WESTGRID SEMINAR SERIES – FALL 2014
Sessions are open to all university faculty, grad students and staff across all disciplines. All sessions take place at the same time and location on campus.
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Pacific
Locations:
Attend in person – UBC, Rm 4127, Earth Sciences Bldg (ESB), 2207 Main Mall
Watch online – http://www.westgrid.ca/live
September 17
An overview of WestGrid and Compute Canada, their advanced computing resources available for researchers, and the steps for how to get an account.
October 08
Introduction to Using WestGrid
A step-by-step tutorial on using WestGrid facilities (ie. how to log in, submit jobs, move data, troubleshoot, etc.)
October 22
An overview of new cloud computing resources available within WestGrid / Compute Canada.
If you have any questions or would like more information about the WestGrid Seminar Series, please email info@westgrid.ca or visit https://www.westgrid.ca/events/westgrid-seminar-series.
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WESTGRID ONLINE WORKSHOPS – FALL 2014
Getting the Most from a Cluster (PART II)
Thursday, Sept 18
12:00 – 2:00 pm Pacific
Delivered online using Vidyo
This hands-on, online tutorial focus on getting the most out of a cluster using a scheduler. This session is intended for current WestGrid account holders who have experience submitting jobs but would like to increase their job productivity and efficiency. More info…
Using WestGrid’s Allinea Tools – Application Performance Profiling and Debugging
Wednesday, Sept 24
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Pacific
Delivered online using WebEx
This Allinea workshop will cover application performance profiling & debugging using tools in the integrated Allinea environment. More info…
If you have any questions or would like more information about WestGrid’s online workshops, please email info@westgrid.ca.
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COAST TO COAST SEMINAR SERIES – FALL 2014
THEME:
Deep Sequencing Antibody and T-cell Receptor Repertoires for the Study of Infectious and Autoimmune Disease, and Development of Vaccines and Therapeutics
Sessions are open to all university faculty, grad students and staff across all disciplines. All sessions take place at the same time and location on campus.
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Pacific
Location: Attend in person – UBC, Rm 4127, Earth Sciences Bldg (ESB), 2207 Main Mall
Watch online – http://www.irmacs.sfu.ca/about/live-video
September 30
Tools for the Analysis of NGS Databases of Antibody Repertoires
Speaker: Andrew Bradbury, Group Leader, Los Alamos National Laboratories, New Mexico
RSVP here
October 14
The Potential for NGS Databases of Antibody Repertoires for the Pharmaceutical Industry
Speaker: Jacob Glanville, Chief Science Officer, Distributed Bio, Seattle
RSVP here
October 28
Deep Sequencing T-cell Receptor Databases for Developing Novel Treatments of Ovarian Cancer
Speaker: Rob Holt, Director of Sequencing, BC Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, Vancouver
RSVP here
November 25
HIV/SLE Receptor Repertoire Comparisons: How Would Integrated Data Systems Help?
Speaker: Jamie Scott, Tier I Canada Research Chair in Molecular Immunity, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
RSVP here
If you have any questions or would like more information about the Coast to Coast Seminar Series, please email info@westgrid.ca or visit https://www.westgrid.ca/events/coast-to-coast-seminar-series.