Research Computing Trainings & Workshops

One of Research Computing Services (RCS) primary goals is to share knowledge and expertise from across our campuses and beyond with Columbia's researchers through trainings, webinars, bootcamps, and info sessions.

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Research Computing Events Around CU
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Industry Webinars
External Resources: Online Tutorials

Recent Trainings from CUIT

Upcoming trainings will be advertised here as they are scheduled.

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April 23: Intro to Intel GPU, oneAPI tools

Intel's Developer Tools Team presents the Intel oneAPI analysis tools, including Intel Advisor, which can help optimize your CPU code for GPU use or adjust Nvidia-code for Intel's new Max GPUs.

CUIT announces an exciting opportunity to join the Insomnia HPC cluster to test and explore Intel’s new 1100 Max GPUs (a seed donation from Dell/Intel).

Intro to HPC Training Series
Intro to HPC Training Series

CUIT's HPC Engineering Team presents an overview of Linux, Linux shell scripting commands, and high performance computing concepts, followed by hands-on training on how to leverage the powers of HPC using Columbia's shared cluster, Insomnia. Users following along with provisioned HPC accounts using commands provided in the training.

Upcoming Research Computing Events around CU

Opportunities designed specifically for Columbia's world-class research community. Forward us more at [email protected].

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April 26-May 10: Machine Learning Mini-Course

Hosted by Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) in collaboration with the Data Science Institute. Open to all at CU.

This free mini-course includes three short classes that cover the fundamentals of machine learning, common terminology, and the typical steps of the ML workflow: task definition, data collection, model development, and deployment.

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May-August 2024: Skills for Health and Research Professionals (SHARP) Trainings

Hosted by Mailman School of Public Health, open to all at CU who meet technical background requirements.

Short, intensive boot camps led by field experts to teach in-demand research skills and methods to investigators at all career levels. Trainings include Python Data Wrangling Boot Camp, Stat Analysis with Missing Data Workshop, Code Rigor with R Boot Camp and more!

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Our colleagues from Research Data Services at the Columbia Libraries also offer on-demand workshops and class visits on applications for a range of popular tools, including R, Stata, Git.

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Industry Webinars

RCS maintains relationships with our vendor partners to help support research and education, including Intel, NVIDIA, AWS, Globus, SnapGene, GraphPad Prism and more. Let us know if you want us to look into arranging a webinar on a specific topic for our Columbia users!

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April 24 | Globus: Introduction for Researchers & New Users
Intel GenAI
April 30 | Intel: GenAI Fundamentals Workshop with OpenVINO
Harmonizing Science & Data to Create a Better Future, TogetherFrom developing new personalized and preventive patient treatment solutions to revising climate change - Dotmatics solutions are at the core of scientific innovation.
May 8 | Dotmatics: Maximize Your Data Impact in 2024
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On Demand | NVIDIA: GPU Acceleration with the C++ Standard Library

Online Tutorials

Cornell Virtual Workshops

Cornell has pioneered an intuitive learning platform with trainings on programming languages (e.g. Python, R, MATLAB), parallel computing, code optimization, and data analysis. The platform supports learning communities around the world, with code examples from national systems such as Frontera, Stampede2, and Jetstream2.