ICDS hosts a wide range of events, from training sessions on using our high-performance computing system to seminars about the latest topics in computational research. Here, you will find a list of upcoming ICDS events, as well as other events that may be of interest to the computational and data sciences community. Sign up for our mailing list to receive alerts about our events.
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New User Training: Introduction to the Open OnDemand Portal
Date: Tuesday, September 17
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
After attending this workshop, learners will be able to: Understand what resources and support ICDS offers, and which ones are applicable to their research including computing types and storage locations Connect to ICDS’s Roar Collab (RC) cluster and navigate the Open OnDemand web portal Select the best mechanism for transferring data to and from the […]
New User Training: Scheduling Batch Jobs and Command Line Access
Date: Wednesday, September 18
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
After attending this workshop, learners will be able to: Understand what resources and support ICDS offers, and which ones are applicable to their research including computing types and storage locations Use the module command to search and utilize available software from the Software Stack Request appropriate resources using the Slurm scheduler to launch interactive or […]
New User Training: Getting Your Software Running on Roar
Date: Wednesday, September 25
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
After attending this workshop, learners will be able to: Access, search, and use software from the software stack Identify what factors can prevent users from setting up their own software and how to request installation of software by ICDS staff Install user level packages for R and python Create custom environments using anaconda, including searching […]
New User Training: Optimizing Jobs
Date: Wednesday, October 2
Time: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
After attending this workshop, learners will be able to: Understand what multicore processing is, how to identify if your existing software is capable of it, and understand the rough process to implement it in custom code Identify what resources jobs utilized and modify future resource requests appropriately Understand job-chaining/workflows and checkpointing and how to set […]