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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The schedule for the Fall 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, October 20 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, October 20, 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>
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<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">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, October 27, 2021: Introduction to Singularity: Creating and Running Containers on HPC</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">Containers such as Singularity allow users to pack an application and all of its dependencies, including the operation system, into a single image, which makes the application
more portable, shareable, and reproducible. For instance, one user can create in his/her own HPC environment a Singularity image for a complex workflow with many software components and their dependencies, then share it with other users, who can run the workflow
on other HPC systems, independent of the environment as along as Singularity is supported. In this tutorial, we will show how to build Singularity images and run them on the LSU/LONI HPC clusters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Prerequisites:</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Basic knowledge on using HPC environment is assumed but not required.<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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