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.
| TOPIC | DATE | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| In-situ visualization with ParaView Catalyst2 | Sep-28 | Alex Razoumov (SFU) |
| TensorBoard for objection detection models | Oct-12 | Jillian Anderson (SFU) |
| Data visualization in Julia with the Makie ecosystem | Oct-26 | Marie-Hélène Burle (SFU) |
| Storage options for cloud computing | Nov-09 | Sarah Huber (UVic) |
| Turbo boost your interactive experience on the cluster with tmux | Nov-23 | Chris Want (UofA) |
| Lesser known but very useful Bash features | Dec-07 | 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
| Title | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Fall Research Computing Bootcamp | Sep-16 to Oct-03 | University of Alberta |
| Workshop: Introduction to machine learning under the Alliance resources | Sep-29 | 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.
| Course | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Linux command line | Nov-08 | Online |
| Python level 1 | Nov-10 | Online |
| Intro to HPC | Nov-15 | Online |
| R level 1 | Nov-17 | Online |
| GPU Python (NVIDIA) | Nov-22 | Online |
As always, we welcome requests for other training topics and events. Please email suggestions to training at westdri dot ca.