Training
- Upcoming training sessions
- Regular training sessions
- On-demand training sessions
- Tips for using Zoom for Meetups and Training
- Previous training sessions
Upcoming training sessions
Title: Introduction to HPC
Date & time of upcoming sessions:
The following UQ only sessions require registration via email to rcc-support@uq.edu.au and are open to UQ researchers.
To derive the maximum benefit from the training session, you should have your HPC access.
Please apply for training well ahead of the date of the session so that your access can be organised (i.e. at least one week ahead)
- Monday, 28 August 2023, 10:00am–1:30pm (AEST)
- Monday, 25 September 2023, 10:00am–1:30pm (AEST)
- Monday, 30 October 2023, 10:00am–1:30pm (AEST)
- Possibly mid December if there is sufficient demand TBC
- Monday, 29 January 2024, 10:00am–1:30pm (AEST)
Additionally several times a year we run a combined training session with QCIF.
The registration process is a little different.
- Monday, 17 July, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (AEST)
QCIF Intro to HPC Training (open to researchers from QCIF Member Universities and Organisations) - Monday, 13 November, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (AEST)
QCIF Intro to HPC Training (open to researchers from QCIF Member Universities and Organisations)Please register here for QCIF training.
Short description:
This session will be for new users of Bunya HPC.
This training usually takes place from 10:00-13:30 on a Monday of each month- usually the last Monday of the month.
(Subject to instructor availability, system maintenance and public holidays intervening).
Presenters: RCC's Dr David Green and Dr Marlies Hankel.
Training material: Provided online.
Location: Via Zoom video conferencing.
The Intro to HPC Training will take place via Zoom videoconferencing until further notice.
Register: Via email to rcc-support@uq.edu.au to attend UQ only training sessions.
Title: Wiener HPC Training
Date & time: Unscheduled
Short description:
The Wiener HPC Training is not run on a regular schedule.
Once you have completed the Intro to HPC training (see above) and have a thorough understanding of what you are proposing to use Wiener for, please email rcc-support@uq.edu.au regarding Wiener HPC training.
Presenters: QBI's Irek Porebski and RCC's Jake Carroll.
Training material: Provided online.
Location:
Register: Via email to rcc-support@uq.edu.au (after you have completed the Intro to HPC training (see above) and have a thorough understanding of what workload you are proposing to run on use Wiener).
Specialty training sessions for research groups will be considered and can be requested by emailing the RCC Support Desk: rcc-support@uq.edu.au
Regular training sessions
Dates & time: Monthly, subject to demand. Date and time to be confirmed each month- however generally the last Monday morning of each month unless public holidays or other things intervene.
The next session should be listed at the top of this page content.
Short description: The aim of this short course is to build core competencies in HPC such as command line proficiency, getting data on and off HPC, using software packages, submitting batch jobs and data archiving. The course is very hands-on with brief labs to demonstrate the principles and run examples. All new users of the RCC HPC facilities are encouraged to attend. One-on-one training is provided via RCC Meetups (Hacky Hour and vHPC)
Presenter: RCC's David Green and Marlies Hankel.
Training material: Provided online
Location: via Zoom, until further notice
On-demand training
Title: Introduction to Galaxy
Dates & time: By arrangement with Dr Igor Makunin
Short description: We cover different topics of nextGen sequencing data analysis using Galaxy platform, such as RNA-Seq, Variant identification / resequencing, ChIP-Seq, microbial genome assembly, or general data manipulation, including creation and use of workflows in Galaxy. Workflows can be developed on request from users.
Presenter: Dr Igor Makunin, RCC UQ
Contact: Dr Igor Makunin, RCC, i.makunin@uq.edu.au
Tips for using Zoom for Meetups and Training
A critical component of any video conference is the audio.
To avoid problems for all participants, please ensure that you
- use a headset (earbuds, or something more substantial), or an echo cancelling speaker/microphone device, and that you
- ensure that Zoom is configured to use that audio device for both microphone and speaker functions,
- if you are in a noisy environment keep your microphone muted except when you speak. Zoom has a hot key combination for mute/unmute.
Whether working from home, or at work,
- be conscious of visual distractions in the background (eg. colleagues, family members or pets walking past)
- try to avoid having strong lighting behind you which makes you a silhouette (eg. overhead lights, unshaded windows)
- often the glow from your laptop screen or monitor is sufficient front illumination
- if your network bandwidth is constrained, consider stopping your video and sending a still photo instead.
Previous training session titles
Title: Introduction to HPC
Title: Wiener HPC Training
Title: Introduction to Network Visualisation and Cytoscape
Title: Creating a virtual machine on the Australian Research Cloud
Title: Engineering Software Tools Inspire & Evolve workshop
Title: Galaxy workshop
Title: Tinaroo HPC Applications Training
Title: Altair HyperWorks training
Title: Software Carpentry Bootcamp
Title: Statistics for Frightened Bio-Researchers
Title: FlashLite Information Session
Title: Kepler Scientific Workflow System workshop
Title: The Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology
Title: NCI Training Sessions — Raijin
Title: ScaleMP vSMP Training Module 1.1
Title: RNA-Seq in Galaxy
Title: Genomics Virtual Lab: analyse your data with a mouse click
Title: Differential gene expression analysis in Galaxy
Title: Genomics Virtual Lab: analyse your data with a mouse click