The mission of the University of Kentucky (UK) Center for Computational Sciences (CCS) is to enable and enhance the success of our faculty and staff in their pursuit of computational research and education by providing access to leading computational resources and the necessary support services to utilize them effectively. Research Computing and Data (RCD) technologies encompassing high-performance computing, high-throughput computing, computational workflows, AI computing, and Big Data collection, storage, and processing are increasingly important as a critical means to expand our knowledge about the world in every area of human endeavor.
To bring the CCS research computing ecosystem closer to the research community, to educate researchers about its capabilities and its ever-expanding range of applications, and to promote and nurture its role in advancing arts, humanities, science and engineering at the University of Kentucky and beyond, CCS will offer a new Research Computing and Data Seminar Series.
The CCS RCD series will begin in the Spring 2024 semester and consist of eight meetings spaced throughout the semester. The series will include presentations providing an overview of the CCS and its role and resources, practicums and tutorials to help computational researchers become effective users of recently deployed computing and data resources, as well as talks by researchers from a variety of disciplines discussing their computational research, with a particular emphasis on RCD “know-how” they find critically important in their work. We encourage everyone interested in using RCD to support their research or educational work to attend.
The meetings will be held in the theater located in the Davis Marksbury Building, home to the Computer Science Department. They will start at 3:00 pm with refreshments; the presentations will follow, starting at 3:30 pm.
All presentations to be given by non-CCS staff will be scheduled for 25 minutes, with about 10 minutes for discussion. The presentations are expected to be given in person.
Zoom access information:
https://uky.zoom.us/s/84474671604
The next seminar:
April 30, 2024
3:00 pm – Refreshments
3:30 pm – Presentation
Speakers:
(1) Barry Farmer, Center for Computational Sciences, University of Kentucky
(2) Satrio Husodo, Information Technology Services – Research Computing Infrastructure, University of Kentucky
(3) Vikram Gazula, Center for Computational Sciences, University of Kentucky
Title:
Breaking Barriers: Accessing HPC Resources Through User-Friendly Interfaces
Abstract:
Navigating high-performance computing (HPC) resources can be daunting and challenging, even for experienced researchers, due to the reliance on the command-line interface. This seminar will show you how to use HPC resources through web graphical user interfaces (GUIs). These interfaces help users in the basic navigation of the cluster operating system, computational job submission, and data workflows. For example, we will showcase Python data analysis workflows that can be easily performed on your web browser using JupyterHub. Moreover, we will provide and demonstrate ways to access the familiar user interfaces of Matlab or R-Studio on our HPC clusters. We will also discuss the ACCESS (Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support) program, which aims to assist researchers in obtaining national-level computational resources while maintaining a low barrier to entry. We are excited to share some of these tools, hoping they will allow you to be more efficient, no matter your research domain.
The CCS RCD Seminar Series schedule for Spring 2024:
January 30, 2024
Jim Griffioen, CCS and Computer Science Department, University of Kentucky
Slides
February 13, 2024
(1) Ted Kalbfleisch, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Kentucky
Slides
(2) Christopher Crawford, Department of Physics, University of Kentucky
Slides
February 27, 2024
(1) Tyler Burkett, UK ITSRCD, University of Kentucky
Slides
(2) Helene Gold & Isaac Wink, UK Libraries, University of Kentucky
Slides
March 19, 2024
(1) Chang-Guo Zhan, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky
Slides
(2) Nicolas Teets, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky
Slides
April 02, 2024 *** POSTPONED to April 30, 2024 ***(1) Barry Farmer, CCS, University of Kentucky
(2) Satrio Husodo, ITS RCI, University of Kentucky
(3) Vikram Gazula, CCS, University of Kentucky
April 16, 2024
(1) Chad Risko, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky
Slides
(2) Hunter Moseley, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky
Slides
April 30, 2024
(1) Barry Farmer, CCS, University of Kentucky
(2) Satrio Husodo, ITS RCI, University of Kentucky
(3) Vikram Gazula, CCS, University of Kentucky
May 07, 2024
(1) Isaac Shlosman, Department of Physics, University of Kentucky