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# UPPMAX Training Summary
This document: https://hackmd.io/@UPPMAX/UPPMAX-training-summary

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## UPPMAX Introductory Course
- https://www.uu.se/en/centre/uppmax/support/courses-and-workshops/uppmax-introductory-course
- day 1: Intro to UPPMAX and Linux
    - intro to NAISS and UPPMAX
    - login
    - basic Linux commands
    - module tree
    - basic software installations
    - basic Slurm
- day 2: Linux II
    - output and error redirections
    - piping commands
    - wildcards
    - man pages
    - symbolic links
    - file manipulation with `grep`, `head`, ...
    - `tar`, checksums, env variables

- day 3: Bash scripting
    - gnu parallel

- day 4: Slurm beyond the basics
    - choosing the optimal SBATCH parameters
    - Slurm commands: `sbatch`, `sinfo`, `scontrol`, ...
    - monitoring jobs in terms of CPU and memory usage
    - examples: OpenMP, MPI, hybrid, I/O-intensive, job arrays

- day 5: Python - beginner level

## Introduction to Bianca
- 1 day
- contents: login, Slurm tailored for Bianca, file transfer

## Awk
Course material: https://pmitev.github.io/to-awk-or-not/
- 2 days

## R/Python/Julia (together with HPC2N)
- does not teach programming, rather how to set up the environment correctly and running effectively on the cluster

## HPC Python (together with HPC2N)
- as above

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Other courses

## Bianca Hackathon (intermediate level)
- 1 day
- advanced file transfer, advanced Slurm, using IDEs, building software 


## Singularity
Course material: https://pmitev.github.io/UPPMAX-Singularity-workshop/
- 1 day

## Programming Formalisms
- 1 full week

## Intro to Git (together with HPC2N)
- starts from the beginning but gets to an intermediate level
- 5 half-days

## CodeRefinery workshop
- 6 half-days
- covers: Git, Git collaborative (GitHub), documentation, testing, ...

## Python for Scientific Computing (with CodeRefinery and Aalto Univ)
- intermediate level, participants should have basic knowledge in Python programming
- covers Jupyter, Matplotlib, Pandas, enviroements, libraries, ...

## Tuesday Tools & Techniques for HPC (TTT4HPC)
- 4 x 3.5 h
- covers best practices in HPC

## VASP workshop (together with NSC and ENCCS)
- 2 days
- covers theory and best practices for running on the clusters

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Courses we'd like to offer in the future that are missing right now:

- 1-day Matlab addition to the R/Python/Julia course
- intro(?) course tailored for the digital humanities