UPPMAX Training Newsletter

# UPPMAX Training Newsletter This document: https://hackmd.io/@UPPMAX/UPPMAX-training-news Subject: UPPMAX Drop-in and training events UPPMAX Drop-in Join to the UPPMAX staff for any questions you may have regarding our clusters or services. When: every Tuesday at 14:00 - 15:00 Where: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/63765794350 ============================================================================================= Online workshop: Introduction to Bianca: Handling Sensitive Research Data, 15 September, 2025 Are you just beginning to work with sensitive data in your research? If yes, welcome to a 1-day introduction to handling sensitive data on the UPPMAX cluster, Bianca. We will tell you about NAISS-SENS, how to login to Bianca, transfer files via wharf, basics of the SLURM workload manager and the module system. The workshop is intended for beginner users of the Bianca cluster. You do not need to be a member of a NAISS-SENS project in order to join the workshop. A SUPR course project will be available to all participants. The workshop will consist of both lectures and exercise sessions. When: September 15, 2025 Register by Wednesday, 10 September at the latest Where: online via Zoom For more information and registration please visit: https://docs.uppmax.uu.se/courses_workshops/bianca_intro/. ============================================================================================= CodeRefinery workshop on tools and techniques for reproducible research (online), multiple dates in September and October Are you writing code for your research? Do you struggle to reproduce results of your own or others computations? Join the online CodeRefinery workshop during nine half days: Intro to git and collaborative git: September 9-11, at 11:00-13:00 and 14:00-15:30. Reproducible research and other topics spread over 6 following weeks Wednesdays with exercises: September 17, 24, October 1, 8, 15, and 22 at 12:30-14:00. The CodeRefinery workshop aims to support researchers of all domains, levels and preferred programming languages to write more reproducible research code. The workshop is held online (streamed on Twitch) with hands-on sessions. Interaction with the participants and live help is guaranteed by a variety of means. The KTH Library offers local helpers during Sep 9-11 (please check the event page, separate registration required, limited spaces available). More info and registration on the CodeRefinery workshop website: https://coderefinery.github.io/2025-09-09-workshop/ ============================================================================================= Online training workshop: Basic Singularity/Apptainer workshop, 13 October, 2025 The online workshop is an introduction to the basic concepts of containerized software environment solutions within the Singularity framework https://sylabs.io/singularity/. During the workshop you will have the opportunity to follow the interactive guide on - how to run Singularity containers - how to build your own - good (and bad) practices on designing and building Singularity recipes - build and/or host container remotely and what are the limitations To fully benefit from the workshop, basic Linux system administration experience is highly desirable i.e. knowledge of package management and common tools for building and/or managing software: git, pip, conda, wget, curl … When: 13 October, 2025, 9:15-12:00, 13:15-16:00 Where: online via Zoom Web page: https://docs.uppmax.uu.se/courses_workshops/singularity/ ============================================================================================= Online workshop: Intro to Python for HPC, 14 October, 2025 This 1-day course helps you get started with Python, by working ourselves through an online and free book. Although the focus is on learning Python, we do work in an HPC environment and you will be taught the bare minimum to run Python on an UPPMAX HPC cluster. The pace of this highly interactive course is set by the majority of learners, ensuring that any complete beginner has enough time for exercises. At the end of the day, you should feel comfortable with the basics of Python and feel familiar to a book on Python to help you on your next steps. When: Tuesday October 14th 2025, 9:00 - 16:00 Where: Online via Zoom Course information and registration: https://docs.uppmax.uu.se/courses_workshops/intro_to_python/ ============================================================================================= Online course: Introduction to Linux and UPPMAX, 15-17 October, 2025 This 3-day course provides an introduction to the high-performance computing (HPC) environment offered at UPPMAX. It offers an overview on how the systems work and covers skills from basic Linux usage to more advanced tips and tricks. The lectures covering Linux and bash scripting are cluster-agnostic and may be attended by non-UPPMAX users as well. When: October 15-17, 2025 Where: online via Zoom For more information and registration, please visit: https://docs.uppmax.uu.se/courses_workshops/uppmax_intro_course/. ============================================================================================= Online workshop series: LLM Workshop, 19-21 Nov 2025 This 3-day online interactive workshop will focus on the use of Large Language Models on NAISS resources. We will cover how to get started and what performance considerations to make. Participants are expected to have basic familiarity with Python, SLURM, containers and transferring data to/from clusters. Note that an active account on the NAISS system Alvis is preferred to get the most out of some of the exercises. A limited number of accounts may be provided for the workshop on a first come first serve basis. Time and date: 19-21 November, 10:00-16:00 More information: https://uppmax.github.io/LLM-workshop/ Registration: https://indico.chalmers.se/event/375/overview =============================================================================================