[LA-SiGMA] HPC Training: Introduction to R

[Feng Chen]

Dear All,

The schedule for the Fall 2017 HPC Training is available at http://www.hpc.lsu.edu/training/tutorials.php.

Our next HPC training will be held on Wednesday, October 4 at 9:00 AM in 307 Frey Computing Service Center and broadcast through WebEx for remote users.

Note that all HPC trainings will start at 9:00AM.

Wednesday, October 4, 2017: Introduction to R
R is a powerful language for data analysis. In this tutorial, you will learn the basics of R, including language fundamentals, basic programming and data visualization. A few examples of using R to process real-life data will be presented as well.
Prerequisites:
    Laptop (Linux/Mac/Windows) with R installed. R can be downloaded from https://cran.r-project.org/
    RStudio is acceptable but not recommended for this training.
 OR
    LONI or LSU HPC account
 Basic understanding of a programming language is assumed but not required.

Next HPC Training:

Wednesday, October 11, 2017: Introduction to R Graphics
Graphs and charts are essential components of data analysis, for which R as a programming language has gained popularity rapidly in recent years. This tutorial will provide an overview on how to create and save graphs in R, then focus on the ggplot2 package.
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of R is not required, but will be helpful.

Please visit http://www.hpc.lsu.edu/training/tutorials.php for more details and register using the link provided.
Users who plan on joining remotely will be provided with a WebEx Link in their registration confirmation email. Please see the system requirements at https://grok.lsu.edu/Categories.aspx?parentCategoryId=3381.

Please distribute to faculty, staff and students that might be interested.

Thanks,

Feng Chen, PhD
Manager of User Services
High Performance Computing
Louisiana State University
329 Frey Computing Services Center, Baton Rouge, LA  70803
office 225-578-2924
fchen14 at lsu.edu<mailto:fchen14 at lsu.edu>




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