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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Dear All:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">The LSU Information Technology Services, LSU Center for Computation & Technology, Louisiana Biomedical Research Network (LBRN), Louisiana Optical
Network Infrastructure (LONI) are pleased to announce the following workshop:</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="list-bullet1" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span class="author-3994450040"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">4th LBRN-LONI Scientific Computing Bootcamp on May 27 - 28 and May 31 - June 2 2021.</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">REGISTER NOW if you plan on attending the following events:</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Note:</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="list-bullet1" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2"><span class="author-3994450040"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">The workshop will be in a virtual online form via Zoom </span></b></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">*4th LBRN-LONI Scientific Computing Bootcamp*</span></i></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Date: May 27 - 28 and May 31 - June 2 2021</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Venue:
<b>Zoom broadcast only<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Website:
</span></span> <a href="http://www.hpc.lsu.edu/training/workshop.php">http://www.hpc.lsu.edu/training/workshop.php</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Registration Fee: None</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Registration opens: April 20, 2020</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Registration deadline: May 27, 2020</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Due to concern about the COVID-19 pandemic, the workshop will be held in a
<b>virtual online form via Zoom</b>. The lectures will be given in every morning and recorded. Attendants can either attend the live sessions or view the recordings later. Online hands-on sessions will be held in every afternoon. More details will follow.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Description:</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Scientific computing is becoming more ubiquitous for all types of research areas. Skills and knowledge that are necessary to take full advantage
of the power of computing, however, are often inadequately present in both curricular and extracurricular training. The purpose of this workshop is, by both presentation and hands-on experiences, to help attendants understand the usage of popular scientific
computing programming tools and prepare for their future computational study and research career.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222"> In five days the attendants will learn:</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="list-bullet1" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Introduction to R programming language with its applications in scientific computing</span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="list-bullet1" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Introduction to Python programming language with its applications in scientific computing</span></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="list-bullet1" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Introduction to Deep Learning</span></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Schedule
</span></b></span><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">(Note: This tentative schedule is subject to change.)</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">May 27: Overview and Introduction to R</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">May 28: Intermediate R</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">May 31: Introduction to Python</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">June 1: Intermediate Python </span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">June 2: Introduction to Deep Learning</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="author-3994450040"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Lato;color:#222222">Please distribute to faculty, staff and students that might be interested.</span></span><o:p></o:p></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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