Past Events

The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) invites you to their next installment in the Bridges-2 Webinar series that will feature a hands-on introduction to quantum computing using NVIDIA’s CUDA Quantum.

Speaker: Dr. Pooja Rao, NVIDIA

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Interactive computing refers to working with software that accepts input from the user as it runs. This applies not only to business and office applications, such as word processing and spreadsheet software, but HPC use cases involving code development, real-time data exploration and advanced visualizations run across one or more compute nodes. Interactive computing is often used when applications require large memory, have large data sets that are not that practical to download to local devices, need access to higher core counts, or rely on software that is difficult to install.

This short course (2.5 hours) introduces different ways to use MATLAB on the ACES cluster and how to leverage its parallel resources. Participants will use MATLAB on the portal through the interactive MATLAB App and learn how create and submit MATLAB jobs using the Drona Composer. Other topics include how to start parallel pools and utilize GPUs on ACES. Exercises will be performed using the ACES cluster, a composable accelerator testbed at Texas A&M University.

Have you ever wondered about the “why” of HTCondor? Join us to hear about the “philosophy” of high throughput computing and how HTCondor has evolved to make throughput computing possible. This workshop will be led by a core HTCondor developer, Greg Thain, and is a perfect opportunity for longer-term OSPool users to learn more about our underlying technology.
 

This course introduces the use of containers for scientific workflows using the Singularity container engine. Exercises will be performed using the ACES cluster, a composable accelerator testbed at Texas A&M University.

Read more at https://hprc.tamu.edu/training/aces_containers_scientific.html 

In the final workshop of the Generative AI series, participants will learn about the advanced aspects of generative AI, focusing on customizing and tuning their models. Recommended for those who have attended the first two parts or have equivalent knowledge, this session will provide guidance on best practices for model tuning and customization. The workshop will present an overview of techniques and considerations for personalizing generative AI models, including parameter adjustments, dataset selection, and ethical considerations in model development.

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This tutorial targets scientists who need to visualize and analyze large scientific datasets interactively. The tutorial demonstrates how the National Science Data Fabric (NSDF)’s services enable accessible, flexible, and customizable workflows for multi-faceted analysis and visualization of various datasets. The tutorial walks through workflow steps of generating large datasets through modular applications, storing this data remotely, and analyzing and visualizing the data locally to draw scientific conclusions.

This short course covers basic topics in numerical computation and scientific programming using the Julia programming language. Topics include basic language elements and concepts, best practices in programming, and relevant open source tools. This is an introductory course. Exercises will be performed using the ACES cluster, a composable accelerator testbed at Texas A&M University. 

Read more at https://hprc.tamu.edu/training/aces_julia.html 

Hosted by our development team, Zoom open office hours are the perfect opportunity to ask questions or make a suggestion. They are held on the second Tuesday of every month from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. ET.

More information and Zoom coordinates are available on the Open OnDemand Discourse forum.

This short course introduces concepts of metagenomics analysis based on data generated by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology using the QIIME2 software suite. Exercises will be performed using the ACES cluster, a composable accelerator testbed at Texas A&M University. 

Read more at https://hprc.tamu.edu/training/aces_metagenomics.html 

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All users of advanced CI can benefit from a basic understanding of the hardware to determine which factors affect application performance. In this session we provide an overview including CPUs (processors, cores, hyperthreading, instruction sets), the anatomy of a compute node (sockets, memory, attached devices, accelerators) and cluster architecture (login and compute nodes, interconnects, file systems). We also cover how to obtain hardware information using Linux tools, pseudo-filesystems and commonly used hardware utilization monitoring tools.

This workshop targets researchers and educators, even those with no previous cloud computing experience. Attendees will hear an overview of Jetstream2 (including various examples and use cases), learn about the ACCESS ecosystem, and learn helpful tips and tricks. Hands-on activitities will include how to access Jetstream2 and how to access and launch VMs on it through the Exosphere interface.

Hosted by the community, tips and tricks webinars share best practices of all things Open OnDemand. They take place on the first Thursday of every month at 1 p.m. ET.  

Recordings of previous events are available.

More information and Zoom coordinates are available on the Open OnDemand Discourse forum.

In this workshop we will cover how to build, transpile, verify, and run quantum circuits written in Qiskit on both simulators as well as IBM Quantum Systems backend. Mainly, we will focus on using the Estimator and Sampler primitives of both the Qiskit SDK as well as Qiskit Runtime.

Part 2 of the Generative AI workshop series delves deeper into the technical underpinnings of generative AI. This workshop is intended for those who have either attended Part 1 or have a basic understanding of prompt engineering. Participants will gain a high-level understanding of the architecture and mechanics behind generative AI tools.

When you need support from the Anvil team for a complex workflow, or want to discuss your ideas directly with our team, please consider registering for Anvil Support Hour! We will be available every Thursday from 2:00pm-3:00pm EST via Zoom. Reserve your 20-minute slot for our discussion! Topics for our conversation can be about: