SHARCNET Training 2024 / 2025


In Fall 2024 / Winter 2025 semesters, the bulk of training provided by SHARCNET to our users is comprised of a series of independent, self-contained workshops on a wide range of topics pertaining to Advanced Research Computing. Some of these courses will be delivered live, while others can be taken at any time at your own pace (self-paced courses). The live classes are typically scheduled on Tuesdays and Fridays from 1:00pm - 2:00pm Eastern Time. An Alliance account is required to register for and attend these courses.


Self-paced courses:

  • Introduction to GPU Programming
  • Introduction to Machine Learning
  • Introduction to the Shell
  • More to come...


Upcoming live courses:

  • Working with Jupyter on the Clusters: Oct. 8, 11
  • Python for High Performance Computing: Oct. 15, 18, 22, 25
  • Visualization: Oct. 29, Nov. 1
  • Using Apptainer Containers: Nov. 5, 8
  • Introduction to Accelerated Data Analytics in Python: Nov. 12, 15
  • Parallel Computing with MATLAB: Nov. 19, 22
  • Introduction to CMake: Nov. 26, 29
  • Introduction to MPI for Distributed Computing: Dec. 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20
  • Engineering Software: Jan. 10, 14, 17
  • C++ with mdspan, Linear Algebra, and std::execution: Jan. 21, 24, 28
  • Using Pytorch on the Clusters: Feb, 4, 7, 11
  • Introduction to WSL: Feb. 18, 21
  • Make Better Use of GPUs to Train Deep Learning Models: Feb. 25, 28

SHARCNET is also delivering New User Seminars every Tuesday (online, 2:00-3:00pm Eastern Time), and is co-hosting weekly Compute Ontario Colloquia (online, every Wednesday 12:00pm-1:00pm Eastern Time). All our training events can be found on our Training Events Calendar.

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