Explore U-M HPC workshops and U-M Coderspaces opportunities

[DaniJonesOcean]

Issue Description:

We encourage you to take advantage of the broader HPC and coding support networks available at U-M. There are upcoming workshops and ongoing events through Coderspaces that could potentially enhance your research computing skills and network within the U-M data science community.

Workshops to Consider:

1. U-M HPC Workshops:

   • Introduction to Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster
     • Date: May 21 @ 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
   • Advanced Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster
     • Date: May 22 @ 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

   These workshops are opportunities to familiarize yourself further with the Great Lakes cluster. If you find the content might be too basic, feel free to skip and instead focus on areas that will most benefit your role in our project.

2. U-M Coderspaces:

   • A collaborative environment for those interested in coding for research to get support and connect with peers across disciplines.
   • Coderspaces Schedule (Check their Google Calendar for updates):
     • Tuesdays: 9:30-11 a.m. ET (via Zoom)
     • Wednesdays: 1:30-3 p.m. ET (via Zoom)
   • Join the U-M CoderSpaces Slack workspace for ongoing discussions and support from hosts with wide-ranging expertise.
   • Access the CoderSpaces Google Calendar with your *@umich.edu account for event details.

Task:

• Evaluate if attending the workshops will be beneficial for you. If so, register and attend the workshops.
• Consider joining the U-M Coderspaces community to connect with peers and get additional coding support.
• Engage with the U-M Coderspaces Slack workspace for a collaborative space to discuss code and computing topics.

Deliverable:

• After attending the workshops or engaging with the Coderspaces resources, share a brief reflection in the comments on what you learned and how it is (or is not) relevant to our project.
• Include any new methodologies, tools, or best practices that you could apply to the GreatLakes-TempSensors project.

Resources:

• U-M HPC Workshop Registration
• U-M Coderspaces Information
• Join U-M Coderspaces Slack Workspace
• U-M Coderspaces Google Calendar

Note: Please prioritize the activities according to the project timeline and your workload. Our goal is to support your development as well as our project's success.

[DaniJonesOcean]

We have both been added to the relevant Mcommunity group. We should have access to the coderspace Slack in the next 24 hours.

Following the Slack access instructions here should be the next step: https://its.umich.edu/communication/collaboration/slack

[eredding02]

@DaniJonesOcean I attended the Introduction to Research Computing on the Great Lakes Cluster workshop. I learned how the cluster is a shared computing resource, where individuals request a certain amount of time and storage("cores" and GB). I access the cluster Linux cheatsheet. Only after the workshop was I able to actually connect to the cluster via terminal. Dani Jones was able to show me OnDemand and how to use jupyter notebooks with the cluster. Additionally I was able to join the coderspace slack, which is active and has many repliers to help requests.

This HPC resource will be extremely important when we get to training our model, the amount of data we expect to use will surpass the power of my personal laptop or google colab. Something that I will have to learn as that step becomes closer is quantifying how many cores, hours, and GB to request for such a project.