WestGrid User Training and Seminars
Introduction
WestGrid currently offers three different series of seminars via Access Grid video conferencing technologies. These are the WestGrid Seminar Series, and the Coast To Coast Seminar Series which are described below.
Other training opportunities include one-on-one meetings with WestGrid technical support analysts (for those researchers located at suitable WestGrid sites).
Users are encouraged to explore the WestGrid web site, such as the QuickStart guides and the Using WestGrid pages, for self-training materials.
WestGrid Seminar Series
WestGrid offers a range of training sessions targeted at helping the computational science research community make better use of WestGrid resources. Sessions are typically an hour in length and include topics such as how to use WestGrid, programming serial and parallel applications, managing large data sets, making use of grid computing tools, using scientific data visualization, and using collaboration tools for distributed research. Note that materials on most of these topics is also provided in the relevant web pages in the Support section on the WestGrid web site.
WestGrid seminars are offered to researchers at all WestGrid sites through the use of Access Grid videoconferencing technologies. These sessions are also available as web streams as well as archived for later use.
For more information, contact info@westgrid.ca or visit the Spring 2010 WestGrid Training Seminars.
Archives of past seminars are available below:
- Fall 2009 WestGrid Training Seminars
- Fall 2008 WestGrid Training Seminars
- Spring 2008 WestGrid Training Seminars
- Fall 2007 WestGrid Training Seminars
- Spring 2007 WestGrid Training Seminars
- 2006 WestGrid Training Seminars
For more information on how to use the WestGrid computational infrastructure, please email the WestGrid support list.
Coast To Coast Seminar Series
IRMACS and AARMS host the Coast To Coast Seminar Series in partnership with ACEnet, SHARCNET and WestGrid. This is a series of talks covering topics in climate change and the environment, presented by researchers from across Canada. These seminars are presented using Access Grid videoconferencing facilities. Sessions are typically 50 minutes in length.
View the Fall 2010 Coast-to-Coast Seminar schedule here.
Archives of past seminars are available below:
Updated 2010-01-11.
