Upcoming SDSC webinars on Linux, HPC, Machine Learning etc

San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) is offering a series of webinars on various HPC-related topics. These programs are offered at no charge to the community. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to events@sdsc.edu.

Full list of upcoming training and events can be found at https://www.sdsc.edu/news_and_events/events.html

Examples of upcoming webinars:

COMPLECS: Parallel Computing Concepts (https://www.sdsc.edu/event_items/202501-Parallel-Computing-Concepts.html)

Thursday, January 9, 2025, from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST

A brief introduction to fundamental concepts in parallel computing for anyone who uses HPC resources.

Advanced HPC-CI Webinar Series: Scalable Machine Learning (https://www.sdsc.edu/event_items/202501-Scalable%20Machine%20Learning.html)

Tuesday, January 14, 2025, from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST

This webinar is an introduction to performing machine learning at scale. An overview of approaches for parallelizing R code on HPC will be provided. We will also cover the essentials of Spark and demonstrate how to use Spark for large-scale data analytics and machine learning. Demonstrations will allow participants to gain practical guidance for building and scaling machine learning workflows.

COMPLECS: Intermediate Linux (https://www.sdsc.edu/event_items/202501-Intermediate-Linux.html)

Thursday, January 23, 2025, from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST

Knowledge of Linux is indispensable for using advanced CI. While GUIs are becoming more prevalent, being able to work at the command line interface (CLI) provides the greatest power and flexibility. In this session, we assume that participants are already comfortable with basic Linux operations such as creating, deleting and renaming files, and navigating between directories. Topics covered include the filesystem hierarchy, file permissions, symbolic and hard links, wildcards and file globbing, finding commands and files, environment variables and modules, configuration files, aliases, and history.

COMPLECS: Batch Computing - Working with the Linux Scheduler (https://www.sdsc.edu/event_items/202502-Batch-Computing-Part-1.html)

Thursday, February 6, 2025, from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST

A brief introduction to the Linux scheduler, how to interact with it, and run your research workloads on your personal computer, a shared workstation, or even a high-performance computing system.

Advanced HPC-CI Webinar Series: Performance Tuning and Optimization (https://www.sdsc.edu/event_items/202502-Performance%20Tuning%20and%20Optimization.html)

Tuesday, February 11, 2025, from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST

This webinar is a condensed version of the Performance Tuning session, targeting code developers who want to speed up their calculations. It will cover various optimization techniques, including cache usage, loop optimization, and compiler optimization, with exercises primarily in C but applicable to any language.