Learn all about Containers for HPC Cambridge - Events for June 2017
Singularity - Containers for HPC Workshop - Titan Teaching Rooms, New Museum Site, Cambridge, 29th and 30th
June, 2017
Thursday 29 June - Day 1
9:00 - 10:00 Introduction to Containers What are containers.
10:00 - 11:00 Introduction to Singularity What is Singularity.
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00 Hands-on Lab MPI Examples and Non-MPI examples (R/Python).
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Singularity from a sysadmin view Installing Singularity and build images (convert from Docker).
15:00 - 16:30 Hands-on Lab MPI Examples and Non-MPI examples (R/Python).
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:00 Singularity advanced topics and roadmap
19:00 - 21:00 Workshop dinner
Friday 30 June - Day 2
09:30 - 11:00 Containers in the cloud for HPC and Big-Data
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00 Singulary in UK HPC
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Discussion session
Register here https://rse-cambridge.github.io/hpc-container-workshop/
Docker Containers for Reproducible Research Workshop (C4RR) 27th to 28th June 2017 at Cambridge.
Twitter: #C4RR
The Software Sustainability Institute’s Docker Containers for Reproducible Research Workshop brings together researchers, developers and educators to explore best practices when using containers, not only Docker, and the future of research software with containers. Docker Containers for Reproducible Research Workshop (C4RR) will take place from 27th to 28th June 2017 at Cambridge.
Tuesday 27 June 2017 - Day 1
09:00-12:00: Workshop
12:00-13:00: Lunch
13:00-13:15: Welcome
13:15-14:00: Keynote Session
14:00-14:15: Paper Session 1
14:15-14:30: Paper Session 2
14:30-14:50: Paper Session 3
14:50-15:20: Coffee Break
15:20-15:40: Paper Session 4
15:40-16:00: Paper Session 5
16:00-16:20: Paper Session 6
16:20-16:40: Paper Session 7
16:40-17:00: Lightning Talks Session
17:00-18:00: Break
18:00-21:00: Social programme
Wednesday 28 June 2017 - Day 2
09:00-12:00: Workshop
12:00-13:00: Lunch
13:00-13:15: Welcome
13:15-14:00: Keynote Session
14:00-14:10: Introduction to discussion session
14:10-14:30: Discussion session and speed blogging
14:30-15:00: Coffee Break
15:00-16:30: Discussion session and speed blogging (continuation)
16:30-17:00: Closing Session
Register here https://www.software.ac.uk/c4rr
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