Workshops - 2026
Autumn HPC and Cloud computing workshop, Oct. 21-23, 2026.#
How to get to the Workshop location#
The event is located at Bannatyne campus! This means that the first task is to find the venue.
- The Workshop is an in-person, live event ! It will be held on the Bannatyne Campus, 405 Brodie Centre. Google map . Attendees from Fort Garry campus can use Blue and F5 bus, or F8 and D11 to get there.
- Please review the detailed walkthrough Instructions for finding the room 405 Brodie on the Bannatyne Campus
- The event starts at 9:30AM. Coffee will be provided. Please bring a laptop for hands-on exercises!
Program and materials#
Day 1: Oct 21: Introduction to Digital Resources, Linux Shell, Data Movement and Interactive computing.
| Start | End | Session description | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 | 10:00 | Overview of Digital Research Infrastructure in Canada and at UManitoba | Grigory |
| 10:00 | 11:00 | Linux (BASH) CLI tutorial, SSH | Stefano |
| 11:10 | 12:20 | Transferring data, SSH and Globus | Stefano |
| 12:20 | 13:00 | Lunch break | |
| 13:00 | 14:20 | OpenOnDemand Web Portal for HPC: Connect, File Transfer, Apps | Grigory |
| 14:30 | 15:30 | OpenOnDemand Web Portal for HPC: running SLURM | Ali |
Day 02: Oct. 22: Software in HPC, using Modules and Containers.
| Start | End | Session description | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 | 10:50 | Intro to HPC software, Environment Modules | Ali |
| 11:00 | 11:40 | Containers in HPC: using Singularity/Apptainer | Grigory |
| 11:40 | 12:20 | Containers in HPC: using Podman/Docker | Stefano |
| 12:20 | 13:00 | Short day |
Day 03: Oct. 23: Using SLURM batch jobs, AI and OpenStack Cloud.
| Start | End | Session description | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 | 11:00 | Running HPC batch jobs with SLURM | Ali |
| 11:10 | 12:20 | AI on HPC topics | Grigory |
| 12:20 | 13:00 | Lunch break | |
| 13:00 | 14:20 | Using OpenStack Cloud , deploying Web applications on IaaS VMs | Stefano |
| 14:30 | 15:20 | Using OpenStack CLI and ObjectStorage | Stefano |
| 15:20 | 15:30 | Closing Remarks | Grigory |
Spring HPC and Cloud computing workshop, May 2026.#
Below are the slides and some materials from the in-person workshop that was held on May 2026:
May 20, 2026#
May 21, 2026#
- OpenOnDemand HPC Web portal: File Transfer, Remote Desktop and interactive GUI applications: Slides
- Containers in HPC: using Singularity/Apptainer: Slides
- Containers in HPC: using Podman and Pyxis: Slides Podman Slides Pyxis
- Introduction to OpenOnDemand:Running jobs using the Job Composer: Slides
- Running jobs on HPC cluster using SLURM: batch and interactive jobs: Slides
- Using Jupyter on HPC systems: Slides
May 22, 2026#
Fall DATA-4010 seminars, September/October 2026#
Below are the slides from the DATA 4010 seminars that were held on September 24 and October 8, 2026: