Joint Software Carpentry-Open Science Grid Workshop @ University of Chicago
When: December 15-17, 2014
What: Software Carpentry (SWC) has emerged as a popular format for teaching best practices in scientific computation, with an emphasis on the start-up “computing lab skills” necessary to become productive in modern scientific research. In this workshop, sponsored by technical staff from the Computation Institute and the Open Science Grid (OSG), SWC core curriculum components (task automation with Unix, development of modular programs with Python, and version control with Git) are augmented with fundamentals for distributed high-throughput computation, with practical examples taken from real scientific applications executed using the OSG Connect login service to the OSG. The workshop format will be a mix of short lectures and hands-on practical exercises.
Who: UChicago students, postdocs, staff and faculty
Where: Searle Chemistry Lab, Room 240, 5735 S. Ellis Ave, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
Registration: Instructions can be found on the workshop page: http://swc-osg-workshop.github.io/2014-12-15-UChicago/index.html. Space is limited.
Requirements: Laptop (Mac, Linux or Windows) with a few specific software packages pre-installed (see the workshop page for instructions).
Contact Bala Desinghu (balamurugan@uchicago.edu) for additional information.