[LA-SiGMA] HPC Training: Introduction to R

[Feng Chen]

Dear All,

The schedule for the Spring 2018 HPC Training is available at http://www.hpc.lsu.edu/training/tutorials.php.

Our next HPC training will be held on Wednesday, March 14 at 9:00 AM in 307 Frey Computing Service Center and broadcast through WebEx for remote users.

Wednesday, March 14, 2018: 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, March 21, 2018: Parallel Computing with Matlab
Matlab is a high-level language and interactive environment for numerical computation, visualization, and programming. In this training we will discuss how to efficiently prepare the Matlab code that focuses on good performance. A variety of optimization techniques will be analyzed, as well as the speedup of the performance of the Matlab applications. We will also cover Matlab Parallel Computing Toolbox.
Prerequisites: Calculus; Linear algebra; Some experience in Matlab coding would 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.

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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