Events for winter/spring 2023
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Events for winter/spring 2023

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Table of Contents:   WebinarsOnline coursesSFU / UBC Research Commons workshopsOther local bootcamps and workshopsHumanities and social sciences trainingIn-person schools

Webinars

BC DRI + Prairies DRI bi-weekly Research Computing webinars take place every second Tuesday at 11am Pacific / noon Mountain / 1pm Central.

DATETOPICSPEAKER
Jan-17Hiding large numbers of files in container overlaysAlex Razoumov (SFU)
Jan-31Introduction to high-performance research computing in RMarie-Hélène Burle (SFU)
Feb-14Data management with DataLadIan Percel (UofCalgary)
Feb-28How to create and access MySQL and PostgreSQL databases on DRI systemsGemma Hoad (SFU)
Mar-14Automating the GROMACS analysis tools on HPC systemsOlivier Fisette (USask)
Mar-28Distributed datasets with DataLadAlex Razoumov (SFU)
Apr-11The new R Markdown: authoring dynamic scientific documents with QuartoMarie-Hélène Burle (SFU)
Apr-25The Beauty of the Bigdata RealmBelaid Moa (UVic)
May-09Regular expressionsJohn Simpson (UofA)
May-23Managing large hierarchical datasets with PyTablesAlex Razoumov (SFU)

Online courses

Starting in early February, 2023, we will offer weekly online sessions on advanced research computing. These sessions will take place every Thursday from 10am to noon Pacific. Most courses will span 3 weeks, but of course some courses may be shorter or longer.

Please note that these sessions will not be recorded, as we want to encourage attendance and live interaction. And we are planning to repeat the most popular / introductory sessions throughout the year.

COURSEDATESINSTRUCTOR
Introduction to Bash command lineFeb-02, Feb-09Alex Razoumov
Marie-Hélène Burle
Scientific PythonFeb-23, Mar-02Alex Razoumov
Speeding up computations with parallel RMar-09, Mar-16, Mar-23Marie-Hélène Burle
Introduction to Apptainer containersMar-30Alex Razoumov
3D scientific visualization with ParaViewApr-06, Apr-13Alex Razoumov
Parallel JuliaApr-20, Apr-27, May-11Marie-Hélène Burle
Alex Razoumov

SFU / UBC Research Commons workshops

We try to run these workshops in-person but sometimes they take place online. Students, staff and faculty are all welcome to attend.

TOPICSPEAKER1st RUN2nd RUN
Searching the Git historyMarie-Hélène BurleFriday, Jan-20 at UBC Research Commons 
Introduction to Python
(full day)
Marie-Hélène Burle and Alex RazoumovThursday, Jan-26 at SFU Research Commons 
Version control of scientific datasets with DataLadAlex RazoumovThursday, Feb-23 at SFU Research CommonsFriday, Feb-24 at UBC Research Commons
Managing large hierarchical datasets with PyTablesAlex RazoumovThursday, Apr-27 at SFU Research CommonsFriday, Apr-28 at UBC Research Commons
Finding pre-trained models for transfer learningMarie-Hélène BurleFriday, May-19 at UBC Research Commons 

Other local bootcamps and workshops

DATEEVENT
Jan-20 to Feb-09UofA Winter Bootcamps

Humanities and social sciences training

DATEEVENTVENUE
Feb-14 to Feb-17HSS Winter Seriesonline
June 5-9 and 12-16DHSI
(Digital Humanities Summer Institute)
TBC

In-person schools

DATECOURSELOCATION
May 1-5
(5 days)
UVic spring schoolUVic
June 19-23
(5 days)
SFU summer schoolSFU’s Big Data Hub

As always, we welcome requests for other training topics and events. Please email suggestions to training at westdri dot ca.

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