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SUMMARY:Course Basic Parallel Programming with MPI and OpenMP
DESCRIPTION:This 2-day basic course is focused on providing an introduction to parallel programming using the most widely used approaches: Message Passing Interface (MPI) and Open Multi-Processing (OpenMP). \n\n\n\n\n\nYou will start exploring the benefits (and limitations) of parallel programming\, and then you will explore the possibilities that task and data parallelism offer to develop multi-core and multi-node programs. Each session includes hands-on exercises to facilitate the understanding of the different constructs. As a participant\, you have already some familiarity with C or Fortran programming\, and in these two days you will be able to start the development of your own parallel application. \nRequirements\n\nBasic knowledge of one programming language among C\, Fortran or Python\nBasic knowledge of the operating system Linux\n\nPart of the materials from this course are kindly provided by the collaboration between PRACE and HLRS. \nAdvanced course\nRight after this short course you will have the opportunity to continue exploring advanced topics on parallel programming and everyday use of MPI/OpenMP. For this you’ll also need to register for the following advanced course. \n\nSign up
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/course-basic-parallel-programming-with-mpi-and-openmp/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230606T090000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to supercomputing
DESCRIPTION:When you need to perform many calculations\, or analyses that are too large for your own system\, clusters and supercomputers provide the computing power you need. In this course\, you will learn to work with the national supercomputer Snellius and the national computing cluster Lisa. \n  \n\n\n\nWhat will you learn in this training?\nIn this training you will do practical exercises to learn how to effectively use the national computing cluster Lisa and the national supercomputer Snellius and how to complete your tasks with minimal effort in the shortest possible time. \nFor whom?\nAnyone who wants to know how to perform massive computing tasks.\nThe language of instruction is English. \nPrerequisites\nBasic knowledge of Unix shell is helpful. \n\n\n\n\nSign up for free
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/introduction-to-supercomputing-3/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230530
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230602
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SUMMARY:Bonn Sustainable AI Conference 2023
DESCRIPTION:Theme 2023: Sustainable AI Across Borders\,\nDate: May 30th to June 1st  2023\,\nLocation: Universitätsclub Bonn\, Germany\n\nAre you interested in what AI means in terms of sustainability? On the one hand\, wonderful solutions can be achieved through AI\, on the other hand\, it also causes great CO2 emissions. How can you deal with this? The Sustainable AI event organized by Bonn Sustainable AI lab affiliated with Bonn University in Germany addresses this.\n\nThis is the second Sustainable AI conference organized by the Bonn Sustainable AI lab at Bonn University’s Institute for Science and Ethics (IWE). The focus of the first conference in June 2021 was to create a community of researchers in the space of Sustainable AI and to raise awareness on the topic. The second conference will focus on cross cultural perspectives to address the variety and scope of ethical issues on a global scale.\n\nAn inspiration for this theme is to acknowledge the reality that certain countries play an integral role in the early production phase and the waste management but may never experience the benefits of AI.\n\nRegistrate (no costs): https://sustainable-ai-conference.eu/
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/bonn-sustainable-ai-conference-2023/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230524T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230524T180000
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SUMMARY:SURF Research Bootcamp
DESCRIPTION:Together with Maastricht University and the MUMC\, SURF is organising the SURF Research Bootcamp. The bootcamp is organised for researchers and research support staff. An interesting program awaits\, featuring exciting hands-on workshops and an informative session. This is an free\, on-site event at Maastricht University. \n  \nProgramme\nFrom 13:00 – 16:00\, you can attend a workshop or an information session. You can choose from three workshops and one information session. \nFrom 16.00 – 18.00 we will organise drinks to conclude the SURF Bootcamp. \nSome sessions have a participant limit\, so register soon. Please note that the medium of communication for this event is English\, and it is exclusively an on-site event.  \nWorkshops and information session\n1. Workshop Ldot\, a study management system developed by Maastricht University. \nLdot is an app that can securely store participant data for scientific research and simplify logistics. This session will discuss experiences with storing data and logistical challenges\, and demonstrate Ldot’s functionality. The coordinator of the Cardiac Tissue Repository\, Michiel Henkens\, will explain how Ldot has helped with logistics\, and attendees can try out Ldot in different use cases. \n2. Personal Health Train (PHT) workshop \nThis session introduces the Personal Health Train (PHT) concept and includes a hands-on session. The PHT brings algorithms to where the data is\, rather than centralizing the data. It allows controlled access to diverse data sources while ensuring privacy and patient engagement. Health data is made FAIR before being stored in stations controlled by individuals\, physicians\, hospitals\, biobanks\, and data repositories. \n3. Workshop on building a virtual research environment (VRE) with SURF Research Cloud \nSURF Research Cloud is a portal for efficiently building virtual research workplaces. You can use pre-configured workspaces and datasets or add your own datasets. This session is usefull for anyone who wants to use a flexible and customized environment to run powerful applications. It is also a useful kickstarter for current HPC Cloud users. \n4. Support4Research: Presentation of various SURF services for Research Data Management \nThe focus of this session will be on various SURF services for research\, particularly successful use cases achieved through collaboration with Maastricht University and the UMC. Services such as SURF Research Access Management\, a range of Research Data Management services (including iRODS\, Yoda\, SURF Research Drive and Data archive) and compute services will be presented. Don’t miss the chance to discover how these services can take your research to the next level!
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/surf-research-bootcamp/
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SUMMARY:SURF Research Day
DESCRIPTION:The national conference that connects research\, IT and innovation. The event takes place on May 23rd 2023. This years theme is: Get On Board. The programme is a combination of offline and online. \nIn this event you will discover current and future technologies that will help you improve and push your research. Besides that it’s the perfect place to connect with the research world and get inspired by interesting speakers. On top of all\, the winner of the SURF Research Support Champion will be announced during Research Week. \nEntrance is free! \nRegistration is open \n  \nWhat to expect?\n\n\n\nDiscover current and future technologies that will help you push the boundaries of your research.\nConnect with research communities\, peers\, and people from SURF.\nGet inspired by prominent speakers.\nShare your thoughts on hot topics such as secure data sharing\, open science\, artificial intelligence\, or energy-efficient computing.\nLearn how to work effectively with our high-end IT solutions.\nFind out who this year’s SURF Research Support Champions are.\n\n\n\n  \nMore information
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/surf-research-week/
LOCATION:Rijtuigenloods\, Piet Mondriaanplein 61\, Amersfoort\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230516T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230516T170000
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SUMMARY:Machine Learning on HPC systems (1 day)
DESCRIPTION:You want to train a neural network for your research project\, and have just gotten access to a high performance cluster with a lot of powerful hardware. Great! But\, how can you make sure that you’ll use these (expensive!) resources effectively? In this course\, you will learn how to get the most results out of the computational budget you were granted. \n  \n\n\n\nIn this course you will learn:\n\nHow to set up your software environment\, and why the preinstalled software modules are useful;\nHow the file I/O might limit your training speed\, and how to overcome that;\nAbout the technical capabilities of modern day CPUs and GPUs (reduced precision datatypes\, vector/matrix instructions);\nHow to find bottlenecks in your code through creating a (PyTorch) profile;\nHow to use multiple CPUs or GPUs in a single training (parallel computing for deep learning).\n\nWho?\nMachine Learning researchers whose requirements for training their neural networks have outgrown their local computer\, and are using or planning to use a high performance computing cluster (such as Snellius) to train their models. \nPrerequisites\n\nBasic knowledge in PyTorch\, TensorFlow or a similar framework;\nBasic knowledge on Python programming. Some experience in using Jupyter notebooks is desireable\, but not essential;\nBasic knowledge in using a high performance computing cluster (see our course ‘Introduction to cluster and supercomputing);\nSpecifically: know how to submit a job\, and how to interact with the module environment.\n\n\n\n\nSign up: https://events.surf.nl/kort4/open/8e6e2802-7165-479f-ae4e-be242555961e  *Please note\, registration closes May 15! 
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/machine-learning-on-hpc-systems-1-day/
LOCATION:SURF Amsterdam\, Science Park 140\, Amsterdam\, 1098 XG\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230502T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230505T170000
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SUMMARY:EuroCC-AMD Workshop: Developing HPC Applications with AMD GPUs
DESCRIPTION:AMD\, in collaboration with CASTIEL-EuroCC\, will be giving a workshop on developing HPC applications for AMD GPUs. The workshop will begin with a developer’s view of the AMD system GPUS and associated hardware. Then it will cover a few different programming options including HIP and OpenMP. There will be some presentations on obtaining the best performance for your application. The workshop will then introduce some of the available AMD profiling and debugging tools. \nThe workshop is open for CASTIEL and EuroCC due to the limited amount of places and it targets application developers with an understanding of recent HPC computing hardware and computing environments. \nNo prior GPU programming experience is necessary. \nThe content will be about 30%/40%/30% Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced. \n  \n  \n2 May 2023Time                     Topic13:00 – 13:15     CASTIEL Intro13:15 – 13:25     AMD Presentation Roadmap13:25 – 13:45     Introduction to the System for Exercises13:45 – 14:00     Introduction to AMD Architecture14:00 – 14:15     Break14:15 – 15:15     Introduction to HIP15:15 – 15:45     HIP Exercises15:45 – 16:00     HIPFort16:00 – 16:15     Break16:15 – 16:40     Porting applications to HIP16:40 – 16:55     Porting exercises16:55 – 17:00     Wrap-up \n3 May 2023Time                    Topic13:00 – 13:50     Getting Started with OpenMP® Offload Applications on AMD Accelerators13:50 – 14:30     OpenMP® exercises14:30 – 14:45     Break14:45 – 15:00     OpenACC15:00 – 16:00     Advanced OpenMP® offloading16:00 – 16:10     Break16:10 – 16:40     Advanced OpenMP® Exercises16:40 – 16:50     Mixing HIP and OpenMP®16:50 – 16:55     Infinity Hub/HPC Community16:55 – 17:00     Wrap-up \n4 May 2023Time                     Topic13:00 – 13:40     Kokkos13:40 – 13:55     Kokkos Exercises13:55 – 14:05     Break14:05 – 14:30     AMD Communication Fabrics and GPU-Aware MPI14:30 – 14:45     GPU Aware Exercises14:45 – 14:55     Break14:55 – 15:35     AMD Node Memory Model15:35 – 15:50     Memory Model Exercises15:50 – 16:00     Break16:00 – 16:40     Affinity — Placement\, Ordering and Binding16:40 – 16:55     Affinity exercises16:55 – 17:00     Wrap-up \n5 May 2023Time                     Topic13:00 – 13:20     Introduction to Rocprof13:20 – 13:35     Rocprof Exercises13:35 – 14:00     Introduction to Omnitrace14:00 – 14:15     Omnitrace Exercises14:15 – 14:25     Break14:25 – 15:25     Roofline15:25 – 15:55     Introduction to Omniperf15:55 – 16:10     Exercises – Omniperf16:10 – 16:20     Break16:20 – 16:55     Debuggers – rocgdb16:55 – 17:00     Wrap-up \nYou need to register in advance for this workshop.Before the event\, you will receive a link from Webex to join the meeting. \n  \nIf you would like to participate in the workshop\, please register in advance by Monday 24 April\, EoD: https://www.eurocc-access.eu/event/eurocc-amd-workshop-developing-hpc-applications-with-amd-gpus/
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/eurocc-amd-workshop-developing-hpc-applications-with-amd-gpus/
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230426T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230426T143000
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SUMMARY:Digital Competence Centre projects 2022 presentation (III)
DESCRIPTION:The 10 initiatives taken up through the Digital Competence Centres in 2022 include interesting projects in the areas of virtual data assistance\, Yoda\, SRAM and text mining. In this third and final information session\, we will interactively share the results of three projects. \n  \nRegistration in advance is not necessary\, you are cordially invited to join online! \nPresentations 26 April\n\n\n\n1. FY4C – FAIR Yoda for communities\nLeiden University\, Utrecht University\, Vrije Universiteit\, Wageningen University and Erasmus University Rotterdam\n\n\n2. Validation Anonymisation Tooling (VAT)\nAmsterdam UMC\n\n\n3. Data Stations\nSANS-KNAW\n\n\n\n* Note: the presentations are in English \nBackground\nThe digitisation of science is noticeable in all fields and disciplines. The implementation plan “Investments in digital research infrastructure” describes how Digital Competence Centres (DCCs) are to play a role in pooling and sharing knowledge and expertise in the field of digitisation. SURF has an important role in technically facilitating and coordinating the secure\, federated system to interconnect the DCCs and in supporting the DCCs in knowledge sharing. SURF supports the DCCs\, including by issuing calls for proposals\, organising a SURF Research Bootcamp and facilitating the DCC-IN network. \nFor whom?\nAll those interested in DCCs. Institutions not affiliated to SURF and other interested parties are also welcome to join! \nParticipation\nRegistration in advance is not necessary: you can join online on the day itself. See the MS Teams link for this third session on 26 April on this page. \nContact\nMore background information? Email dcc-support@surf.nl.
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/digital-competence-centre-projects-2022-presentation-iii/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Moscow:20230426T080000
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SUMMARY:Spring School in Computational Chemistry
DESCRIPTION:The Spring School provides a comprehensive\, tutorial-style\, hands-on\, introductory and intermediate-level treatment of the essential methods for molecular modeling and computational chemistry using modern supercomputers. During 3 days you will learn more about:* Classical molecular dynamics\, intro + hands on (1 day)* Electronic structure theory\, intro + hands on (1 day)* Machine learning in chemistry\, intro + hands on* Special topics on enhanced sampling techniques and visualizationThe school is a must for graduate students in the field\, providing an overview of “what can be calculated and how should it be done”. It’s also a great opportunity to build your professional network! The intense schedule might also be suitable for an industry representative to get a hands-on introduction to modelling. To get an idea of the depth in which the topics are covered\, take a look at the materials from the 2020 School or a blog entry of the 2019 School.The school has a participation fee of 120 EUR (+ VAT). It covers the lectures\, coffees\, lunches\, poster session snacks\, and the sauna + dinner.The first registration DL is 26th March\, but if seats are free beyond it\, registering will be possible also later.A more detailed description\, with links to previous Schools and registration at:https://ssl.eventilla.com/sscc-2023
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/spring-school-in-computational-chemistry/
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230421T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230421T123000
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SUMMARY:Introduction to supercomputing
DESCRIPTION:When you need to perform many calculations\, or analyses that are too large for your own system\, clusters and supercomputers provide the computing power you need. In this course\, you will learn to work with the national supercomputer Snellius and the national computing cluster Lisa. \n  \n\n\n\nWhat will you learn in this training?\nIn this training you will do practical exercises to learn how to effectively use the national computing cluster Lisa and the national supercomputer Snellius and how to complete your tasks with minimal effort in the shortest possible time. \nFor whom?\nAnyone who wants to know how to perform massive computing tasks.\nThe language of instruction is English. \nPrerequisites\nBasic knowledge of Unix shell is helpful.
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/introduction-to-supercomputing-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Training
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230417T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230421T170000
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SUMMARY:LUMI: Hackathon - Optimizing for AMD GPUs
DESCRIPTION:The Hackathon is a way for you to get free help to optimize your software for the AMD GPUs available on LUMI-G! \nYou can apply if you are a researcher or a company located in either one of the LUMI consortium countries or a member of EuroHPC country. Ph.D. students and holders of postdoctoral fellowships are also eligible to apply. Up to six (6) projects will be selected for this hackathon. The selected projects will receive help from HPE and AMD staff of the HPE Center of Excellence for LUMI and from members of the LUMI User Support Team. The Hackathon will be on site at CSC in Espoo (close to Helsinki). The deadline for applications is February 24 2023. \nThere will be another hackathon in the second half of 2023. \nThe following sections give more detail on what to expect and describe how you can apply. In order to make sure we can properly support those who attend we are asking for some information on what you hope to achieve. \nWho can apply\nThis is an open call. Anyone who is a member of an organization eligible to receive an allocation for LUMI compute resources is also welcome to apply to this program. In brief\, this means that a research software developer affiliated with a research organization in the EuroHPC countries and/or countries part of the LUMI consortium can apply. A company\, which has its headquarters in such countries\, is also eligible. By partnering with European research groups and/or companies\, a non-European applicant can also participate\, but please note that the principal investigator of any projects that apply will need to be based in the EU or an associated country. Ph.D. students and holders of postdoctoral fellowships are also eligible to apply\, but we may ask for further letters of support in such cases. \nFor more information\, please see: \n\nLUMI General Terms of Use https://www.lumi-supercomputer.eu/lumi-general-terms-of-use_1-0/\nEuroHPC JU Access Policy https://eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2021-03/Decision%2006.2021%20-%20Access%20policy.pdf\n\nWhat we are looking for\nWe are looking for research groups and companies interested in making their scientific software utilize efficiently the new AMD GPU-compute architecture in LUMI\, in collaboration with LUMI experts. We are looking for proposals outlining a team effort of solving performance bottlenecks in existing software. The scope should be limited so that the task can be accomplished in one week with your team of two (2) to four (4) people. \nCollectively the team should know the application intimately. There will be intensive mentoring during this 5-day hands-on workshop. Mentors come from HPE’s Center of Excellence\, and the LUMI User Support Team and will help your team accomplish your team’s goal.  We expect that your software already compiles and runs on AMD GPUs\, preferably with a build system based on standard tools like Make or CMake. \nIt is an advantage if intended work is mainly in their own source code\, and not in external third-party libraries (for which they are not the main developers)\, as it may be difficult to interact quickly with third parties during the hackathon. \nWe are mainly looking for software with open source licenses\, or at least free academic use. We will consider commercially licensed software only in exceptional cases. \nHow to apply\nClosing date: 24 February 2023\, 17:00 CETHackathon period: 17-21 April 2023 \nWe will organise an accompanying course about profiling GPU programs the week before the hackathon. It will happen online on the 13 April from 9:00 until 17:00. Attendance from teams joining the hackathon is advised. \nPlease register here: https://ssl.eventilla.com/event/yWdEZ \nThe application form is relatively short and we ask for: contact information\, a short technical description of the software (programming languages\, libraries etc)\, a description of the intended work\, and a motivation for why a successful effort will useful for the end-users (scientists). \nTeams whose application successfully passes the selection process will need to register for the event to confirm participation within two weeks from notification of acceptance. The notification of acceptance will include information on how to register. \nHow we will assess your application\nAssessment process\nThe teams will be selected based on a scientific and technical review. The scientific review is performed by the LUMI consortium and/or external evaluators. The technical review is performed by the LUMI User Support Team and HPE/AMD Center of Excellence (“CoE”). We may ask for an interview to discuss your proposal (done remotely). In such case\, applicants will be provided with comments prior to the interview in order to prepare. The interview will only be focused on the technical feasibility and not on the scientific merit. \nAssessment criteria\nThe scientific assessment is mainly done with respect to the potential impact in the specific field of science where the software will be used. Relatively less importance will be paid to the scientific track record of the applicants. Furthermore\, the proposed software and/or implementation is evaluated relative to the state-of-the-art in the field\, and if a successful effort would fill a gap in the currently available software on LUMI. \n  \nThe technical assessment is mainly done with respect to the technical feasibility of porting the software to AMD GPUs and subsequently running on the LUMI supercomputer. These include both: 1) technical aspects of the software such as programming language\, the use of libraries and frameworks\, and the internal data structures and algorithms\, and 2) the practical aspects such the difficulty of achieving the goal during the hackathon and the team’s ability to participate on-site. In particular\, the software development track record of the applicant (or applicants)\, and the balance of skills in the final project team\, which will include staff from the HPE CoE and the LUMI User Support Team\, will be taken into account. Projected software speed-ups or preliminary benchmarks are helpful in the evaluation\, but are not required. \nVenue\nThe hackathon will be held at CSC – IT center for science in Espoo\, Finland on April 17-21. It will start around lunchtime on the 17th and end at lunchtime on the 21st to allow for travel. The region is served by Helsinki-Vantaan airport. It takes approximately 1h to reach CSC from the airport. We do not provide accommodation. \nContact details\nFor any other specific information\, please contact: \n\nLUMI User Support\nDetailed technical information about LUMI can be found in this blog post.
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/lumi-hackathon-optimizing-for-amd-gpus/
LOCATION:CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd\, Keilaranta 14\, Epsoo\, 02150\, Finland
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SUMMARY:Introduction to Portable GPU Programming
DESCRIPTION:Join AMD for an interactive live webinar! \nExperience the power and adaptability of AMD Instinct™ GPUs and ROCm™ software. Discover the ease of porting CUDA code to HIP with our easy to use ‘hipify’ tools that allow you to make your already written code effortlessly portable across AMD Instinct™ accelerators and other GPUs. \nDuring this 60-minute event\, attendees will receive an overview of the AMD Instinct™ M100 and MI200 series accelerators and the ROCm™ compilers\, libraries\, and tools. Attendees will then learn how to hipify existing code and program AMD GPUs with HIP and OpenMP 4.5. Stick around after the presentation for a live Q&A with our ROCm expert\, Joe Schoonover.  Sounds like something you would like to be a part of? \n  \nThursday\, March 30th\, 2023\, 1PM CT \nRegister Now \n 
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/introduction-to-portable-gpu-programming/
CATEGORIES:Training
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SUMMARY:Digital Competence Centre projects 2022 presentation (II)
DESCRIPTION:The 10 initiatives taken up through the Digital Competence Centres in 2022 include interesting projects on virtual data assistance\, Yoda\, SRAM and textmining. SURF is organising three online information sessions to share the results. \n\n\nIn an interactive manner\, each online session will cover three projects/pilots of pathways completed by 2022. Registration in advance is not necessary\, you are cordially invited to join one or more sessions online! \nPresentations 27 March\n\n\n\n1. Textmining in Dutch-language medical text\nUMC Utrecht\, Erasmus MC\, Radboud UMC and UMC Groningen\n\n\n2. Building Containerised Workflow for FAIR Data Cube\nRadboud UMC\n\n\n3. Collaborative Oral History Research Environment (CORE)\nUniversity of Amsterdam\n\n\n\n* Note: the presentations are in English \nBackground\nThe digitisation of science is noticeable in all fields and disciplines. The implementation plan “Investments in digital research infrastructure” describes how Digital Competence Centres (DCCs) are to play a role in pooling and sharing knowledge and expertise in the field of digitisation. SURF has an important role in technically facilitating and coordinating the secure\, federated system to interconnect the DCCs and in supporting the DCCs in knowledge sharing. SURF supports the DCCs\, including by issuing calls for proposals\, organising a SURF Research Bootcamp and facilitating the DCC-IN network. \nFor whom?\nAll those interested in DCCs. Institutions not affiliated to SURF and other interested parties are also welcome to join! \nParticipate\nRegistration in advance is not necessary: you can join one or more online sessions. See the MS Teams link for the second session on 27 March on this page. \nContact\nMore background information? Email dcc-support@surf.nl.
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/digital-competence-centre-projects-2022-presentation-ii/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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SUMMARY:Developer Conference: NVIDIA GTC - Addressing the AI Skills Gap
DESCRIPTION:Demand for AI and HPC programming skills is booming. As demand grows\, a skill gap is forming. \nBring your questions to the panel “Addressing the AI Skills Gap” on March 22 at 2pm CET with DIGITALEUROPE\,  TechUK\, MinnaLearn\, BME and EuroCC at #GTC23 as we discuss the most in-demand skills in the market\, and options for bridging the skills gap. \n  \nDemand for AI\, accelerated computing\, and HPC programming skills is booming. And as this demand grows\, a notable skill gap is forming. If you’re a business leader who’s facing these issues or a developer planning next career steps\, join this… \nSpeakers \nKevin McFall\,  Master Instructor\, NVIDIA \nViivi Pitkanen\, Co-founder & Head of Growth\, MinnaLearn \nMartina Blazkova\, PhD\, Senior Education and Training Officer\, Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación \nBálint Gyires-Tóth\, PhD\, Associate Professor\, Budapest University of Technology and Economics \nHelena Lovegrove\, Director of Operations and Projects\, DIGITALEUROPE \nNimmi Patel\, Head of Skills\, Talent and Diversity\, techUK \nIndustry: All Industries\nTopic: Deep Learning – Frameworks \nWednesday\, Mar 22 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CET \n  \nRegister > \nGTC Developer Conference:\nExplore Breakthroughs in AI\, Accelerated Computing\, and Beyond at GTC\nThe Conference for the Era of AI and the Metaverse
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/developer-conferance-nvidia-gtc-addressing-the-ai-skills-gap/
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:Your secrets are safe with us: Tooling for research with sensitive data
DESCRIPTION:Many areas of research deal with sensitive data that cannot be shared widely. They have to be protected due to privacy\, intellectual property\, or other reasons. In this event\, we will discuss several projects\, tools and techniques to work with sensitive data in research. \nIn the context of open science\, research data are increasingly shared for reuse. When working with sensitive data\, however\, such sharing is often hampered due to privacy\, intellectual property or other limitations due to the sensitive nature of the data. This limits the degree of reuse in research tremendously. More and more\, however\, solutions and strategies are being developed to circumvent these limitations. \n\n\nThe aim of this afternoon is to give an overview of current projects\, tools and techniques to work safely with sensitive data. The afternoon will consist of short presentations and demos\, with ample room for questions\, and drinks afterwards. \n\n\n\n\nProgramme Tuesday March 21\nChair: Annette Langedijk \n\n13:00-13:30 Doors open\n13:30-13:40: Welcome (Matthijs van Otegem\, Director University Library Utrecht)\nPresentations and demo’s:\n\n13:40-13:55 The Data Privacy Project (Dorien Huijser\, Utrecht University)\n13:55-14:20 Tools-to-Data (Joris van Zundert\, Huygens Institute)\n14:20-14:45 Federated learning (Esther Bron\, Erasmus Medical Center\, Health-RI)\n14:45-15:15 Break\n15:15-15:40 D3I – A platform for digital trace data donation (Laura van Boeschoten\, Utrecht University)\n15:40-16:05 Synthetic data (Erik-Jan van Kesteren\, Utrecht University\, ODISSEI SODA team)\n16:05-16:30 Overview of privacy-preserving techniques (Freek Dijkstra\, SURF)\n\n\n16:30-17:00: Closing with drinks\n\n\n\n\n\nFor whom\nThe event is intended for research data support staff and researchers with an interest in working with sensitive research data. It will provide an opportunity to learn about existing initiatives and connect with similarly interested colleagues. \nOrganisation\nSURF and Utrecht University. \n\nMore information & registrate
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/research-with-sensitive-data/
LOCATION:Utrecht University\, Heidelberglaan 3\, Utrecht\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230228T170000
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SUMMARY:Digital Competence Centre projects 2022 presentation (I)
DESCRIPTION:The 10 initiatives taken up through the Digital Competence Centres in 2022 include interesting projects in the areas of virtual data assistance\, Yoda\, SRAM and textmining. SURF is organising three online information sessions in February\, March and April to share the results. \n  \n\n\n\nIn an interactive manner\, each online session will cover three projects/pilots of pathways completed by 2022. Registration in advance is not necessary\, you are cordially invited to join one or more sessions online! \nPresentations 28 February\n\n\n\n1. Research Cloud Community Engagement\nUtrecht University\, TU Eindhoven and Wageningen University\n\n\n2. Research Software Directory: software in the shop window\nAmsterdam UMC\, Leiden University\, Utrecht University and Netherlands eScience Center\n\n\n3. Bootcamps: Towards Circular Science\nMaastricht University\n\n\n\nBackground\nThe digitisation of science is noticeable in all fields and disciplines. The implementation plan “Investments in digital research infrastructure” describes how Digital Competence Centres (DCCs) are to play a role in pooling and sharing knowledge and expertise in the field of digitisation. SURF has an important role in technically facilitating and coordinating the secure\, federated system to interconnect the DCCs and in supporting the DCCs in knowledge sharing. SURF supports the DCCs\, including by issuing calls for proposals\, organising a SURF Research Bootcamp and facilitating the DCC-IN network. \nFor whom?\nAll those interested in DCCs. Institutions not affiliated to SURF and other interested parties are also welcome to join! \nParticipation\nRegistration in advance is not necessary: you can join one or more online sessions. The MS Teams link for the first session on 28 February can be found on this page. \nFollow the session via this link\, Registration in advance is not necessary. \nThe second and third sessions will take place on 27 March and 26 April. \nContact\nMore background information? Email dcc-support@surf.nl.
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/digital-competence-centre-projects-2022-presentation-i/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230207T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20230207T123000
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SUMMARY:Training: Introduction to supercomputing
DESCRIPTION:When you need to perform many calculations\, or analyses that are too large for your own system\, clusters and supercomputers provide the computing power you need. In this course\, you will learn to work with the national supercomputer Snellius and the national computing cluster Lisa. \nWhen you need to perform many calculations\, or analyses that are too large for your own system\, clusters and supercomputers provide the computing power you need. In this course\, you will learn to work with the national supercomputer Snellius and the national computing cluster Lisa. \nWhat will you learn in this training? \nIn this training you will do practical exercises to learn how to effectively use the national computing cluster Lisa and the national supercomputer Snellius and how to complete your tasks with minimal effort in the shortest possible time. \nFor whom?\nAnyone who wants to know how to perform massive computing tasks.\nThe language of instruction is English. \nPrerequisites\nBasic knowledge of Unix shell is helpful. \nSign up here!
URL:https://eurocc-netherlands.nl/calendar/introduction-to-supercomputing/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Training
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