Events for fall 2022
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Webinars
BC DRI + Prairies DRI bi-weekly Research Computing webinars take place every second Wednesday at 10am Pacific / 11am Mountain / 12pm Central.
| DATE | TOPIC | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Sep-28 | In-situ visualization with ParaView Catalyst2 | Alex Razoumov (SFU) |
| Oct-12 | TensorBoard for objection detection models | Jillian Anderson (SFU) |
| Oct-26 | Data visualization in Julia with the Makie ecosystem | Marie-Hélène Burle (SFU) |
| Nov-09 | Storage options for cloud computing | Sarah Huber (UVic) |
| Nov-23 | Turbo boost your interactive experience on the cluster with tmux | Chris Want (UofA) |
| Dec-07 | Lesser known but very useful Bash features | Alex Razoumov & Marie-Hélène Burle (SFU) |
SFU / UBC Research Commons workshops
These workshops are in-person only. Students, staff and faculty are all welcome to attend. To register, click on an event in the 2nd or 3rd column.
| TOPIC | 1st run | 2nd run |
|---|---|---|
| Automation and scripting in bash for absolute beginners | Friday, Sep-23 at UBC Research Commons |
Thursday, Sep-29 at SFU Research Commons |
| 1/2-day Git workshop | Tuesday, Oct-04 at SFU Research Commons |
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| What format to choose to save your data | Thursday, Oct-27 at SFU Research Commons |
Friday, Nov-04 at UBC Research Commons |
| Authoring scientific documents with Markdown and Quarto | Thursday, Nov-24 at SFU Research Commons |
Friday, Dec-02 at UBC Research Commons |
Local bootcamps and workshops
| DATE | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Sep-16 to Oct-03 | Fall Research Computing Bootcamp | University of Alberta |
| Sep-29 | Workshop: Introduction to machine learning under the Alliance resources | University of Victoria |
WestDRI autumn school
In our 2022 autumn school we decided to focus on a small subset of our courses, leaving more advanced topics to spring (March) and summer (May-June) schools.
| DATE | Course | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Nov-08 | Linux command line | Online |
| Nov-10 | Python level 1 | Online |
| Nov-15 | Intro to HPC | Online |
| Nov-17 | R level 1 | Online |
| Nov-22 | GPU Python (NVIDIA) | Online |
As always, we welcome requests for other training topics and events. Please email suggestions to training at westdri dot ca.