2011 HPC Boot Camp

The UAB HPC Bootcamp is being held in conjunction with the UAB Research Computing Day 2011. The HPC Bootcamp will take place on Friday September 16 at the Hill University Center Auditorium from 9:00am to 3:30pm.

The 2011 UAB HPC Boot Camp is sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology (UAB IT), the Section on Statistical Genetics in the School of Public Health (SSG), the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS).

Registration
Registration is requested by Wednesday September 14th to attend this event. Please register here

Agenda
8:30-9:00 Registration and Refreshments

9:00-9:05 Opening Remarks - John-Paul Robinson, UAB IT Research Computing

9:05 - 11:00 Galaxy Introduction - Next Generation Sequencing Analysis


 * 9:05 - 9:20 Logging in and uploading data to Galaxy
 * 9:20 - 9:50 NGS genome sequencing analysis, John Osborne, CCTS
 * 9:50 - 10:30 NGS transcripome sequencing analysis (RNAseq), Curtis Hendrickson, CCTS
 * 10:30 - 11:00 Galaxy Workflows & Advanced Topics

11:00-1:00 Lunch on your own

1:00-2:00 - Research Computing Resources Session


 * 1:00 - 1:20 Overview of Research Computing Resources -- John-Paul Robinson, UAB IT Research Computing
 * 1:20 - 1:40 Using Git for Development -- Shantanu Pavgi, UAB IT Research Computing
 * 1:40 - 2:00 Hadoop on Cheaha -- John-Paul Robinson, UAB IT Research Computing

2:00-2:10 - break

2:10-3:20 - Developing Research Computing Solutions Session


 * 2:10 - 2:40 - Scientific Python Programming and Application Performance -- Robert Cloud, SoE
 * 2:40 - 3:00 - RESTful Web Service Interfaces -- Don Dempsey, CCTS
 * 3:00 - 3:30 - MatLab for Managing Workflows PDF -- Thomas Anthony, UAB IT Research Computing - SoE