Principles and uses of relational databases with practical examples using python and sqlite on the Niagara supercomputer.
Format: Virtual
Our training covers many topics in Research Computing and Data Science, in a variety of forms, such as webinars, workshops, and multi-week courses. Some events are online, while others are in-person, but many of the latter are also broadcast and recorded.
A full catalogue of past and present courses is available here. Access to slides and recordings is open to anyone, but to register for courses and to work towards a SciNet certificate, login is required. Apart from the University of Toronto graduate courses in the list, all training events are free of charge.
Principles and uses of relational databases with practical examples using python and sqlite on the Niagara supercomputer.
Format: Virtual
This workshop explores various concise and useful constructs for working with bash shell. The goal is to improve your shell skills. Attending this class requires some basic GNU/Linux command line experience.
Format: Virtual
This course will provide an introduction to the theory, formalisms and algorithms of quantum computing. The programming language will be Python; experience with Python will be assumed. Experience with quantum mechanics is not necessary; an introductory-level understanding of linear algebra will be assumed.
This will be an in-person course. Dates and details TBD.
We are excited to announce the dates for this year’s 2024 Compute Ontario Summer School.
Jointly organized by the Centre for Advanced Computing, SciNet, SHARCNET, and in collaboration with the RDM Network of Experts, this year’s virtual event will be held on June 3-21.
The Compute Ontario Summer School offers a comprehensive curriculum packed with around 40 free courses. Delivered by experts in the field, these sessions cover a wide range of topics including Advanced Research Computing (ARC), High Performance Computing (HPC), and Research Data Management (RDM). With presentations and workshops available at introductory to advanced levels, there is something for everyone.
Registration is expected to open in mid-May. Stay tuned for more updates
In about 90 minutes, learn how to use the SciNet systems Niagara and Mist, from securely logging in to running computations on the supercomputer. Experienced users may still pick up some valuable pointers.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED.
In about 90 minutes, learn how to use the SciNet systems Niagara and Mist, from securely logging in to running computations on the supercomputer. Experienced users may still pick up some valuable pointers.
Format: Virtual
This week's colloquium: "C++20 Modules" by Ramses van Zon from SciNet.
The Compute Ontario Colloquia are weekly Zoom presentations on Advanced Research Computing, High Performance Computing, Research Data Management, and Research Software topics, delivered by staff from three Compute Ontario consortia (CAC, SciNet, SHARCNET) and guest speakers. The colloquia are one hour long and include time for questions. No enrollment or registration is required. Most presentations are recorded and uploaded to the hosting consortium video channel.
This six-week class will introduce neural network programming concepts, theory and techniques. The class material will begin at an introductory level, intended for those with no experience with neural networks, eventually covering intermediate-to-advanced concepts.
Classes will be held, April 23 - May 30, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00am - 12:00pm.
Format: Virtual
This week's colloquium: "How to Buy a Supercomputer for Scientific Computing" by James Willis from SciNet. The Compute
Ontario Colloquia are weekly Zoom presentations on Advanced Research
Computing, High Performance Computing, Research Data Management, and
Research Software topics, delivered by staff from three Compute Ontario
consortia (CAC, SciNet, SHARCNET) and guest speakers. The colloquia are
one hour long and include time for questions. No registration is
required. Most presentations are recorded and uploaded to the hosting
consortium video channel.
Learn how to write bash scripts, use environment variables, how to control process, and much more. Requires some Linux basic command line experience.
Note: this event has been moved from April 8th to April 15th.
Format: Virtual
In about 90 minutes, learn how to use the SciNet systems Niagara and Mist, from securely logging in to running computations on the supercomputer. Experienced users may still pick up some valuable pointers.
Format: Virtual
Debugging is an important step in developing a new code, or porting an old one to a new machine. In this session, we will discuss the debugging of frequently encountered bugs in serial code and debugging of parallel (MPI and threaded) codes using DDT.
In about 90 minutes, learn how to use the SciNet systems Niagara and Mist, from securely logging in to running computations on the supercomputer. Experienced users may still pick up some valuable pointers.
Format: Virtual
Learn the basics of shared memory programming with OpenMP. In particular, we will discuss the OpenMP execution and memory model, performance, reductions and load balancing.
Format: Virtual
An overview of GPUs and their use in supercomputers. This workshop will explain what GPUs are, and cover the basic ideas of GPU use in scientific computing. We will introduce several GPU programming frameworks, and demonstrate how to accelerate a solution of a science problem using a GPU. Python or C++ could be used for the assignment.
Format: Virtual
Working with many of the HPC systems (like those at SciNet) involves using the Linux/UNIX command line. This provides a very powerful interface, but it can be quite daunting for the uninitiated. In this half-day session, you can become initiated with this course which will cover basic commands. It could be a great boon for your productivity.
Format: Virtual
This week's colloquium: "Multi-Factor Authentication" by Marco Saldarriaga from SciNet.
The Compute Ontario Colloquia are weekly Zoom presentations on Advanced Research Computing, High Performance Computing, Research Data Management, and Research Software topics, delivered by staff from three Compute Ontario consortia (CAC, SciNet, SHARCNET) and guest speakers. The colloquia are one hour long and include time for questions. No enrollment or registration is required. Most presentations are recorded and uploaded to the hosting consortium video channel.
In about 90 minutes, learn how to use the SciNet systems Niagara and Mist, from securely logging in to running computations on the supercomputer. Experienced users may still pick up some valuable pointers.
Format: Virtual
This week's colloquium: "Research Data Management for Reproducibility" by Jeff Moon from Compute Ontario.
The Compute Ontario Colloquia are weekly Zoom presentations on Advanced Research Computing, High Performance Computing, Research Data Management, and Research Software topics, delivered by staff from three Compute Ontario consortia (CAC, SciNet, SHARCNET) and guest speakers. The colloquia are one hour long and include time for questions. No enrollment or registration is required. Most presentations are recorded and uploaded to the hosting consortium video channel.
Parallel programming in Python. We will cover subprocess, numexpr, multiprocessing, MPI, and other parallel-enabling python packages.
Format: Virtual
Managing large amounts of data can be a challenging task. Processing large numbers of files incur heavy overhead of IO communications. This course explores several options such as using Apptainer Overlay and SQLite to pack and reduce a large number of files to few files, and hence, improving IO performance. Python scripts are used throughout the course.
Format: Virtual
In about 90 minutes, learn how to use the SciNet systems Niagara and Mist, from securely logging in to running computations on the supercomputer. Experienced users may still pick up some valuable pointers.
Format: Virtual
In this course students will be instructed in how to program in Python. Ultimately students will learn how to use Python to analyze, process and visualize data. This course is designed for students with little to no experience in programming.
This is a graduate course that can be taken for by UofT Biochemistry graduate students. Those students should enrol using ACORN/ROSI.
In this course data analysis techniques utilizing the Python and R languages will be introduced, as well as the basics of programming and scientific computing. The goal of this course is to prepare graduate students for performing scientific data analysis. Successful students will learn how to use statistical inference tools to gain insight into large and small data sets, as well as be exposed to cutting-edge techniques and best practises to store, manage and analyze (large) data. Topics include: Python and R programming, version control, automation, modular programming and scientific visualization.
Students willing to take the course as part of their graduate program must enrol through Acorn/ROSI.
This course is aimed at reducing your struggle in getting started with computational projects, and make you a more efficient computational scientist. Topics include well-established best practices for developing software as it applies to scientific computations, common numerical techniques and packages, and aspects of high performance computing. While we will introduce the C++ language, in one language or another, students should already have some programming experience. Despite the title, this course is suitable for many physical scientists (chemists, astronomers, ...).
This is a graduate course that can be taken for graduate credit by UofT PhD and MSc students. Students that wish to do so, should enrol using ACORN/ROSI.
This is an in-person course.
In about 90 minutes, learn how to use the SciNet systems Niagara and Mist, from securely logging in to running computations on the supercomputer. Experienced users may still pick up some valuable pointers.
Format: Virtual
This week's colloquium: "Block Internet Advertisements by Setting up Pi-Hole on an Older PCs or Laptop"
The Compute Ontario Colloquia are weekly Zoom presentations on Advanced Research Computing, High Performance Computing, Research Data Management, and Research Software topics, delivered by staff from three Compute Ontario consortia (CAC, SciNet, SHARCNET) and guest speakers. The colloquia are one hour long and include time for questions. No registration is required. Most presentations are recorded and uploaded to the hosting consortium video channel.
Learn the basics of Message Passing Interface (MPI) programming. Examples and exercises will be based on parallelization of common scientific computing problems.
Format: Virtual
Working with many of the HPC systems (like those at SciNet) involves using the Linux/UNIX command line. This provides a very powerful interface, but it can be quite daunting for the uninitiated. In this half-day session, you can become initiated with this coursse which will cover basic commands. It could be a great boon for your productivity.
Format: Virtual
This week's colloquium: "Web Scraping in Python" by Yohai Meiron from SciNet.
The Compute Ontario Colloquia are weekly Zoom presentations on Advanced Research Computing, High Performance Computing, Research Data Management, and Research Software topics, delivered by staff from three Compute Ontario consortia (CAC, SciNet, SHARCNET) and guest speakers. The colloquia are one hour long and include time for questions. No enrollment or registration is required. Most presentations are recorded and uploaded to the hosting consortium video channel.