Knowledge Base Resources
Contributed by cyberinfrastructure professionals (researchers, research computing facilitators, research software engineers and HPC system administrators), these resources are shared through the ConnectCI community platform. Add resources you find helpful!
Rust Web Server Tutorial
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This is a beginner-friendly tutorial on how to set up your web server using Rust!
PyTorch for Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing
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PyTorch is a Python library that supports accelerated GPU processing for Machine Learning and Deep Learning. In this tutorial, I will teach the basics of PyTorch from scratch. I will then explore how to use it for some ML projects such as Neural Networks, Multi-layer perceptrons (MLPs), Sentiment analysis with RNN, and Image Classification with CNN.
GIS: Geocoding Services
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Geocoding is the process of taking a street address and converting it into coordinates that can be plotted on a map. This conversion typically requires an API call to a remote server hosted by an organization/institution. The remote server will take the address attributes provided by you and the remote server will compare it to the data it contains and return a best estimate on the coordinates for that location.
There are many geocoding services available with different world coverages, quality of result, and set different rate limits for access. For R, a package called "tidygeocoder" provides an easy way to connect to these different services. As an additional benefit, their documentation provides a good summary of geocoding services available and links to their documentation. The link to the documentation for gecoding services accessible by "tidygeocoder" is provided below.
For Python, geopy package is a library that provides connection to various geocoding services. The link to the documentation for this package is also included below.
Open OnDemand Documentation Repository
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This is the main documentation repo for the Open OnDemand Portal which enables researchers to access HPC resources from a familiar web interface.
ACCESS Pegasus Documentation
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The documentation provides an overview of using Pegasus, a workflow management system, on ACCESS resources for high throughput computing (HTC) workloads, covering logging in, workflow creation, resource configuration, and monitoring options.
Data Visualization tools for Python
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Matplotlib is a comprehensive library for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations in Python. It makes analyzing and presenting your data extremely easy and works with Python which many people already know.
DARWIN Documentation Pages
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DARWIN (Delaware Advanced Research Workforce and Innovation Network) is a big data and high performance computing system designed to catalyze Delaware research and education
Introduction to Python for Digital Humanities and Computational Research
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This documentation contains introductory material on Python Programming for Digital Humanities and Computational Research. This can be a go-to material for a beginner trying to learn Python programming and for anyone wanting a Python refresher.
Leveraging AI in Generative Assets and Environments for Play: Insights from the English Department's Digital Media Lab
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In this presentation, I will explore the recent advancements in AI-driven production of 3D-generative assets and environments, particularly focusing on their application in creating immersive, playful experiences. Platforms such as ChatGPT, Suno, and Speechify have ushered in a new era of digital creativity, facilitating the development of environments that not only entertain but also serve educational purposes. This session will delve into how these technologies are integrated into academic settings, specifically through a case study of the English Department's Digital Media Lab, known as Tech/Tech, which opened in 2022.
Useful R Packages for Data Science and Statistics
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This Udacity article listed the most frequently used R packages for data science and statistics. For each package, the article provided the link to its official documentation. It will be a great start point if you want to start your data science journey in R.
Paraview UArizona HPC links (beginner)
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These links take you to visualization resources supported by the University of Arizona's HPC visualization consultant (rtdatavis.github.io). The following links are specific to the Paraview program and the workflows that have been used my researchers at the U of Arizona. Some of the pages linked are very beginner friendly: getting started, working with cameras and keyframes for rendering, visualizing external files (netcdf climate data), graphs and data exporting.
Many of the workflows involve using remote desktops via the Open On Demand interface, but if this isn't set up at your university you can use paraview locally on a desktop. Feel free to post on access ci https://ask.cyberinfrastructure.org/ if you need assistance getting a paraview gui open for your work on HPC.
Singularity/Apptainer User Manuals
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Singularity/Apptainer is a free and open-source container platform that allows users to build and run containers on high performance computing resources.
SingularityCE is the community edition of Singularity maintained by Sylabs, a company that also offers commercial Singularity products and services.
Apptainer is a fork of Singularity, maintained by the Linux foundation, a community of developers and users who are passionate about open source software.
AHPCC documentary
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This link is a documentary website to use AHPCC.
Big Data Research at the University of Colorado Boulder
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Background: Big data, defined as having high volume, complexity or velocity, have the potential to greatly accelerate research discovery. Such data can be challenging to work with and require research support and training to address technical and ethical challenges surrounding big data collection, analysis, and publication.
Methods: The present study was conducted via a series of semi-structured interviews to assess big data methodologies employed by CU Boulder researchers across a broad sample of disciplines, with the goal of illuminating how they conduct their research; identifying challenges and needs; and providing recommendations for addressing them.
Findings: Key results and conclusions from the study indicate: gaps in awareness of existing big data services provided by CU Boulder; open questions surrounding big data ethics, security and privacy issues; a need for clarity on how to attribute credit for big data research; and a preference for a variety of training options to support big data research.
UCLA Extended Reality (XR) collaboration resources and Workshop
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Comprehensive Extended Reality (XR) collaboration resources for building a high performance extended reality (XR), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality campus teams. The tags set are a small subset of the the topics covered.
Numba: Compiler for Python
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Numba is a Python compiler designed for accelerating numerical and array operations, enabling users to enhance their application's performance by writing high-performance functions in Python itself. It utilizes LLVM to transform pure Python code into optimized machine code, achieving speeds comparable to languages like C, C++, and Fortran. Noteworthy features include dynamic code generation during import or runtime, support for both CPU and GPU hardware, and seamless integration with the Python scientific software ecosystem, particularly Numpy.
Running Particle-in-Cell Simulations on HPC
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WarpX is an advanced particle-in-cell code used to model particle accelerators, which needs to be run on HPC. This website contains the tutorial on how to build WarpX on various HPC systems such as NERSC along with examples on how to set up post-processing/visualization tools for different physics cases.
Rockfish at Johns Hopkins University
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Resources and User Guide available at Rockfish
ACCESS Guide (originally given at Duke OIT)
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A guide for Duke OIT on how to advise users on using ACCESS and allocation credits to jetstream 2 for Duke University members. This can be used for non Duke members. Assumes the reader has basic knowledge of ACCESS.
Moving-Lid-Driven Flow Simulation by Finite Difference Method
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The listed repository contains code written in C++ to model the flow inside a cavity with a lid moving above from left to right by discretizing incompressible N-S equations with finite difference method. For the governing equations, artificial viscosity has been considered to increase the stability. In terms of solving the resulted algebraic equation system, both the Point Jacobi Method and Symmetric Gauss Seidel methods have been used for the iteration process.
iOS CoreML + SwiftUI Image Classification Model
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This tutorial will teach step-by-step how to create an image classification model using Core ML in XCode and integrate it into an iOS app that will use the user's iPhone camera to scan objects and predict based on the image classification model.
The Use of High-Performance Computing Services in University Settings: A Usability Case Study of the University of Cincinnati’s High-Performance Computing Cluster
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This presentation gives a detailed breakdown of the outcome of my master's thesis which was focused on making HPC Clusters accessible across all disciplines in a university setting "Our Case Study was the university of Cincinnati".
Intro to Statistical Computing with Stan
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The Stan language is used to specify a (Bayesian) statistical model with an imperative program calculating the log probability density function. Here are some useful links to start your exploration of this statistical programming language, and a Python interface to Stan.
Pandas - Python
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pandas is a fast, powerful, flexible and easy to use open source data analysis and manipulation tool, built on top of the Python programming language. It lets you store data in easy to manage and display data frames, with column names and datatypes.
CUDA Toolkit Documentation
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NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit Documentation: If you are working with GPUs in HPC, the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit is essential. You can access the CUDA Toolkit documentation, including programming guides and API references, at this provided website