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

Online

What. In this course, we introduce Blender from the basics, starting with the user interface and basic functionality. We cover the 3D scene, cameras, lighting and materials, and some basic mesh editing and animation. It helps to have some familiarity with basic 3D graphics concepts, such as 3D geometry, transformations and rendering, but it will...

Accelerated Applications Using HW-SW Co-design

SURF Utrecht Moreelsepark 48, Utrecht, Netherlands

On Dec 6-2023, SURF organizes, together with the HW Acceleration Network community, a HW acceleration workshop focused on application development using a HW-SW co-design approach. This talk is part of the “FIRE: FPGA Innovation Research Exchange“ series of events.The focus of this event is on optimizing applications on heterogeneous CPU-accelerator systems, addressing system design challenges...

FIRE: FPGA Innovation Research Exchange

SURF Utrecht Moreelsepark 48, Utrecht, Netherlands

You are most welcome! This is the third of a series of seminars bringing together FPGA practitioners, computer science and engineering experts, scientific computing experts, application owners and HPC providers. We will attempt to build a community through which we discuss and evaluate the need and usability of FPGAs in HPC and Scientific Computing. The...

Advanced Computing User Day

Royal Tropical Institute Amsterdam Mauritskade 64, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Reserve December 7 in your calendar for the Advanced Computing User Day. A day with best practices, the latest developments in HPC and the place where you can meet other HPC users and get in touch with experts from different sectors such as Physics and Astronomy; Biology and Bioinformatics; Climate and Earth Sciences to exchange...

Introduction to Supercomputing

Online

What will you learn in this training? In this training you will do practical exercises to learn how to use the national supercomputer Snellius effectively and how to complete your tasks with minimal effort in the shortest possible time.For whomAnyone who wants to know how to perform huge computing tasks.The language of instruction is English.PrerequisitesBasic...

Introduction training supercomputing part I

SURF Amsterdam Science Park 140, Amsterdam, Netherlands

What will you learn in this training? In this training you will do practical exercises to learn how to use the national supercomputer Snellius effectively and how to complete your tasks with minimal effort in the shortest possible time. For whom. Anyone who wants to know how to perform huge computing tasks. The language of...

Introduction training supercomputing part II

SURF Amsterdam Science Park 140, Amsterdam, Netherlands

What will you learn in this course? This course is a follow-up to the first introductory Supercomputing course, where you can take a deeper dive into the use of supercomputers with a special focus on efficiency and good practices and a very practical approach. The format of this course includes the following modules: Fundamentals of...

Introduction SURF Research Cloud

UvA campus (Science Park) A1.16 Amsterdam, Netherlands

This training course explains cloud computing in general. The accompanying hands-on approach introduces you to (some of) the many possibilities of SURF Research Cloud. You will learn how to create and manage your own virtual computing environment(s). At the end, you will feel comfortable enough to install your own applications, and benefit from the power...

Big Data Processing in Astronomy and Earth Observation: Synergies & Shared Challenges

SURF Utrecht Moreelsepark 48, Utrecht, Netherlands

Do you engage with Big Data in your research in Astronomy or Earth Observation? Or do you want to learn about innovative projects in these domains with a strong data processing component? Then join this seminar, organised by SURF and NSO, bringing together the Astronomy and Earth Observation communities to discuss shared challenges and best...