IT training for researchers in March

A new round of online training to support research activities will be offered to research staff and students in March 2021. The topics of the training cover the use of Pilot HPC platform, GitLab service and machine learning. Details of the online training are as below.

Use of Pilot HPC Platform

Date & Time: 14:30 – 17:00, 2 March 2021

Medium of Instruction: English

Pre-requisite: Basic Linux and programming knowledge

Course Outline:

• Introduction to Pilot HPC Platform
• Account application
• Resources available
• Core operations of using Pilot HPC Platform
• Application examples running on Pilot HPC Platform
• Jupyter Notebook on Pilot HPC Platform

Registration: Click here

Use of GitLab Service for Research

Date & Time: 14:30 – 17:00, 18 March 2021

Medium of Instruction: English

Pre-requisite: Basic OS (Linux & Windows) and programming knowledge

Course Outline:

• Introduction to GitLab Service for Research
• Basic Operations of Git (Clone, push and pull)
• Branching of Git
• Managing Users and Groups under GitLab
• Permission of Project
• Examples of Integrating Pilot HPC Platform and GitLab

Registration: Click here

Machine Learning: Using user-friendly GUI tool without coding

Date: 9, 11, 16, 23, 25 and 30 March 2021

Time: 14:30 – 17:00

Medium of Instruction: English

Course Outline:

(9 Mar) Lesson 1:

• Introduction to Machine Learning
• Data Mining and Workflow
• ML Technique: Linear Regression

(11 Mar) Lesson 2:

• ML Technique: Classification and Clustering

(16 Mar) Lesson 3:

• ML Technique: Logistic Regression and Apriori Algorithm

(23 Mar) Lesson 4:

• Use of ML Technique: Image Classification
• ML Technique: Naïve Bayes Classifier

(25 Mar) Lesson 5:

• Use of ML Technique: Text Mining

(30 Mar) Lesson 6:

• Use of ML Technique: Time Series Forecasting
• Real-world Example Using ML

Registration: Click here