Events for fall 2018
For more information on each session, or to register, click on the links below.
Webinars
WestGrid’s bi-weekly training webinars take place every second Wednesday at 10am Pacific / 11am Mountain / 12pm Central. Note two off-cycle special dates (Sep-20 and mid-November).
| TOPIC | DATE | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| How to submit and run jobs on Compute Canada HPC systems | Sep-19 | Alex Razoumov |
| Arbutus Upgrade: What you need to know | Sep-20 (special time) | Ryan Enge and Venkat Mahadevan |
| Common job submission errors and how to avoid them | Oct-03 | Kamil Marcinkowski |
| Tools for automating analysis pipelines | Oct-17 | Jamie Rosner |
| Data Analytics and Machine Learning with MATLAB | Oct-31 | Sumit Tandon (MathWorks) |
| How HPC helped researchers simulate the life of a star | Nov-14 | Falk Herwig (UVic) |
| Using yt for analysis and visualization of volumetric data | Nov-21 (alternate week) | Alex Razoumov |
| Getting started on the cloud (HSS Part 1) | Nov-28 | John Simpson |
| How to deploy HTTP and HTTPS sites on a virtual machine (HSS Part 2) | Dec-12 | John Simpson |
In-person workshops
| Event | DATE | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Research Computing Fall Bootcamp | Sep-24 to 28 | UofA |
| Introduction to Python | Sep-25 | SFU’s Big Data Hub |
| A taste of parallel programming with Chapel | Oct-23 | SFU, Bennett Library, Rm 7010, Research Commons |
| Introductory Research Computing Workshop | Nov-02, 3pm-5pm | University of Manitoba, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Basic Medical Science Building, Room 341 |
As always, we welcome requests for other training topics and events. Please email suggestions to info at westgrid dot ca.