Events

Introduction to the Linux Command Line

Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

This course will familiarize the student with the basics of accessing and interacting with Linux computers using the GNU/Linux operating system’s Bash shell, also generically referred to as “the command line”. Topics include: a brief overview of Linux, the Bash shell, navigating the file system, basic commands, shell redirection, permissions, processes, and the command environment. […]

Introduction to the Linux Command Line

Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

This course will familiarize the student with the basics of accessing and interacting with Linux computers using the GNU/Linux operating system’s Bash shell, also generically referred to as “the command line”. Topics include: a brief overview of Linux, the Bash shell, navigating the file system, basic commands, shell redirection, permissions, processes, and the command environment. […]

Sliding into Slurm: An early look at U-M’s new high-performance computing environment

Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

This workshop will provide a brief overview of the the new HPC environment and is intended for current Flux and Armis users.  We will use the temporary Beta HPC cluster to demonstrate how jobs will be submitted and managed under the new Great Lakes, Armis2, and Lighthouse clusters available later this year. There are many […]

Sliding into Slurm: An early look at U-M’s new high-performance computing environment

Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

This workshop will provide a brief overview of the the new HPC environment and is intended for current Flux and Armis users.  We will use the temporary Beta HPC cluster to demonstrate how jobs will be submitted and managed under the new Great Lakes, Armis2, and Lighthouse clusters available later this year. There are many […]

Web Scraping with Python

Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

This workshop will provide an overview of how to scrape data from html pages and website APIs using Python. This will mostly be accomplished using the requests, beautifulsoup, retry modules and the browser developer tools. The workshop is intended for users with basic Python knowledge. Anaconda Python 3.5 will be used.

Sliding into Slurm: An early look at U-M’s new high-performance computing environment

Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

This workshop will provide a brief overview of the the new HPC environment and is intended for current Flux and Armis users.  We will use the temporary Beta HPC cluster to demonstrate how jobs will be submitted and managed under the new Great Lakes, Armis2, and Lighthouse clusters available later this year. There are many […]

Introduction to Stata

Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

Topics: By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to: Work with Stata, including using Do-files and using the help system. Get data into Stata and manage your data files Establish familiarity with your data Clean the data to prepare it for analysis Check for basic errors in the data Generate new variables […]

Doing more with RStudio

Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

This talk will serve as an demonstration of what RStudio can offer for those that do not use it, as well as a showcase for more advanced use for those who use it only for scripting purposes. Topics include but are not limited to: Scripting shortcuts Customization Using Projects Document generation Addins Package Development Debugging […]

Introduction to Deep Neural Networks with Keras/TensorFlow

Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are used as a machine learning method for both regression and classification problems. Keras is a high-level, Python interface running on top of multiple neural network libraries, including the popular library TensorFlow. In this workshop, participants will learn how to quickly use the Keras interface to perform nonlinear regression and classification with standard fully-connected DNNs, as well as image classification […]

Intro to Web Applications using Flask and Python

Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001A

Ever want to build your own web application? Do you want to do it using Python? Well then, Flask is the answer you are looking for. Its a micro web framework for Python to help you build your first web app. Come learn how to get started building, testing and deploying your first app to […]