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SCINet Corner

The SCINet Corner is a recurring virtual gathering to provide a space for people to meet and discuss SCINet-related items. The main idea is that SCINet users with similar interests can get help from each other. This virtual meeting will provide space for, and facilitate, these interactions once a month.

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Upcoming Sessions

  • Commonly used Slurm parameters and the new “ceres” partition

    • Understanding partitions and accounts on SCINet’s supercomputers.
    • Specifying the partition, account, and time limit for compute jobs.
    • Using the new “ceres” partition on Ceres.

SCINet Corner Recordings

  • Open Q&A

    We invite you to submit any SCINet-related questions, challenges or concerns you’d like us to address in this SCINet Corner by filling out this short form.

    • Thursday, March 27, 2025, 1-2 pm ET
      • Provided by: SCINet Corner

  • Data transfer using Globus

    Data transfer to, from, and among SCINet systems (Ceres, Atlas, and Juno) using Globus

  • Login nodes: What they are and how to use them

    This presentation will cover the purpose and proper use of login nodes.

    • Thursday, January 23, 2025, 1-2 pm ET
      • Provided by: SCINet Corner

  • HPC Software Module System and Placing Requests for Software

    This presentation will cover modules in the context of Ceres and Atlas, how to call and use them, examples of frequently used modules, and what to do if your software isn’t available.

    • Thursday, December 12, 2024, 1-2 pm ET
      • Provided by: SCINet Corner

  • Tidyverse for data cleaning and wrangling

  • Introduction to plotting with ggplot2

    • Accessing RStudio through Open OnDemand
    • Graphing concepts in creating basic plots using the gapminder data set

  • Plotting in Python with plotnine

    • How to access plotnine in Open OnDemand JupyterLab
    • Data formats expected by plotnine
    • Graphing concepts in creating basic plots

  • Open Q&A

    The SCINet Corner is a recurring virtual gathering to provide a space for people to meet and discuss SCINet-related items.

    • Thursday, July 18, 2024, 1-2 pm ET
      • Provided by: SCINet Corner

  • Introduction to Slurm: How to run computing jobs on SCINet clusters

    • The common parameters you can specify, e.g., number of cores and wall time limit.
    • How to request an interactive job
    • How to write and submit batch scripts
    • How to check the job queue

  • Open OnDemand: Web-based access to SCINet

    How to access SCINet computing resources and applications through your browser. This presentation will cover how to log on to Open OnDemand for Ceres and Atlas, followed by an overview of popular applications available on Open OnDemand.

    • Thursday, May 16, 2024, 1-2 pm ET
      • Provided by: SCINet Corner

  • Galaxy: a web-based platform for data-intensive bioinformatics analyses

    This presentation will cover what Galaxy is, logging in, uploading data, and examples of data analysis on Galaxy

    • Thursday, April 18, 2024, 1-2 pm ET
      • Provided by: SCINet Corner

  • Data Transfer

    Data transfer to, from, and among SCINet systems (Ceres, Atlas, and Juno) using Globus or scp.

    25 mins of instruction followed by open discussion and Q&A

    • Thursday, March 28, 2024, 1-2 pm ET
      • Provided by: SCINet Corner

  • Command line tricks in Ceres

    We will continue talking about tips and tricks related to Ceres command line techniques.

    • Thursday, February 15, 2024, 1-2 pm ET
      • Provided by: SCINet Corner

  • Command Line Tips Continued

    We will continue talking about tips and tricks related to Ceres command line techniques.

  • Tips and Tricks on the Command Line Continued

    We will be continuing with more tips and tricks on the command line.

    • Thursday, December 14, 2023, 1-2 pm ET
      • Provided by: SCINet Corner

  • More tips and tricks on the command line

    We will be continuing with more tips and tricks on the command line.

    • Thursday, November 16, 2023, 1-2 pm ET
      • Provided by: SCINet Corner

  • Command Line Tips and Tricks

    In continuation of the theme to re-introduce users to SCINet, we will be covering some tips and tricks on the command line that help you do certain routine jobs faster.

    • Thursday, October 19, 2023, 1-2 pm ET
      • Provided by: SCINet Corner

  • Reintroduction to SCINet

    We are starting off this fall with a re-introduction to SCINet

    • Thursday, September 14, 2023, 1-2 pm ET
      • Provided by: SCINet Corner

  • Python in Jupyter

    Alex presented on how to use Jupyter as a Python coding environment

  • Getting started with Python programming

    Alex presented on the fundamentals of getting started with Python programming.

    • Thursday, June 1, 2023, 1-2 pm ET

  • Continues Exploration of R and Intro to dplyr

    Viswanathan Satheesh continues exploration of R after the previous SCINet Corner (November 3, 2022) and provides an introduction to dplyr.

  • Introduction to ggplot2

    Viswanathan Satheesh provides an introduction to programming in R with emphasis on ggplot2.

    • Thursday, November 3, 2022, 1-2 pm ET

  • A Brief Introduction to R

    Viswanathan Satheesh presented on A Brief Introduction to R.