In collaboration with SDSC,  IDRE is happy to announce the workshop “HPC and Big Data Analytics using Comet” as per the following details:

Venue: 5628 Math Sciences Bldg.
RSVP: link to the registration form (*lunch will be provided)
Requirements: Participants need to bring their own laptops for hands-on exercises.

Agenda:

• 9:00 AM – 9:10 AM: Welcome
• 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM: Introduction to SDSC Resources
  • Comet, hardware overview
  • Software, stack, queues, etc
• 10:10 AM – 10:20 AM: Short break
• 10:20 AM -12:00 PM: Data Analysis using Python and Jupyter notebooks
  • Use of Jupyter notebooks on Comet
  • Using python for data preparation on, and explore pandas (the Python data analysis toolkit)
• 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Lunch
• 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM: Introduction to Machine Learning and Deep Learning on Comet
  • Overview of machine learning / deep learning tools available on Comet.
  • Examples using R, Python, and Keras with TensorFlow.
• 2:30 PM – 2:40 PM: Short break
• 2:40 PM – 4:00 PM: Introduction to containerization using Singularity on Comet
  • Overview and background info for the need to do containerization
  • Basic commands for using singularity images
  • Hands-on examples showing usage of containers
  • Hands-on example showing import of Docker container
  • Info on building images
• 4:00 PM: Adjourn

Link to the presentation slides: https://github.com/mahidhar/UCLA2018