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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The schedule for the Spring 2021 HPC Training is available at
<a href="http://www.hpc.lsu.edu/training/tutorials.php">http://www.hpc.lsu.edu/training/tutorials.php</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Our next HPC training will be held on Wednesday, March 10 at
<span style="color:red">9:00 AM</span>. Due to concern about the COVID-19 pandemic, all training sessions are Zoom online events from 9:00AM to 11:00AM. The sessions will be recorded for later review.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Note that all HPC trainings will start at
<span style="color:red">9:00AM</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Wednesday, March 10, 2021: Introduction to RStudio</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">RStudio is the de facto environment for R on the desktop system. Powered by Open OnDemand, now LSU HPC users can access to the RStudio server running on SuperMike-II's compute
nodes. In this tutorial, you will see the best RStudio practices including some very useful RStudio IDE features, along with pitfalls to avoid. A few examples of using R to process real-life data will be presented as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Prerequisites:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">LSU HPC account<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Laptop with a web browser (no plug-ins)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Basic understanding of a programming language is assumed but not required.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Next HPC Training:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Wednesday, March 17, 2021: Introduction to Python<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Python is a high-level programming language, easy to learn yet extremely powerful. This training will provide an introduction to programming in Python. The subjects include
basic Python syntax, Python classes used in object-oriented programming. Basic Python modules for scientific computing and plotting will also be introduced. During the training, simple Python programs will be provided for demonstration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Prerequisites:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Basic understanding of a programming language is assumed but not required.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please visit
<a href="http://www.hpc.lsu.edu/training/tutorials.php">http://www.hpc.lsu.edu/training/tutorials.php</a> for more details and register using the link provided. Users will be provided with a zoom link in their registration confirmation email. Please see the
system requirements at <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.zoom.us%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F201362023-System-Requirements-for-PC-Mac-and-Linux&data=02%7C01%7Cfchen14%40lsu.edu%7Ca65c23fdceab447cef5f08d80d5a0f10%7C2d4dad3f50ae47d983a09ae2b1f466f8%7C0%7C0%7C637274027751228620&sdata=VQ3YV8ezsUQn6KT4GFhPR2qX63%2BBlzgzKLSon2BLT7w%3D&reserved=0">https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362023-System-Requirements-for-PC-Mac-and-Linux</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please distribute to faculty, staff and students that might be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Feng Chen, PhD</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>
<span style="background:white">Manager of User Services</span><br>
<span style="background:white">High Performance Computing</span><br>
<span style="background:white">Louisiana State University</span><br>
<span style="background:white">329 Frey Computing Services Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803</span><br>
<span style="background:white">office 225-578-2924 </span><br>
</span><a href="mailto:fchen14@lsu.edu"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#451D7C;background:white">fchen14@lsu.edu</span></a>
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