January 3, 2024

For the upcoming Winter quarter, in addition to the workshops already offered in Fall 2023, URCF will have a new workshop on introduction to programming using R. This workshop will introduce the R programming language for data analytics using the Jupyter/RStudio interface on Picotte. Workshop contents include basic understand of R, installation of additional R modules, introduction to data manipulation, introduction to visualization, and several best practices for using R.

Our training schedule and registration link for the Winter quarter is as follows:

• Introduction to Linux (two separate sections)
  
  • Monday January 8, 2024 from 9:00AM to 11:00AM
  • Monday February 5, 2024 from 9:00AM to 11:00AM
  • https://forms.office.com/r/dSEutBuekE
    
    
• Introduction to Research Computing on Picotte (two separate sections)
  
  • Wednesday January 10, 2024 from 9:00AM to 11:00AM
  • Wednesday February 7, 2024 from 9:00AM to 11:00AM
  • https://forms.office.com/r/Kk0hdd0yx8
    
    
• Introduction to Programming using Python (one section, two parts)
  
  • Part 1: Friday January 19 from 9:00AM to 12:00PM 
  • Part 2: Friday January 26 from 9:00AM to 12:00PM
  • https://forms.office.com/r/uDbjcr1kax
    
    
• Introduction to Programming using R (one section, two parts)
  
  • Part 1: Friday February 9, 2024 from 9:00AM to 12:00PM
  • Part 2: Friday, February 16, 2024 from 9:00AM to 12:00PM
  • https://forms.office.com/r/MyGFrzHXfA

Our training workshops will be disseminated via Zoom. The Zoom link and setup instruction will be sent via email the day before the workshop. 
Questions about our training workshops can be directed to linh.bao.ngo@drexel.edu

Best regards, 
Linh

Linh B. Ngo, Ph.D. 
Director of High Performance Computing
University Research Computing Facility
Office of Research and Innovation, Drexel University
linh.bao.ngo@drexel.edu