# e-Research Training Calendar 2025

Where scheduled workshops have a link, this should take you to the relevant SkillsForge page to sign up. Alternatively, all of our events can be seen on the [e-Research SkillsForge page](https://training.kcl.ac.uk/kcl/#he.dev/eventSearch,;eventsearch,type=BY_DATE,s=,date=FUTURE,providers=4086c9da-3938-4136-9385-66342dc38e82,;).

## Training calendar

### Jan

### Feb

- Introduction to HPC with CREATE
- Performance Profiling & Optimisation for Python
- Introduction to Containers with Docker and Singularity

### March

### April

- e-Research Annual Symposium
- Introduction to HPC with CREATE (with DRIVE-Health CDT)
- Introduction to Cloud Computing with CREATE (with DRIVE-Health CDT)

### May

- Introduction to Trusted Research Environments (pilot with DRIVE-Health CDT)
- Michal available end of May / early June
- [HPC Data and Code Management](https://training.kcl.ac.uk/kcl/#he/dev/eventDetails,;em,providerCode=ERT,providerOrgAlias=kcl,number=8,;)
- Tuesday 20th May 13:00-17:00, WBW LG/11
- Room booked 9:00-17:30

### June

- [Introduction to HPC with CREATE](https://training.kcl.ac.uk/kcl/#he/dev/eventDetails,;em,providerCode=ERT,providerOrgAlias=kcl,number=3,;)
- Tuesday 3rd June 10:00-17:00, Bush House (NE) -1.01
- Room booked 9:00-17:30
- [A PI's guide to e-Research](https://training.kcl.ac.uk/kcl/#he/dev/eventDetails,;em,providerCode=ERT,providerOrgAlias=kcl,number=7,;) - online
- Postponed to July
- Version Control with Git (led by Hub for Applied Bioinformatics)
- part of Software Carpentry
- Tuesday 10th June
- Other training e.g. OpenStack? We have the following rooms booked:
- Tuesday 17th June 9:00-17:30, Waterloo Bridge Wing G/8
- Wednesday 18th June 9:00-17:30, Waterloo Bridge Wing G/8
- Wednesday 18th June 9:00-17:30, Bush House (NE) -1.01

### July

- [A PI's guide to e-Research](https://training.kcl.ac.uk/kcl/#he/dev/eventDetails,;em,providerCode=ERT,providerOrgAlias=kcl,number=7,;) - online
- Tuesday 1st July 13:00-16:00, online
- Should be possible to drop in and out if you're only able to attend parts
- High Performance Computing for Digital Humanities (with KDL)
- Software Carpentry: Python
- Delivered online as part of STEP-UP collaboration

### August

### September

- Green Computing
- [Intermediate Research Software Development with Python](https://carpentries-incubator.github.io/python-intermediate-development/)
- Online
- Instructors:
- Alejandro
- James?

### October

- Peformance Profiling & Optimisation for Python
- Invite external attendees via STEP-UP
- Introduction to Containers with Docker and Singularity
- Invite external attendees via STEP-UP

### November

- Introduction to HPC with CREATE
- Software Carpentry: Python / R (maybe with HAB)
- Introduction to AI Methods
- Instructors:
- Alejandro
- Is actually a collection of workshops
- Databases / data
- SKlearn
- Pytorch / TF

### December

## Existing Courses

### Introduction to HPC with CREATE
Level: Novice
Format: Half-day workshop
Pre-reqs: None
Intended frequency: Quarterly
Materials link: https://hpc-training.sites.er.kcl.ac.uk/

### Introduction to HPC with CREATE (Long-form HAB version)

### Introduction to Cloud Computing with CREATE
Level: Intermediate
Pre-reqs: Familiarity with Bash, Linux and having a problem which needs OpenStack
Intended frequency: twice yearly

### Software Carpentry
Level: Novice
Pre-reqs: None

### Containers
Intended frequency: twice yearly

### Peformance Profiling & Optimisation for Python
Intended frequency: twice yearly

## Courses to be Developed / Tested

### High Performance Computing for Digital Humanities

### HPC Data and Code Management
Intended frequency: twice yearly

### Introduction to Trusted Research Environments

### Green Computing (name TBC)

### Reproducible Computational Research

### Introduction to AI Methods

### A PI's Guide to e-Research

Topics include:
- Overview of all our services
- Data management
- How to cost e-Research infra / people on grants

## Courses requested

- At e-Research Symposium 2025
- C++
- Finetuning AI models
- Data Vis - libraries, techniques, concepts