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The Ontario East HPC Summer School 2021
A virtual event presented by the Centre for Advanced Computing at Queen's University

The Centre for Advanced Computing at Queen's University presents The Ontario East High Performance Computing (HPC) Summer School 2021 featuring workshops guided by experts from Queen's University, the University of Ottawa, University of Waterloo and McMaster University. The summer school will be delivered virtually and commences August 16, 2021 for 2 weeks and closes August 26, 2021. The event is comprised of 8 high-performance computing workshops designed to provide an immersive introduction to world of advanced computing.

Participants can join individual workshops or earn an eCertificate for the successful completion of thirty (30+) hours of instruction. Attendance will be tracked by instructors and their support teams to ensure criteria are met. eCertificates will be delivered virtually in September 2021.

Schedule

Please pay special attention to the pre-requisite requirements for each workshop (listed in the Workshop Registration section below). This information is vital in determining if this workshop is a good fit for you.

Date	Hours	Times	Workshop
August 16, 2021	6.0	9:00AM-4:00PM (1hr lunch)	Intro to Python Programming
August 17, 2021	3.0	9:00AM-12:00PM	Intro to HPC
August 17, 2021	3.0	1:00PM-4:00PM	Data Preparation
August 18, 2021	3.0	9:00AM-12:00PM	Git
August 18, 2021	3.0	1:00PM-4:00PM	Data Security
August 19, 2021	6.0	9:00AM-4:00PM (1hr lunch)	Machine Learning
August 23, 2021	6.0	9:00AM-4:00PM (1hr lunch)	Visualization
August 24-26, 2021	18.0	9:30AM-5:00PM (1.5hr lunch)	Programming GPUs with CUDA

Registration capacity is limited to ensure each participant receives an immersive, hands-on, experience. To join the waitlist, please utilize the "register for waitlist" feature during registration. Thank you.

Workshop Registration

Please select your desired workshops from each time slot below.
Reminder Participants interested in earning a certificate must attend a minimum of 30 hours of instruction. Thank you.

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Day 1) Introduction to Python Programming

Date: August 16, 2021, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Pre-requisites: None

Description: The Introduction to Python Programming workshop is designed to give you a hands-on introduction to the popular programming language Python. The workshop focuses on the basics of programming and how to apply them in the context of Python.

Instructor: Fernando Hernandez Leiva, Queen's University

Instruction time: 6 hours

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This workshop is full. If space becomes available you will be automatically notified in sequential order by email. Thank you.

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Day 2a) Introduction to High Performance Computing (HPC)

Date: August 17, 2021, 9:00am - 12:00pm
Pre-requisites: None

Description: This workshop is intended to give a good introduction and overview of the high-performance computing (HPC) tools available at the Centre for Adavnced Computing (CAC) and how to use them effectively. By the end of this workshop, participants will know how to use the UNIX command line to operate a computer, connect to a cluster, write simple shell scripts, submit and manage jobs on a cluster using a scheduler, transfer files, and use software through environment modules.

Instructor: Dr. Shadi Khalifa, Queen's University

Instruction time: 3 hours

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Day 2b) Data Preparation

Date: August 17, 2021, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Pre-requisites: Introduction to Python Programming

Description: This is an introductory workshop to Data Analytics. It starts by introducing the Data Analytics pipeline and its processes. Then, it discusses the different statistical and visualization approaches for conducting Exploratory and Descriptive Analytics on data to answer the question of “What happened in the past?”. The workshop then dives into the art of Data Preparation covering data cleaning, missing values handling, outlier detection and handling, feature transformation and feature engineering.

Instructor: Dr. Shadi Khalifa, Queen's University

Instruction time: 3 hours

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Day 3a) Git

Date: August 18, 2021, 9:00am - 12:00pm
Pre-requisites: None

Description: Version control is an important tool for tracking and safe-keeping articles and source code. Nothing is ever lost, and it is always possible to go back in time to an earlier version. It is an ideal tool for collaboration since multiple persons can work on the same project and it keeps a record of which change has been done by which person. In this course, we will look at the most popular version control software, Git, which is the basis for well-known sites such as GitHub and Gitlab.

Instructor: Dr. Jarno van der Kolk, University of Ottawa

Instruction time: 3 hours

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Day 3b) Data Security

Date: August 18, 2021, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Pre-requisites: None

Description: Keeping your data secure is an important aspect of research. Some researchers will handle confidential information and there has been an increase in hacking attempts by foreign entities to extract valuable intellectual property. In this course, we will look at the various levels of encryption as well as password management and general data hygiene. We will also discuss common techniques used to infiltrate your systems.

Instructors:
1. Dr. Jarno van der Kolk, University of Ottawa
2. Lucas Lapczyk, Queen's University

Instruction time: 3 hours

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Day 4) Machine Learning

Date: August 19, 2021, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Pre-requisites:
1. Introduction to Python Programming
2. Data Preparation

Description: This workshop introduces Predictive Analytics to answer the question of “What will happen?”. It discusses when and how to use the different predictive Machine Learning algorithms. The workshop covers algorithms in Supervised Learning (Classification and Regression) such as KNN, Decision Trees, Random Forest, Naïve Bayes, Support Vector Machines, Neural Networks, Logistic and Linear Regression. The workshop also introduces a set of statistical evaluation methods to compare the performance of different algorithms.

Instructor: Dr. Amal Khalil, Queen's University

Instruction time: 6 hours

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Day 5) Visualization

Date: August 23, 2021, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Pre-requisites: None

Description: It is hard to extract conclusions from raw data, which is why we always turn the data into something we can interpret visually. This can range from 2D graphs to complex 3D animations. This introduction will cover various 2D visualization tools such as GnuPlot and Plot.ly, but also 3D tools such as ParaView for visualizing complex data sets.

Instructor: Dr. Jarno van der Kolk, University of Ottawa

Instruction time: 6 hours

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This workshop is full. If space becomes available you will be automatically notified in sequential order by email. Thank you.

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Days 6, 7, & 8 ) Programming GPUs with CUDA

Date: August 24, 25 & 26, 2021, 9:30am - 5:00pm
Note This workshop is 3 days in length.
Pre-requisites:
1. Participants must have a Compute Canada account.
2. C/C++ scientific programming
3. Experience editing and compiling code in a Linux environment
4. Some experience with CUDA and/or OpenMP a plus

Description: This is an introductory course covering programming and computing on GPUs - graphics processing units - which are an increasingly common presence in massively parallel computing architectures. The basics of GPU programming will be covered, and participants will work through a number of hands on examples. The structuring of data and computations that makes full use of the GPU will be discussed in detail. The course covers some new features available on GPUs installed on Graham and Cedar. Participants should be able to leave the course with the knowledge necessary to begin developing their own GPU applications.

Each day consists of two sessions
Morning session (9:30am - 12:30pm).
Afternoon session (2:00pm - 5:00pm).
All times are EDT (Eastern time).
Lunch break is between 12:30pm - 2:00pm.
We will also include some shorter, intermittent, breaks.

Instructors:
Dr. Sergey Mashchenko, McMaster University
Dr. Pawel Pomorski, University of Waterloo

Instruction time: 18 hours (over 3 days)

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