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Advanced Computing and Data Analytics using Comet

November 8, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Free

UCLA-IDRE and San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) are happy to announce the workshop “Advanced Computing and Data Analytics using Comet” as per the following details:

Venue: 5628 Math Sciences Bldg.
RSVP: Link to the registration form (*lunch is provided)
Requirements: Bring your laptop for hands-on exercises.
Questions: Contact T.V.Singh

Link to the presentation slides: https://github.com/sdsc-scicomp/2019-11-08-comet-workshop-ucla

Agenda:

  • 9:00 AM – 9:10 AM: Welcome
  • 9:10 AM – 10:10 AM: Introduction to SDSC Resources – Current and Future
    • Comet, hardware overview
    • Software, stack, queues, etc
    • Overview of upcoming Expanse system
  • 10:10 AM – 10:20 AM: Short break
  • 10:20 AM -12:00 PM: Python for High Performance Computing (HPC)
    • Use of Jupyter notebooks on Comet
    • Scaling using IPython parallel
    • Using Numba to run pure python codes on GPUs
    • Distributed parallel computing using Dask
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Lunch (provided)
  • 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: Containers for Scientific and High Performance Computing (HPC)
    • Introduction to Containers – advantages and limitations
    • Overview of containers on HPC systems
    • Singularity Essentials
    • Hands-on examples showing usage of containers – CPU, GPU, and MPI cases
    • Hands-on example showing the import of Docker container
    • Info on building images
  • 4:00 PM: Adjourn

Details

Date:
November 8, 2019
Time:
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Venue

IDRE Visualization Portal, Math Sciences Building 5628
520 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States
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Organizer

Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE)
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