Workshops
Fall 2022
The Fall 2022 OIT, CRC, & DSI workshop series provides a hands-on experience that will guide researchers from the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to advanced parallelization and application specific usage. The topics will cover information useful for researchers to quickly begin to use the advanced compute capabilities provided with the cluster. New users are encouraged to take advantage of the introductory “Introduction to HPC” workshop that will be given once monthly during the semester.
Fall 2022 OIT, CRC, & DSI Workshop Series - Open to All!
Date |
Time |
Workshop |
Series |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
8/23 |
10:00-12:00 |
Introduction to HPC |
1/1 |
Ford 124 |
8/30 |
12:30-2:30 |
Data Mining Using Rapid Miner |
1/1 |
FLE 109 |
9/2 |
10:00-12:00 |
C++ Programming Workshop |
1/6 |
Ford 124 |
9/6 |
10:00-12:00 |
Introduction to HPC |
1/1 |
Ford 124 |
9/7 |
12:30-2:30 |
Machine Learning in R |
1/2 |
FLE 109 |
9/9 |
12:30-2:30 |
Machine Learning in R |
2/2 |
FLE 110 |
9/14 |
12:30-2:30 |
Text Mining in R |
1/1 |
FLE 109 |
9/16 |
10:00-12:00 |
C++ Programming Workshop |
2/6 |
Ford 124 |
9/20 |
10:00-12:00 |
Parallel C++ STL |
1/1 |
Ford 124 |
9/21 |
12:30-2:30 |
Machine Learning in Python |
1/2 |
FLE 109 |
9/23 |
12:30-2:30 |
Machine Learning in Python |
2/2 |
FLE 110 |
9/27 |
10:00-12:00 |
Parallel C++ APIs |
1/1 |
Ford 124 |
9/30 |
10:00-12:00 |
C++ Programming Workshop |
3/6 |
Ford 124 |
10/4 |
10:00-12:00 |
Introduction to HPC |
1/1 |
Ford 124 |
10/5 |
12:30-2:30 |
Deep Learning with Python |
1/1 |
FLE 109 |
10/14 |
10:00-12:00 |
C++ Programming Workshop |
4/6 |
Ford 124 |
10/18 |
10:00-12:00 |
Using MPI |
1/1 |
Ford 124 |
10/25 |
10:00-12:00 |
Bridging C++ and Python |
1/1 |
Ford 124 |
10/28 |
10:00-12:00 |
C++ Programming Workshop |
5/6 |
Ford 124 |
11/1 |
10:00-12:00 |
Introduction to HPC |
1/1 |
Ford 124 |
11/8 |
10:00-12:00 |
Bridging C++ and R |
1/1 |
Ford 124 |
11/11 |
10:00-12:00 |
C++ Programming Workshop |
6/6 |
Ford 124 |
Spring 2022
The Spring 2022 Center for Research Computing workshop series will provide a hands-on experience that will guide researchers from the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to advanced parallelization and application specific usage. The topics will cover information useful for researchers to quickly begin to use the advanced compute capabilities provided with the cluster. New users are encouraged to take advantage of the introductory “ManeFrame II (M2) Introduction” workshop that will be given once monthly during the semester.
Date |
Time |
Workshop |
|---|---|---|
January 19 |
2-4 |
|
January 25 |
3-5 |
Introduction to Text and Data Mining |
January 26 |
2-4 |
Workflows in Python |
February 2 |
2-4 |
ManeFrame II (M2) Introduction |
February 9 |
2-4 |
|
February 15 |
3-5 |
Finding and Preparing Text Data Sets for Mining |
Febryary 16 |
1-4 |
Machine Learning with Python Part 1 |
February 17 |
12-1 |
AI for the Non-Expert |
February 18 |
12-1 |
|
February 23 |
2-4 |
|
March 2 |
2-4 |
ManeFrame II (M2) Introduction |
March 3 |
1-4 |
Data Science Workflow with R |
March 8 |
3-6 |
Introduction to Python for Text Mining |
March 9 |
1-4 |
Machine Learning with Python Part 2 |
March 22 |
3-6 |
Getting Support for Text Mining |
March 23 |
2-4 |
Shared Memory Parallelism |
March 30 |
1-4 |
Deep Learning with Python Part 1 |
April 6 |
2-4 |
ManeFrame II (M2) Introduction |
April 13 |
2-4 |
Accelerator Libraries and APIs |
April 20 |
1-4 |
Deep Learning with Python Part 2 |
April 27 |
2-4 |
MPI/NCCL/SHMem |
May 4 |
2-4 |
ManeFrame II (M2) Introduction |
Spring 2021
The Spring 2021 Center for Research Computing workshop series will provide a hands-on experience that will guide researchers from the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to advanced parallelization and application specific usage. The topics will cover information useful for researchers to quickly begin to use the advanced compute capabilities provided with the cluster. New users are encouraged to take advantage of the introductory “ManeFrame II (M2) Introduction” workshop that will be given once monthly during the semester.
Workshops will be held each Thursday via Zoom from 12:00 to 2:00 PM. Register to receive Zoom coordinates. Sessions will be recorded and posted along with session materials.
Date |
Workshop |
|---|---|
March 4 |
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March 11 |
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March 18 |
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March 25 |
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April 1 |
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April 8 |
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April 15 |
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April 22 |
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April 29 |
Fall 2020
The Fall 2020 Center for Research Computing workshop series will provide a hands-on experience that will guide researchers from the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to advanced parallelization and application specific usage. The topics will cover information useful for researchers to quickly begin to use the advanced compute capabilities provided with the cluster. New users are encouraged to take advantage of the introductory “M2 Introduction” workshop that will be given once monthly during the semester.
Workshops will be given asynchronously and posted weekly. Open workshop help sessions will be held each Wednesdays via Zoom from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. Register to receive Zoom coordinates.
Date |
Workshop |
Level |
|---|---|---|
September 2 |
Introductory |
|
September 9 |
Python Workflows on M2 |
Introductory |
September 16 |
R Workflows on M2 |
Introductory |
September 23 |
Julia Workflows on M2 |
Introductory |
September 30 |
Docker & Singularity on M2 |
Intermediate |
October 7 |
M2 Introduction & New Storage Workflows |
Introductory |
October 14 |
Introduction to MPI |
Intermediate |
October 21 |
Introduction to OpenMP |
Intermediate |
October 28 |
Introduction to OpenACC |
Intermediate |
November 4 |
M2 Introduction & New Storage Workflows |
Introductory |
November 11 |
No Workshop (SC20) |
NA |
November 18 |
Introduction to Standard C++ Parallel Algorithms |
Advanced |
Summer 2020
The Summer 2020 Center for Research Computing workshop series will provide a hands-on experience that will guide researchers from the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to advanced parallelization and application specific usage. The topics will cover information useful for researchers to quickly begin to use the advanced compute capabilities provided with the cluster. New users are encouraged to take advantage of the introductory “HPC Usage and Development Introduction” workshop on July 6.
The workshops will be given weekly on Mondays July 6 through August 3 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Register here!
Date |
Workshop |
|---|---|
July 6 |
HPC Usage and Development Introduction |
July 13 |
Python Development on M2 |
July 20 |
R Development on M2 |
July 27 |
OpenMP and MPI Development on M2 |
August 3 |
Accelerator Development on M2 |
Spring 2020
The Spring 2020 Center for Research Computing (CRC) workshop series will provide a hands-on experience that will guide researchers from the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to advanced parallelization and application specific usage. The topics will cover information useful for researchers to quickly begin to use the advanced compute capabilities provided with the cluster. New users are encouraged to take advantage of the introductory “Introduction to Using M2” workshop that will be given once monthly during the semester.
Workshops will be given weekly on Tuesdays via Zoom from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. There will not be a workshop on March 17.
Register here!
Date |
Workshop |
|---|---|
January 21 |
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January 28 |
Introduction to LAPACK and BLAS |
February 4 |
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February 11 |
Using the New HPC Portal |
February 18 |
Using GitHub |
February 25 |
Writing Portable Accelerator Code with KOKKOS, RAJA, and OCCA |
March 3 |
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March 10 |
Introduction to Parallelization Using MPI |
March 17 |
No Workshop Spring Break |
March 24 |
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March 31 |
Creating Portable Environments with Singularity and Docker (Recording) |
April 7 |
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April 14 |
Introduction to Parallelization Using OpenMP and OpenACC (Recording) |
April 21 |
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April 28 |
Fall 2019
The Fall 2019 CSC workshop series will provide a hands-on experience that will guide researchers from the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to advanced parallelization and application specific usage. The topics will cover information useful for researchers to quickly begin to use the advanced compute capabilities provided with the cluster. New users are encouraged to take advantage of the introductory “Introduction to Using M2” workshop that will be given once monthly during the semester.
Workshops will be given weekly on Wednesday’s in Fondren Library East Room 110 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM. Register here!
Date |
Workshop |
|---|---|
September 4 |
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September 11 |
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September 18 |
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September 25 |
Using Git and GitHub (Introduction and Git) |
October 2 |
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October 9 |
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October 16 |
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October 23 |
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October 30 |
Parallel Architecture Abstraction Via OCCA and RAJA |
November 6 |
Introduction to Using M2 |
November 13 |
Using Docker and Singularity on M2 |
November 20 |
No Workshop: SC19 Conference |
November 27 |
No Workshop: Thanksgiving Holiday |
December 4 |
Introduction to Using M2 |
Summer 2019
The SMU HPC Summer Workshop 2019 was given August 20 - August 23, 2019, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM in Dedman Life Sciences Building room 131. The workshop’s website can be found here.
Spring 2019
The Spring 2019 CSC workshop series will provide a hands-on experience that will guide researchers from the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to advanced parallelization and application specific usage. The topics will cover information useful for researchers to quickly begin to use the advanced compute capabilities provided with the cluster. New users are encouraged to take advantage of the introductory “Introduction to ManeFrame II (M2)” workshop that will be given once monthly during the semester. Users are encourged to stop by to discuss M2 usage and application issues during the open help sessions.
Workshops will be given weekly on Wednesday’s in Fondren Library East Room 110 from 12:00 to 2:00 PM. Register here!
Date |
Workshop |
|---|---|
January 23 |
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January 30 |
Open Help Session |
February 6 |
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February 13 |
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February 20 |
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February 27 |
Open Help Session |
March 6 |
|
March 13 |
Spring Break |
March 20 |
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April 3 |
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April 10 |
|
April 17 |
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April 24 |
Open Help Session |
May 1 |
ManeFrame II (M2) Introduction |
Fall 2018
The Fall 2018 CSC workshop series will provide a hands-on experience that will guide researchers from the basics of using SMU’s supercomputing resources to advanced parallelization and application specific usage. The topics will cover information useful for researchers to quickly begin to use the new compute capabilities provided with the new cluster. New users are encouraged to take advantage of the introductory “Introduction to ManeFrame II (M2)” workshop that will be given once monthly during the semester. Users are encourged to stop by to discuss M2 usage and application issues during the open help sessions.
Workshops were given weekly on Wednesday’s in Fondren Library East Room 110 from 12:00 to 2:00 PM.
Date |
Workshop |
|---|---|
August 22 |
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August 29 |
Open Help Session |
September 5 |
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September 12 |
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September 19 |
Using Spack for Development |
September 26 |
Open Help Session |
October 3 |
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October 10 |
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October 17 |
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October 24 |
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October 31 |
Open Help Session |
November 7 |
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November 14 |
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November 21 |
No Workshop (Thanksgiving) |
November 28 |
Open Help Session |
Summer 2018
The SMU HPC Summer Workshop 2018 was given June 11 - June 15, 2018, 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM in Embrey Engineering Building room 123. The workshop’s website can be found here.
Spring 2018
Workshops were given weekly on Wednesday’s in Fondren Library East Room 110 from 12:00 to 2:00 PM.
Date |
Workshop |
|---|---|
January 24 |
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January 31 |
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February 07 |
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February 14 |
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February 21 |
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February 28 |
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March 07 |
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March 14 |
No Workshop (Spring Break) |
March 21 |
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March 28 |
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April 04 |
Introduction to ManeFrame II (M2) |
April 11 |
Using the Intel Xeon Phi Nodes |
April 18 |
Parallel Python on ManeFrame II (M2) |
April 25 |
Tips for Automating Computational Workflows |
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