Hi,

(You are receiving this email because you are an active Principal Investigator at UMan, with access to the Alliance and Grex HPC and Cloud computing resources through the CCDB portal.)

I want to announce our upcoming HPC and Cloud workshop! This year, after many years of online-only workshops, our group is excited to offer it in-person, and with hands-on exercises. In case you‘d have anyone in your research group interested, please find the Workshop ad and RSVP link below!

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Learn to Use Canadian High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Cloud Resources Spring 2025 Workshop – Free Registration

Join us for our free, hands-on Spring 2025 workshop, open to all researchers from Manitoba institutions! Held May 21–23, 2025 at the University of Manitoba, this in-person event will introduce participants to Linux, SLURM, Open OnDemand, Globus, and OpenStack.

Requirements:

* A laptop is required for hands-on exercises. * An active CCDB account is optional.

Audience: The workshop is designed for beginner and intermediate users. Content is spread across three days, and attendees are encouraged to RSVP through Eventbrite: Eventbrite Registration Linkhttps://www.eventbrite.ca/e/spring-2025-manitoba-high-performance-computing-and-cloud-workshop-tickets-1333009891469?aff=ebdsoporgprofile . (https://shorturl.at/8vnoM). Participants may register for and attend individual days or talks. However, attending sessions in order is recommended, as later material builds on earlier sessions.

Workshop Schedule:

Day 1: May 21, 2025

* Using the Linux BASH shell * Data transfer with SSH and Globus * Working with HPC software and LMod

Day 2: May 22, 2025

* Using the Open OnDemand web portal for HPC * Running jobs with the SLURM scheduler * Introduction to using OpenStack Cloud

Day 3: May 23, 2025

* Using containers in HPC: Singularity and Podman * Using Python for AI/ML on HPC systems

Thank you for considering attending our Spring Workshop!

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Thank you very much!

-- Grigory Shamov Site Lead / HPC Specialist University of Manitoba and DRI Alliance Canada