Supercomputing for Everyone Series

The Supercomputing for Everyone Series (SC4ES) aims to bring more users into the realm of advanced computing, whether it be visualization, computation, analytics, storage, or any related discipline. Research Technologies can take you to the next level of computing. Some of the workshops are available as courses available 24/7 on-demand via Expand.

Available training in the Supercomputing for Everyone Series includes:

IU REDCap

IU's Research Electronic Data Capture (IU REDCap) is a self-managed, secure, web-based platform designed to support data collection and data management for research, operations support, and quality improvement projects. REDCap's easy-to-use, intuitive features allow users to rapidly build and manage secure online surveys and databases.

Unix: The Basics

Use this online course to go from little to no experience to being functional with UNIX/LINUX in a supercomputing environment. *This course is available online 24/7 via Expand.

Intro to High Performance Computing (HPC)

This workshop introduces IU faculty, staff, and students to high performance computing. Commensurate with the online Carbonate course. *View the course content online via GitHub and BOX or archive of course presentations via YouTube. *This workshop will be offered again in Spring 2021.

HPC Onboarding for Biologists

The National Center for Genome Analysis Support (NCGAS) provides this high performance computing (HPC) workshop to help new users learn about HPC resources available to them, other course offerings, and NCGAS services. *View the archive of May 2020 workshop online. *This workshop will be offered again in February 2021.

Jetstream Overview: A national research and education cloud

This workshop introduces IU researchers to Jetstream, a cloud resource supporting education and research. *Virtual workshop available online.

Carbonate Supercomputer

This online course helps users become familiar with IU's supercomputers; from storage and security best practices to job execution. It is commensurate with the in-person Intro to HPC workshop. *This course is available online 24/7 via Expand.

Research Desktop (RED)

This online course helps users learn to use the graphical interface, RED, to access IU's supercomputers. Learn storage options, security, the RED desktop features, and practical experiences. *This course is available 24/7 online via Expand.

Storage for High Performance Computing

Learn the basics of using storage on IU’s supercomputing systems, including data lifecycles and types, moving data in and out of IU systems, and finish with hands-on experience.

Statistical and Numerical Software for HPC

Learn about SAS, R, and Matlab on HPC systems, including functions, submitting jobs, and setting environmental variables for performance boosts.

Intro to R for Biologists

In this National Center for Genome Analysis Support workshop/course, learn about the Bioconductor Project and the basics of RStudio—data types, classes, objects, and more—and how to write and use a function. *Download the course materials (pdf or zip) and view the workshop presentations via YouTube. *The online version of this course is available online 24/7 via Expand.

Services for Digital Humanities and Creative Activities

These seminars introduce humanities and creative practitioners to IU services available to them. *View the archived presentations via YouTube.

Augmented, Virtual, and Extended Reality Seminar Series

This informational series highlights some of the services UITS has to offer, from 3D object acquisition to virtual reality for education and research. *View the archived presentations via YouTube.

Impact of Virtual Reality

The UITS Advanced Visualization Lab presented a seminar series on how the medium of virtual reality has proven to be useful in fields ranging from education and learning to training, science, design and evaluation. *View the archived presentations via YouTube.

De novo assembly of transcriptomes using HPC resources

The National Center for Genome Analysis Support (NCGAS) offered this workshop on HPC usage and de novo transcriptome assembly. *View the course content online via GitHub or course presentations via YouTube.

Parallel Programming for Data Science (Matlab, R, Python)

This workshop introduces strategies to utilize multiple processors to solve research problems using Matlab, R, and Python.

Parallel Programming for Modeling and Simulation (C, C++, Fortran)

This workshop presents an introduction to using threads and message passing in traditional languages on IU's supercomputers.

Creating Research Posters

Learn how to make effective and engaging research posters

National Center for Genome Analysis Support

The National Center for Genome Analysis Support (NCGAS) offers workshops online and in-person at Indiana University (IUB and IUPUI) and at national/international conferences. Let NCGAS help you become more efficient in genome analysis via supercomputers and software designed specifically for your field of research/study.

Supercomputing for Everyone Series

Workshops are offered online and at the IU Bloomington and IUPUI campuses.

Supercomputing for Everyone Series workshops and seminars are led by personnel from Research Technologies, a division of University Information Technology Services and a center in the Pervasive Technology Institute at Indiana University.

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Supercomputing for Everyone Series

IU REDCap

Unix: The Basics

Intro to High Performance Computing (HPC)

HPC Onboarding for Biologists

Jetstream Overview: A national research and education cloud

Carbonate Supercomputer

Research Desktop (RED)

Storage for High Performance Computing

Statistical and Numerical Software for HPC

Intro to R for Biologists

Services for Digital Humanities and Creative Activities

Augmented, Virtual, and Extended Reality Seminar Series

Impact of Virtual Reality

De novo assembly of transcriptomes using HPC resources

Parallel Programming for Data Science (Matlab, R, Python)

Parallel Programming for Modeling and Simulation (C, C++, Fortran)

Creating Research Posters

National Center for Genome Analysis Support

Supercomputing for Everyone Series

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