Topics of this issue:

Training opportunities in Sweden, recommended by SNIC:

Attend training in the Nordics:

Training overview:

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Training course: "Introduction to GPU programming: When and how to use GPU-acceleration?", HPC2N, Umeå University, 2019-11-05.

GPU-acceleration has been shown to provide significant performance benefits in many different applications. However, for a novice, or even for a moderately experienced scientist or programmer, it is not always clear which applications could potentially benefit from GPU-acceleration and which do not. When should one invest time in GPU-acceleration? How much speedup can be expected with a given application?

The main goal of this one day course is to start answering these questions. The course also covers the basics of GPU programming and aims to provide the necessary information for avoiding the most common pitfalls.

For more information and registration, see: https://www.hpc2n.umu.se/events/courses/when-and-how-to-use-gpu-acceleration 

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Introduction to data handling using R tidyverse in a modern software environment, 13 -14 November 2019

The aim of the workshop is to teach researchers the fundamental skills that will help them be more productive while producing work of higher quality. During this two day workshop, students learn how to automate tasks using the Unix shell, how to track and share work using version control in Gi as well as data management and visualisation in R. 

The workshop does not require any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented at the workshop. It aimed towards novice users. 

For more information and access to registration, see http://www.lunarc.lu.se/training/introduction-to-data-handling-using-r-tidyverse-in-a-modern-software-environment-13-14-november-2019/

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Training course: “Introduction to PDC" in Stockholm, 8 October 2019, 13:00-17:00

This is an afternoon 4-hour hands-on course centered on how to use the systems that PDC is providing, and is a good starting point for people that want to get started with high performance computing (HPC) using PDC clusters.

The course will focus on basic and advanced methods for using PDC systems. It will cover some background, what clusters are available, applying for PDC resources, how to login to PDC, running software on different nodes, storing data on different file systems, compiling code, etc... 

Location: room 304, Teknikringen 14.

Time: 8 October 2019, 13:00-17:00

Further information and registration: https://www.pdc.kth.se/about/events/training/introduction-to-pdc-systems-course-october-2019-1.921792

Note that if you wish to participate in the course, you need to have a PDC account. If you do not yet have a PDC account, please request an account at least one week before the course starts according to the instructions at 

https://www.pdc.kth.se/support/documents/getting_access/get_access.html#applying-for-an-account

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Training seminar: "Working with Python on Tetralith" in Stockholm, 16 October 2019, 10:30 - 15:00 

This training event will give an introduction to working with Python on the NSC Tetralith system. Please note: this is not a Python programming course. 

The topics include: Python usage basics, customizing your environment (e.g. pip, conda) and more advanced usage (e.g. jupyter). The training is intended to be an interactive/hands-on event that will also provide a forum for direct interactions with consultants from the Bolin Centre and NSC.

For more information and registration, see https://www.nsc.liu.se/support/Events/Tetralith_Python_training_Oct16_2019

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Training seminar: “Cluster architecture and job submission” in Lund, 17 October 2019, 12:30 - 14:00

For more information and registration visit: http://www.lunarc.lu.se/training/cluster-architecture-and-job-submission-17-october-2019/

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Training seminar: “C3SE Introductory Seminar” in Gothenburg, 23 October 2019, 13:15 - 15:00

The seminar describes how to work on the systems and introduces the provided toolset.  Work management and best practices are also discussed.  The event is intended for all new users, to get a comprehensive overview on the systems and how to get started with using them. 

This seminar will also be offered on 25 November.

For more information and registration see: https://www.c3se.chalmers.se/

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Training course: "Vasp - Basic Theory and Best Practices" in Umeå, 29 October 2019

This one day course will start by looking at the basic theory, then go on to setting up input scripts for VASP. We will look at general recommendations for common methodologies used, some common issues when setting up a simulation, and also at running VASP on HPC2N. In addition, there will be a hands-on.

For more information and registration, see: https://www.hpc2n.umu.se/events/courses/vasp-fall-2019

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Training course: “An introduction to shared memory parallel programming using OpenMP”, Gothenburg, 27 - 28 November 2019

For full information and registration visit the webpage:  https://www.c3se.chalmers.se/news/omp-2019/

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User group meeting: “Gothenburg Region OpenFOAM User Group Meeting”, in Gothenburg, 20 November 2019

The purpose of the meeting is to bring together people working with OpenFOAM to get to know each other and share experiences.  It is in particular a good occasion for OpenFOAM users at the SNIC resources to meet and learn from each other.  The meeting is free of charge and open to anyone (Gothenburg, Sweden, Europe etc.).  There is a maximum number of attendees.

For more information see: http://www.tfd.chalmers.se/~hani/OFGBG/, LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13544152

Registration by mail to: hakan.nilsson@chalmers.se  SNIC users should mention that they are SNIC users. 

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PDC Cafe, Tuesday October 16, 10-12:00, SeRC room, 5th floor Teknikringen 14

PDC welcomes users to an informal "PDC Cafe". You can drop by, have fika, meet HPC experts, discuss problems and get useful advice. If there's anything that you think could be improved either in your own scripts, workflows or codes, or in the services that PDC provides, please drop by and discuss it with us, we would love to help! This is the place to get stuff done, so bring a laptop.

Suggestions for issues you can discuss:

• How to improve your run scripts

• Help with scripting

• Help with programming and software management

• Help with project organization and data management

• Help with Linux stuff

• How to improve performance of your calculations

• “Papercuts”: things that annoy you and how we can fix that

• How to improve services

• Project ideas

• Learn about cool services that you may not know yet

If you would like to discuss a problem that you think might be somewhat more involved and/or specialised (e.g. advanced programming issues or questions on specific codes which require domain expertise) please get in touch before the event (by sending an email to kthw@kth.se) so that we can prepare.

For more information, please visit the event page: https://www.pdc.kth.se/about/events/general/pdc-cafe-on-16-october-1.927063

Please also register if you wish to attend: http://www.kth.se/form/5d8bfb969c463d042923c197

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Training opportunities in Sweden, recommended by SNIC

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Seminar on Data Management Plans in Uppsala, October 7th

Ulf Jakobsson from the Swedish National Data Service is giving a seminar in Uppsala on how to write and make use of the Data Management Plan in your research.

For more information about the seminar, please visit: https://mp.uu.se/en/web/info/kalendarium/-/detail/47902

Location: Geocentrum, Hamberg-salen, Villavägen 16. Map: http://bit.ly/305thMD

Date and time:Monday, October 7th, 2019, 13:30 – 16:00

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CodeRefinery Instructor training workshop in Stockholm, 4-5 November 2019, KTH Main Campus

Learning to teach tools and best practices in research software development

Do you (want to) teach researchers or independent students best practices of scientific software? Are you teaching a university course and would like to include aspects of best practices in software engineering in the course? Or would you simply like to educate your friends and colleagues in how to write more reusable, reproducible and better documented code?

If you answered yes to any of the above questions, we welcome you to join the first CodeRefinery instructor training workshop! This workshop will focus on how to teach technical topics (e.g. version control with Git, automated testing or programming languages) in general, and CodeRefinery lessons in particular. We will cover key pedagogical ideas and teaching methods, and what you need to know in order to teach the CodeRefinery lessons. 

For further information and registration, please visit: https://coderefinery.org/events/2019-11-04-stockholm/

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CodeRefinery hackathon in Stockholm, 6-7 November 2019, KTH Main Campus

Building a Nordic community of research software engineers

Welcome to the first CodeRefinery hackathon!

The idea behind this event is to bring together people who are working with code and/or data in research, in an informal environment where ideas can be exchanged, expertise shared and real work done!

What you can do at the hackathon:

For further information and registration, please visit: https://coderefinery.org/events/2019-11-06-stockholm/

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Attend training in the Nordics:

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NeIC Nordic Training Calendar:

The NeIC Nordic Training Calendar gives an overview on eScience related training throughout the Nordics.  Have a look at https://neic.no/training/#neic-training-calendar for an overview on training in Nordic partner countries that is typically accessible to Swedish academic research.  The page also provides direct links to training portals of the national e-Science provides in the Nordics.

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SNIC training webpage

In addition to these news letters we also provide a SNIC training webpage: http://docs.snic.se/wiki/Training 

This webpage currently gives an overview on all courses currently planed.  It provides links to more information and the actual registration.  The webpage also includes training which is expected to be mostly of interest to individual SNIC centres.  Information will be added to this page as it becomes available.