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Upcoming Biowulf classes in February 2018
Date: 29 January 2018 11:01:54
From: Susan Chacko
*All classes are hands-on. Registration is required, and HPC users will
get priority when enrolling. *
*Register at hpc.nih.gov/nih/classes
The NIH Biowulf Cluster: Scientific Supercomputing
Date: Tue Feb 13 & Wed Feb 14
Time: 9 am - 1 pm each day
Instructors: Steven Fellini & Susan Chacko (NIH HPC staff)
Location: Bldg 12A, Rm B51.
This class is an introduction to the Biowulf Linux cluster for users who
have NIH Biowulf accounts or Helix users planning to get one.
Topics covered: cluster concepts, accounts, connection, storage, batch
system, how to set up and submit a simple batch job, partitions,
interactive jobs, swarm jobs, available scientific applications,
job monitoring, resource allocation, licensed software.
Creating and running software containers with Singularity
Date & Time: Tue Feb 06, 2018, 9 am - 12 pm
Location: Bldg 12, Rm B51
Instructor: Afif Elghrouai (NIH HPC staff)
Containers give you the freedom to install custom software in a
portable virtual environment. This environment can be copied and
shared, fostering collaboration and reproducibility in bioinformatics
analyses.
In this workshop, you will use Singularity to create and run containers.
You will learn how to install Singularity on your Linux system, create
containers with your choice of Linux distribution and software, and use
Singularity to run containerized applications, especially on the NIH
Biowulf cluster.
please note: for this workshop, access to a Linux environment with the
ability to execute commands as the *root user* is necessary. A Linux
laptop or virtual machine (VM) should fulfill this requirement. Access
to temporary cloud VMs will be provided for attendees who do not have a
suitable system of their own.
Building a reproducible workflow with Snakemake and Singularity
Date & Time: Wed Feb 07, 2018, 9 am - 12 pm
Location: Bldg 12, Rm B51
Instructor: Wolfgang Resch (NIH HPC staff)
Students attending this class will learn how to build a workflow with
Snakemake and how to make it more reproducible with Singularity
containers. This class will make use of the Biowulf cluster and
*requires knowledge of the Linux command line as well as Python*.
Registration for all classes is available at
https://hpc.nih.gov/nih/classes/
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