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INFO: Texas A&M University – Computational Courses

OARC users,please see below a list of introductory computational courses offered by Texas A&M High Performance Research Computing.The courses are free but required to have an account on ACCESS https://access-ci.org/about/

Links to registration are embedded in the images “Details and Registration” under each course description.

Vlad Kholodovych, PhD

Director of Research Support

Office of Advanced Research Computing (OARC)

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TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY | FEARLESS on Every Front

 

 

ACES SHORT COURSES

Texas A&M High Performance Research Computing is offering a number of introductory short courses featuring the ACES cluster (Accelerating Computing for Emerging Science). These short courses are offered free of charge and are available to anyone with a current ACCESS ID. Registration is required.For more ACES-related announcements from HPRC, please join the ACES affinity group.
Tuesday October 10 | 10:00 AM-12:30 PM | ZoomI ACES: Container CarpentryPrerequisites: Current ACCESS ID, Basic Linux/Unix skillsThis course introduces concepts of containers and covers common containerization tasks using the Charliecloud and Singularity container engines on the ACES cluster, a composable accelerator testbed at Texas A&M University.

 

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Tuesday October 17 | 10:00 AM-12:30 PM | ZoomI ACES: Containers for Scientific Workflows (Singularity / Apptainer)Prerequisites: Current ACCESS ID, Basic Linux/Unix skillsThis course introduces the use of containers for scientific workflows using the Singularity container engine. Exercises will be performed using the ACES cluster, a composable accelerator testbed at Texas A&M University.

 

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Tuesday October 24 | 10:00 AM-12:30 PM | ZoomI ACES: NGS MetagenomicsPrerequisites: Current ACCESS ID, Basic Linux/Unix skills, and Basic familiarity with NGS techniques/terminologyThis short course introduces concepts of metagenomics analysis based on data generated by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology using the ACES cluster.

 

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Tuesday October 24 | 01:30 PM-04:00 PM | ZoomI ACES: Introduction to JuliaPrerequisites: Current ACCESS IDThis short course covers basic topics in numerical computation and scientific programming using the Julia programming language. Topics include basic language elements and concepts, best practices in programming, and relevant open source tools. This is an introductory course. Exercises will be performed using the ACES cluster, a composable accelerator testbed at Texas A&M University.

 

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Tuesday October 31 | 10:00 AM-12:30 PM | ZoomI ACES: RNA-seq and Differential ExpressionPrerequisites: Current ACCESS ID, Basic Linux/Unix skills, and Basic familiarity with NGS techniques/terminologyThis short course covers concepts of RNA-seq data analysis for differential expression, including quality control, reference-based read alignment, utilization of DESeq2, and data visualization in R. Exercises will be performed using the ACES cluster, a composable accelerator testbed at Texas A&M University.

 

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Tuesday October 31 | 01:30 PM-04:00 PM | ZoomI ACES: NVIDIA ParabricksPrerequisites: Current ACCESS ID, Basic Linux/Unix skills, and Basic familiarity with NGS techniques/terminologyIntroduction to NVIDIA Parabricks, a software suite that allows users to perform secondary analysis of next generation sequencing DNA and RNA data. The software incorporated into NVIDIA Parabricks has been optimized to run on GPUs, drastically increasing the speed at which common NGS analyses and tasks can be completed. Exercises will be performed using the ACES cluster, a composable accelerator testbed at Texas A&M University.

 

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This work is supported by NSF Grants Accelerating Computing for Emerging Sciences (ACES award #2112356), Fostering Accelerated Scientific Transformations, Education and Research (FASTER award #2019129), and Southwest Expertise in Expanding, Training, Education and Research (CC* SWEETER award #1925764).To see the complete catalog of short courses offered by High Performance Research Computing, please visit hprc.tamu.edu/training. Check out our homepage at hprc.tamu.edu and follow us on Twitter and YouTube