for file transferAlex Razoumov 
Oct-28The next generation of Python notebooksMarie-Hélène Burle 
Nov-18Creating interactive online visualizations with TrameAlex Razoumov
Nov-25Deep learning experiments tracking with MLflowMarie-Hélène Burle 
Dec-09Command-line OpenStackAlex Razoumov 

Online courses

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.

COURSEDATESINSTRUCTOR 
Introduction to the Unix shellSep-11, Sep-18Marie-Hélène Burle 
Introduction to HPCSep-25, Oct-02, Oct-09Alex Razoumov 
Introduction to PythonOct-16Marie-Hélène Burle 
Scientific visualizationOct-23Alex Razoumov 
GPU-accelerated PythonOct-30Marie-Hélène Burle 
Working with Apptainer containersNov-06, Nov-13Alex Razoumov
HPC PythonNov-20, Nov-27, Dec-04Alex Razoumov 
Machine learningDec-11, Dec-18Marie-Hélène Burle
& Alex Razoumov
 

Upcoming bootcamps and workshops

Workshops from other Western Canadian universities will be added here as they are announced.

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As always, we welcome suggestions for additional training topics and events. Please email your ideas to training at westdri dot ca.

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