[Chtc-users] ACI Mailing List and Software Carpentry Workshop

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Greetings CHTC Users!

While we avoid sending you promotional emails via the CHTC-USERS email list, we want to provide an annual reminder that youÂcanÂlearn about research computing events, training, and funding opportunities through theÂmailing list of the Advanced Computing Initiative (ACI). See an example below.

Most importantly, we want to draw your attention to aÂSoftware Carpentry Workshop onÂAugust 26-27, sponsored by ACI, and at which CHTC's Research Computing Facilitators will be instructing (with help from other researchers on campus).ÂNote that registration opens today atÂ5pm!

Regards,

Your CHTC Team

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Example email from the ACI mailing list (including information about this month's upcoming Software Carpentry workshop)

From: <ContactACI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 9:03 AM
Subject: [aci-updates] ACI Updates 8-5-2015

ACI Announcements

Software Carpentry Workshop for Research Computing

ACI is hosting its 7th Software Carpentry Workshop on August 26-27. This two-day workshop will introduce participants to best practices in developing computational programs. The workshop is free, but registration is required, and will open on August 12 at 5pm. Mark your calendars!

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Research Computing Services
If you are interested in becoming a user of CHTCâs high-throughput or high-performance computing services, you can make a request here.

Would you like to have an ACI or CHTC representative speak at your faculty meeting or departmental seminar? We can prepare a brief presentation on the resources and services available for research computing on campus. Please get in touch at ContactACI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

Events

Applied and Computational Mathematics Seminar

Singular Shocks: From particle-laden flow to human crowd dynamics

Li Wang, Department of Mathematics at UCLA
September 11, 2:25pm, 901 Van Vleck Hall

Opportunities and Campus Announcements

The Center for Complexity and Collective Computation (C4) presents the John Von Neumann Public Lectures in Complexity and Computation Public Lecture Video Archive - now you can watch the lectures at your convenience!

The Hacker Within
An every-other-week gathering for graduate students, post-docs, and other researchers who want to learn tips for computing and software development in peer-led casual discussions. Watch the website for their next meeting, or join their mailing list.

Molecular Microbial Ecology and Evolution (MoMiEE)
MoMiEE is a group of researchers at UW-Madison interested in the ecology and evolution of microbial organisms. Monthly meetings will resume in the fall. Watch the website for updates.

MoMiEE Python Study Group
We meet every other Thursday at 10:00am-11:00am in MSB 5503. All are welcome to join! Next Meetings:

August 6th, Style (PEP-8)
August 20th, Project Management (Version Control, Open Source, Licensing)

Do you have an idea for a community around research computing?
ACI can help you identify others from the campus who might share your interests and get your community started. Please send a message to ContactACI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx to share your ideas!

Computational Training

The Social Sciences Computing Cooperative offers training opportunities that are open to members of the campus. Registration required.

R for Researchers - Using RStudio for Data Exploration, August 24, 25, 26, 9:00am - 12:30pm

SAS Bootcamp, August 26, 27, 28, 31, and September 1, 9-11am

Stata for Researchers, August 24, 25, 1:00pm - 5:00pm

R for Researchers - Regression, August 28, 9:00am - 12:30pm

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DoIT STS (free)
The Division of IT (DoIT) offers free software training for students. We are highlighting courses related to research computing. Registration required.

Excel 1, September 3, 24, 6pm - 8pm
Excel 1 in a Day, September 6, 1pm - 5:30pm
Excel 2: Data Visualization, September 17, 6pm - 8pm
Excel 2: Analysis, September 23, 6pm - 8pm
Excel 2 in a Day, September 13, 1pm - 5:30pm
Excel 3: Macros and VBA, September 30, 6pm - 8pm
Python, September 14, 6pm - 8:30pm
MATLAB 1, September 21, 6pm - 8pm
MATLAB 2, November 3, 6pm - 8pm
PowerPoint: Advanced Topics and Posters, September 28, 6pm - 8pm
Illustrator for Research Posters, October 13, 6pm - 8pm

UW Catalog Courses
Check out these timetable research computing courses offered in various departments this semester. Weâve compiled the list from department websites and the course catalogue. If you know of a course that we missed, please tell us! We welcome input from instructors on which courses theyâd like promoted.
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Introduction to Parallel Computing at UW-Milwaukee
This upcoming 2-day workshop provides extensive hands-on training on common parallel computing techniques. It is geared toward UW-Milwaukee researchers and students, but is open to the community. The workshop will provide an introduction to Unix, an overview of parallel computing on clusters and grids, basics of parallel job scheduling with SLURM and HTCondor, and a brief discussion of parallel programming. For more information, please visit the website.
August 4th and 6th, 2015, 9:00am to 4:00pm (lunch break around noon)
UW-Milwaukee, Engineering and Math Sciences Building
3200 N. Cramer St, Room E256
Free. Registration is required.

If you have other information that would be of interest to the research community, please let us know: ContactACI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.