Introduction to Supercomputing, part I

Online

If you need to perform many calculations, or analyses that are too big for your own system, clusters and supercomputers will provide the computing power you need. In this course, you will learn how to work with these large computing systems! What will you learn in this training? In this training you will: • understand what...

Introduction to Supercomputing, part I

Online

If you need to perform many calculations, or analyses that are too big for your own system, clusters and supercomputers will provide the computing power you need. In this course, you will learn how to work with these large computing systems! What will you learn in this training? In this training you will: • understand what...

High-Performance Deep Learning

Amsterdam Science Park Science Park 904, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Our online course on high-performance machine learning provides the necessary skills to train neural networks and extract the most relevant information from datasets. The first day will focus on basic deep learning knowledge and skills. The second day will focus on training neural networks on high-performance computing clusters. What? On day 1 of this course...

Introduction to SURF Research Cloud

Amsterdam Science Park Science Park 904, Amsterdam, Netherlands

This training explains cloud computing in general. The accompanying hands-on approach introduces you to (some of) the many features of SURF Research Cloud. You will learn how to create and manage your own virtual computing environment(s). For whom? Anyone who wants to use a flexible and customized environment to run powerful applications.The language of instruction...

Cluster Computing for Social Scientists with R

Amsterdam Science Park Science Park 904, Amsterdam, Netherlands

What will you learn? In this course, you will learn the basics of supercomputing. The day starts with an introduction to supercomputer architecture, including a hands-on session focused on running jobs on a supercomputer. The second half of the programme focuses on translating your R workflow from a GUI (Rstudio) workflow on your desktop to...

Introduction to Supercomputing, part I

Online

If you need to perform many calculations, or analyses that are too big for your own system, clusters and supercomputers will provide the computing power you need. In this course, you will learn how to work with these large computing systems! What will you learn in this training? In this training you will: • understand what...

Introduction to Supercomputing, part II

SURF Amsterdam Science Park 140, Amsterdam, Netherlands

If you have a basic understanding of clusters and supercomputers, know how to access the system, and can run basic jobs, this course will enhance your interaction with file systems and improve your input and output operations in your jobs. What will you learn in this training? In this training, you will: understand the differences...

Introduction to Supercomputing, part III

SURF Amsterdam Science Park 140, Amsterdam, Netherlands

If you are comfortable submitting jobs on HPC systems and managing input and output data on the file systems, this course will help you utilize the system's computing capacity by running parallel jobs effectively. What will you learn in this training? In this training, you will: learn the fundamentals of performance analysis understand the key...

Introduction Scientific Visualisation with Blender: Data, Lights, Camera, Action!

SURF Amsterdam Science Park 140, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Would you like to make 3D visualizations that are visually more attractive than what ParaView or VisIt can provide? Do you need an image for a grant application that needs to look spectacular? Would you like to create a cool animation of your simulation data? Then this course may be for you! What will you...