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Upcoming Events
Join Ben Keene and Nandan Tandon of the Office of Research's Cyberinfrastructure Facilitation team as they discuss how the National Science Foundation's ACCESS program can provide you with free computational resources for your research. NSF has granted $52 million over five years to advanced computational resource providers, and has developed an ecosystem to assist and accelerate computational research. Watch this webinar to learn more about the ACCESS ecosystem, what resources they provide, and how their team can assist in onboarding UCF researchers to ACCESS resources.
This event is not being recorded. Any materials provided by the presenter will be sent to all registrants by the end of the second business day after the conclusion of the event. Please email ResearchITEvents@ucf.edu to request access to the materials two business days after the completion of the event if you did not register.
Presented by Ben Keene, Nandan Tandon, Ph.D.
This is a high-level survey of the extensive research data management capabilities in Globus, aimed at researchers. The workshop will describe common use cases and demonstrate how to get started with data transfer and sharing using Globus and (NSF) ACCESS.
Click on the registration link to register and receive the zoom link to attend the workshop:
https://support.access-ci.org/events/8776?utm_source=constantcontact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Digest-011426
Please note: UCF has a Globus subscription for secure and reliable research data management across systems. Using Globus, you can transfer, share and discover data via a single interface.
Learn the basics of Git (https://www.git-scm.com/) and version control using the command line in this hands-on workshop. Whether you're working on a coding project alone or with other people, version control can save you time and effort.
This workshop is intended for new or novice Git users. Intermediate and advanced Git workshops are hosted periodically during Spring and Fall semesters. Please visit our events page (https://rci.research.ucf.edu/events) to view additional upcoming Git training sessions.
To participate in the hands-on lab during the session, you will need to provide your own computer with a web browser and a reliable internet connection.
This event is not being recorded. Any materials provided by the presenter will be sent to all registrants by the end of the second business day after the conclusion of the event. Please email ResearchITEvents@ucf.edu to request access to the materials two business days after the completion of the event if you did not register.
Presented by Mark Durbin
Learn and develop techniques for professional collaborative work using the Git Flow workflow. In this hands-on workshop, we will cover working with remote repositories on GitHub (https://github.com) to push and pull code changes, submit pull requests, and merge branches for your projects using GitHub and the command line.
Attendees should have experience creating repositories, making commits, and using GitHub prior to attending this workshop. The entry-level Git workshop, "Git Version Control for Beginners", will be held prior to the intermediate workshop during this semester. Check the Research Cyberinfrastructure events page (https://rci.research.ucf.edu/events/) for availability of the basic course.
To participate in the hands-on lab during the session, you will need to provide your own computer, and have Git (https://git-scm.com/downloads) installed prior to the start of the session. If you will be attending using a UCF-managed computer, you may not have permissions to install the software yourself; please reach out to your IT team for assistance installing Git well in advance of the event, as the presenter will be unable to assist in installation or troubleshooting before or during the event.
This event is not being recorded. Any materials provided by the presenter will be sent to all registrants by the end of the second business day after the conclusion of the event. Please email ResearchITEvents@ucf.edu to request access to the materials two business days after the completion of the event if you did not register.
Presented by Mark Durbin
Make is a command-line tool often used to build executable code from source code. While ubiquitous for those working with C or FORTRAN, Make can also manage task dependencies for any Unix commands.
Researchers seeking to implement reproducible workflows, automating data analysis pipelines, or producing tables and plots for publication can automate their workflow using Make.
This workshop is intended for new or novice Linux users, but intermediate and advanced users are encouraged to join. Python will be used for the coding portion, but no Python experience is necessary.
Using Make to orchestrate your research pipeline can considerably accelerate your workflow.
To participate in the hands-on components during this workshop, you will need to provide your own computer with a web browser.
This workshop introduces participants to the fundamentals of using Parallel Processing within the context of High-Performance Computing (HPC) with R. Attendees will gain an understanding of the benefits and limitations of HPC, learn about the available provider platforms, and practice logging in and running jobs through both Open OnDemand (OOD) and from the Command Line Interface (CLI). The session emphasizes practical skills with guided demonstrations, including performance improvements using algorithms such as K-Means and Random Forest. Through multiple hands-on exercises, participants will experience the end-to-end process of starting an interactive session, running R code on an HPC system, and submitting jobs from the command line using Slurm. By the end of the workshop, participants will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to begin leveraging parallel computing using HPC resources for their own R-based research and data analysis.
- Introduction to HPC in R: benefits, limitations, and use cases
- Brief overview of the HPC provider platform
- Hands-on: logging in and running a simple job with Open OnDemand (OOD)
- Demonstrating HPC performance improvements with K-Means and Random Forest
- Hands-on: running sample R code on HPC after guided walkthrough
- Introduction to Command Line Interface (CLI) and Slurm
- Hands-on: running an R job from CLI with Slurm
Participants will be contacted in advance of the workshop with instructions for creating an ACCESS account. Failing to respond in a timely manner may prevent attendees from being able to work alongside the presenter in real time.
Requirements: Bring your own laptop to follow along during the Hands-on session.
The registration for the workshop will close on 2/12/2026 at 11:59PM to allow time to set-up user accounts.
Presented by Satyar Foroughi
The "shell" in Unix is a generic term for the program that provides the basic user interface to the system. Typically, this would be a command line interface, but might also include a graphical interface (e.g., "gnome shell"). This workshop will cover commands common to most variations of Unix and Unix command line interface shells. The second hour of this workshop will explore shell commands and solutions inspired by participant questions and problems. It is assumed you are familiar with basic shell concepts.