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R for Social Scientists

R is quickly gaining popularity as a programming language of choice for researchers. It has an excellent ecosystem including the powerful RStudio development environment.

But getting started with R can be challenging, particularly if you’ve never programmed before. That’s where this...

Keywords: R

R for Social Scientists https://dresa.org.au/materials/r-for-social-scientists R is quickly gaining popularity as a programming language of choice for researchers. It has an excellent ecosystem including the powerful RStudio development environment. But getting started with R can be challenging, particularly if you’ve never programmed before. That’s where this introductory course comes in. Join us for a live coding workshop where we write programs that produce results, using the researcher-focused training modules from the highly regarded Data Carpentry. Basic syntax and data types in R RStudio interface How to import CSV files into R The structure of data frames A brief introduction to data wrangling and data transformation How to calculate summary statistics A brief introduction to visualise data No prior experience with programming needed to attend this course. training@intersect.org.au R
Getting Started with Excel

We rarely receive the research data in an appropriate form. Often data is messy. Sometimes it is incomplete. And sometimes there’s too much of it. Frequently, it has errors. 

This webinar targets beginners and presents a quick demonstration of using the most widespread data wrangling tool,...

Keywords: Excel

Getting Started with Excel https://dresa.org.au/materials/getting-started-with-excel We rarely receive the research data in an appropriate form. Often data is messy. Sometimes it is incomplete. And sometimes there’s too much of it. Frequently, it has errors.  This webinar targets beginners and presents a quick demonstration of using the most widespread data wrangling tool, Microsoft Excel, to sort, filter, copy, protect, transform, aggregate, summarise, and visualise research data. Introduction to Microsoft Excel user interface Interpret data using sorting, filtering, and conditional formatting Summarise data using functions Analyse data using pivot tables Manipulate and visualise data Handy tips to speed up your work The webinar has no prerequisites. training@intersect.org.au Excel
Survey Tools in Research: REDCap and Qualtrics

Now more than ever researchers are needing to embrace electronic data capture methods to keep their research moving in the midst of social distancing restrictions and decreased access to survey participants. Using a research specific survey tool can not only solve this problem, but also set your...

Keywords: REDCap, Qualtrics

Survey Tools in Research: REDCap and Qualtrics https://dresa.org.au/materials/survey-tools-in-research-redcap-and-qualtrics Now more than ever researchers are needing to embrace electronic data capture methods to keep their research moving in the midst of social distancing restrictions and decreased access to survey participants. Using a research specific survey tool can not only solve this problem, but also set your research up for success through intuitive data collection and validation, scheduling and reporting. This webinar will introduce and compare two of the most popular research tools for the collection of survey data and patient records: REDCap and Qualtrics. Electronic Data Capture: Surveys vs Forms Confidential vs Anonymous data collection Strengths and weaknesses of Qualtrics and REDCap Real-life use cases for each tool Using survey tools for longitudinal studies The webinar has no prerequisites. training@intersect.org.au REDCap, Qualtrics
Surveying with Qualtrics

Needing to collect data from people in a structured and intuitive way? Have you thought about using Qualtrics?

Qualtrics in a powerful cloud-based survey tool, ideal for social scientists from all disciplines. This course will introduce the technical components of the whole research...

Keywords: Qualtrics

Surveying with Qualtrics https://dresa.org.au/materials/surveying-with-qualtrics Needing to collect data from people in a structured and intuitive way? Have you thought about using Qualtrics? Qualtrics in a powerful cloud-based survey tool, ideal for social scientists from all disciplines. This course will introduce the technical components of the whole research workflow from building a survey to analysing the results using Qualtrics. We will discover the numerous design elements available in order to get the most useful results and make life as easy as can be for your respondents. If your institution has a licence to Qualtrics, then this course is right for you. Format a sample survey using the Qualtrics online platform Configure the survey using a range of design features to improve user experience Decide which distribution channel is right for your needs Understand the available data analysis and export options in Qualtrics You must have access to a Qualtrics instance, such as through your university license. Speak to your local university IT or Research Office for assistance in accessing the Qualtrics instance. training@intersect.org.au Qualtrics
Learn to Program: MATLAB

MATLAB is an incredibly powerful programming environment with a rich set of analysis toolkits. But what if you’re just getting started – with MATLAB and, more generally, with programming?

Nothing beats a hands-on, face-to-face training session to get you past the inevitable syntax errors! ...

Keywords: Matlab

Learn to Program: MATLAB https://dresa.org.au/materials/learn-to-program-matlab MATLAB is an incredibly powerful programming environment with a rich set of analysis toolkits. But what if you’re just getting started – with MATLAB and, more generally, with programming? Nothing beats a hands-on, face-to-face training session to get you past the inevitable syntax errors! So join us for this live coding workshop where we write programs that produce results, using the researcher-focused training modules from the highly regarded Software Carpentry Foundation. Introduction to the MATLAB interface for programming Basic syntax and data types in MATLAB How to load external data into MATLAB Creating functions (FUNCTIONS) Repeating actions and analysing multiple data sets (LOOPS) Making choices (IF STATEMENTS – CONDITIONALS) Ways to visualise data in MATLAB In order to participate, attendees must have a licensed copy of MATLAB installed on their computer. Speak to your local university IT or Research Office for assistance in obtaining a license and installing the software. No prior experience with programming needed to attend this course. We strongly recommend attending the Start Coding without Hesitation: Programming Languages Showdown and Thinking like a computer: The Fundamentals of Programming webinars. Recordings of previously delivered webinars can be found \here\. training@intersect.org.au Matlab
Getting Started with NVivo for Mac

Does your research see you working through unstructured and non-numerical data? With the ability to collect, store and analyse different data types all in the one location makes, it’s easy to see why NVivo is becoming the tool of choice for many researchers.

NVivo allows researchers to...

Keywords: NVivo

Getting Started with NVivo for Mac https://dresa.org.au/materials/getting-started-with-nvivo-for-mac Does your research see you working through unstructured and non-numerical data? With the ability to collect, store and analyse different data types all in the one location makes, it’s easy to see why NVivo is becoming the tool of choice for many researchers. NVivo allows researchers to simply organise and manage data from a variety of sources including surveys, interviews, articles, video, email, social media and web content, PDFs and images. Coding your data allows you to discover trends and compares themes as they emerge across different sources and data types. Using NVivo memos and visualisations combined with the ability to integrate with popular bibliographic tools you can get your research ready for publication sooner. Create and organise a qualitative research project in NVivo Import a range of data sources using NVivo’s integrated tools Code and classify your data Format your data to take advantage of NVivo’s auto-coding ability Use NVivo to discover new themes and trends in research Visualise relationships and trends in your data In order to participate, attendees must have a licensed copy of NVivo installed on their computer. Speak to your local university IT or Research Office for assistance in obtaining a license and installing the software. This course is taught using **NVivo14** or **NVivo 15** for Mac and is not suitable for NVivo for Windows users. training@intersect.org.au NVivo
Getting started with NVivo for Windows

Does your research see you working through unstructured and non-numerical data? With the ability to collect, store and analyse different data types all in the one location makes, it’s easy to see why NVivo is becoming the tool of choice for many researchers.

NVivo allows researchers to...

Keywords: NVivo

Getting started with NVivo for Windows https://dresa.org.au/materials/getting-started-with-nvivo-for-windows Does your research see you working through unstructured and non-numerical data? With the ability to collect, store and analyse different data types all in the one location makes, it’s easy to see why NVivo is becoming the tool of choice for many researchers. NVivo allows researchers to simply organise and manage data from a variety of sources including surveys, interviews, articles, video, email, social media and web content, PDFs and images. Coding your data allows you to discover trends and compares themes as they emerge across different sources and data types. Using NVivo memos and visualisations combined with the ability to integrate with popular bibliographic tools you can get your research ready for publication sooner. Create and organise a qualitative research project in NVivo Import a range of data sources using NVivo’s integrated tools Code and classify your data Format your data to take advantage of NVivo’s auto-coding ability Use NVivo to discover new themes and trends in research Visualise relationships and trends in your data In order to participate, attendees must have a licensed copy of NVivo installed on their computer. Speak to your local university IT or Research Office for assistance in obtaining a license and installing the software. This course is taught using **NVivo14** or **NVivo 15** for Windows and is not suitable for NVivo for Mac users. training@intersect.org.au NVivo
Learn to Program: Julia

Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language with more than 4,000 external libraries available. Julia allows you to range from tight low-level loops and conditionals, up to a high-level programming style, with its performance approaching and often matching the performance...

Keywords: Julia

Learn to Program: Julia https://dresa.org.au/materials/learn-to-program-julia Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language with more than 4,000 external libraries available. Julia allows you to range from tight low-level loops and conditionals, up to a high-level programming style, with its performance approaching and often matching the performance of the fastest programming languages! This workshop expects that you are coming to Julia with some experience in the basic concepts of programming in another language. It is designed to help you migrate the basic concepts of programming that you already know to the Julia context. Join us for this live coding workshop where we write programs that produce results, using Jupyter notebooks, which allow program code, results, visualisations and documentation to be blended seamlessly. Introduction to the JupyterLab interface for programming Basic syntax and data types in Julia How to load external data into Julia Creating functions (FUNCTIONS) Repeating actions and analysing multiple data sets (LOOPS) Making choices (IF STATEMENTS – CONDITIONALS) Ways to visualise data using the Plots library in Julia Some experience with the basic concepts of programming in another language needed to attend this course. It is an intensive course that is designed to help you migrate the basic concepts of programming that you already know to the Julia context in half a day instead of a full day. If you don’t have any prior experience in programming, please consider attending one of the \Learn to Program: Python\, \Learn to Program: R\ or \Learn to Program: MATLAB\ prior to this course.  We also strongly recommend attending the Start Coding without Hesitation: Programming Languages Showdown and Thinking like a computer: The Fundamentals of Programming webinars. Recordings of previously delivered webinars can be found \here\. training@intersect.org.au Julia
Beyond the Basics: Julia

Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language with more than 4,000 external libraries available. Julia allows you to range from tight low-level loops and conditionals, up to a high-level programming style, with its performance approaching and often matching the performance...

Keywords: Julia

Beyond the Basics: Julia https://dresa.org.au/materials/beyond-the-basics-julia Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language with more than 4,000 external libraries available. Julia allows you to range from tight low-level loops and conditionals, up to a high-level programming style, with its performance approaching and often matching the performance of the fastest programming languages! This workshop explores the more advanced features of functions in Julia, introduces widely used tools within Julia, as well as demonstrates the speed of Julia by benchmarking functions and different styles of scripting within Julia. Join us for this live coding workshop where we write programs that produce results, using Jupyter notebooks, which allow program code, results, visualisations and documentation to be blended seamlessly. Understand the role of Types within Julia Create functions with complex arguments Demonstrate programming patterns of list comprehension, pipes, and anonymous functions. Benchmark Julia code and understand how to make it fast If you already have experience with programming, please check the topics covered in the \Learn to Program: Julia\ to ensure that you are familiar with the knowledge needed for this course. training@intersect.org.au Julia
R for Research

R is quickly gaining popularity as a programming language of choice for statisticians, data scientists and researchers. It has an excellent ecosystem including the powerful RStudio development environment and the Shiny web application framework.

This workshop is an introduction to data...

Keywords: R

R for Research https://dresa.org.au/materials/r-for-research R is quickly gaining popularity as a programming language of choice for statisticians, data scientists and researchers. It has an excellent ecosystem including the powerful RStudio development environment and the Shiny web application framework. This workshop is an introduction to data structures (DataFrames) and visualisation (using the ggplot2 package) in R. The targeted audience for this workshop is researchers who are already familiar with the basic concepts in programming such as loops, functions, and conditionals. We teach using RStudio, which allows program code, results, visualisations and documentation to be blended seamlessly. Join us for a live coding workshop where we write programs that produce results, using the researcher-focused training modules from the highly regarded Software Carpentry Foundation. Project Management with RStudio Introduction to Data Structures in R Introduction to DataFrames in R Selecting values in DataFrames Quick introduction to Plotting using the ggplot2 package \Learn to Program: R\ or any of the \Learn to Program: Python\, \Learn to Program: MATLAB\, \Learn to Program: Julia\, needed to attend this course. If you already have some experience with programming, please check the topics covered in the \Learn to Program: R\ course to ensure that you are familiar with the knowledge needed for this course. training@intersect.org.au R
Data Manipulation in R

R is quickly gaining popularity as a programming language for statisticians, data scientists and researchers. It has an excellent ecosystem including the powerful RStudio and the Shiny web application framework.

In this workshop, you will learn how to manipulate, explore and get insights...

Keywords: R

Data Manipulation in R https://dresa.org.au/materials/data-manipulation-in-r R is quickly gaining popularity as a programming language for statisticians, data scientists and researchers. It has an excellent ecosystem including the powerful RStudio and the Shiny web application framework. In this workshop, you will learn how to manipulate, explore and get insights from your data (Data Manipulation using the dplyr package), as well as how to convert your data from one format to another (Data Transformation using the tidyr package). We teach using RStudio, which allows program code, results, visualisations and documentation to be blended seamlessly. Join us for a live coding workshop where we write programs that produce results, using the researcher-focused training modules from Intersect and the highly regarded Software Carpentry Foundation. DataFrame Manipulation using the dplyr package DataFrame Transformation using the tidyr package The skills developed in [Learn to Program: R](https://intersect.org.au/training/course/r101/) are needed to attend this course. If you already have experience with programming, please check the topics covered in the [Learn to Program: R](https://intersect.org.au/training/course/r101/) course to ensure that you are familiar with the knowledge needed for this course. training@intersect.org.au R
Excel for Researchers

Data rarely comes in the form you require. Often it is messy. Sometimes it is incomplete. And sometimes there’s too much of it. Frequently, it has errors. We’ll use one of the most widespread data wrangling tools, Microsoft Excel, to import, sort, filter, copy, protect, transform, summarise,...

Keywords: Excel

Excel for Researchers https://dresa.org.au/materials/excel-for-researchers Data rarely comes in the form you require. Often it is messy. Sometimes it is incomplete. And sometimes there’s too much of it. Frequently, it has errors. We’ll use one of the most widespread data wrangling tools, Microsoft Excel, to import, sort, filter, copy, protect, transform, summarise, merge, and visualise research data. While aimed at novice Excel users, most attendees will walk away with new tricks to work more efficiently with their research data. ‘Clean up’ messy research data Organise, format and name your data Interpret your data (SORTING, FILTERING, CONDITIONAL FORMATTING) Perform calculations on your data using functions (MAX, MIN, AVERAGE) Extract significant findings from your data (PIVOT TABLE, VLOOKUP) Manipulate your data (convert data format, work with DATES and TIMES) Create graphs and charts to visualise your data (CHARTS) Handy tips to speed up your work In order to participate, attendees must have a licensed copy of Microsoft Excel installed on their computer. Speak to your local university IT or Research Office for assistance in obtaining a license and installing the software.   training@intersect.org.au Excel
From PC to Cloud or High Performance Computing

Most of you would have heard of Cloud and High Performance Computing (HPC), or you may already be using it. HPC is not the same as cloud computing. Both technologies differ in a number of ways, and have some similarities as well.

We may refer to both types as “large scale computing” – but...

Keywords: HPC

From PC to Cloud or High Performance Computing https://dresa.org.au/materials/from-pc-to-cloud-or-high-performance-computing Most of you would have heard of Cloud and High Performance Computing (HPC), or you may already be using it. HPC is not the same as cloud computing. Both technologies differ in a number of ways, and have some similarities as well. We may refer to both types as “large scale computing” – but what is the difference? Both systems target scalability of computing, but in different ways. This webinar will give a good overview to the researchers thinking to make a move from their local computer to Cloud of High Performance Computing Cluster. Introduction HPC vs Cloud computing When to use HPC When to use the Cloud The Cloud – Pros and Cons HPC – Pros and Cons The webinar has no prerequisites. training@intersect.org.au HPC
Heurist Tutorials

A set of video tutorials with accompanying walkthroughs for building your first Heurist database and website. The first three tutorials show you how to get started in Heurist. The five subsequent tutorials introduce you to the five main menus in the Heurist interface.

Keywords: Heurist, Data management, Data visualisation, Digital Humanities, Databasing, website

Resource type: tutorial

Heurist Tutorials https://dresa.org.au/materials/heurist-tutorials A set of video tutorials with accompanying walkthroughs for building your first Heurist database and website. The first three tutorials show you how to get started in Heurist. The five subsequent tutorials introduce you to the five main menus in the Heurist interface. michael.falk@sydney.edu.au Johnson, Ian Osmakov, Artem Heurist, Data management, Data visualisation, Digital Humanities, Databasing, website mbr phd ecr researcher support
Network Know-how and Data Handling Workshop

This workshop is a ‘train-the-trainer’ session that covers topics such as jargon busting, network literacy and data movement solutions. The workshop will also provide a peek at some collaborative research tools such as Jupyter Notebooks and CloudStor. You will learn about networks, integrated...

Keywords: Networks, data handling

Resource type: lesson, presentation

Network Know-how and Data Handling Workshop https://dresa.org.au/materials/network-know-how-and-data-handling-workshop This workshop is a ‘train-the-trainer’ session that covers topics such as jargon busting, network literacy and data movement solutions. The workshop will also provide a peek at some collaborative research tools such as Jupyter Notebooks and CloudStor. You will learn about networks, integrated tools, data and storage and where all these things fit in the researcher’s toolkit. This workshop is targeted at staff who would like to be more confident in giving advice to researchers about the options available to them. It is especially tailored for those with little to no technical knowledge and includes a hands-on component, using basic programming commands, but requires no previous knowledge of programming. Sara King - sara.king@aarnet.edu.au Burke, Melissa (orcid: 0000-0002-5571-8664) Networks, data handling
ARDC Datacite API Jupyter notebook

This Jupyter notebook presents a low-barrier entry to using the DataCite REST API to mint, update, publish, and deleted DOIs and their associated metadata.

It was designed specifically to not use any third-party libraries so that it can be reused in almost any Jupyter notebook environment

Code...

Keywords: jupyter, notebook, DataCite, api, python, metadata, DOI, training material

ARDC Datacite API Jupyter notebook https://dresa.org.au/materials/ardc-datacite-api-jupyter-notebook This Jupyter notebook presents a low-barrier entry to using the DataCite REST API to mint, update, publish, and deleted DOIs and their associated metadata. It was designed specifically to not use any third-party libraries so that it can be reused in almost any Jupyter notebook environment Code is presented alongside human readable comments that explain the use of each component of the notebook. contact@ardc.edu.au jupyter, notebook, DataCite, api, python, metadata, DOI, training material
The Living Book of Digital Skills

The Living Book of Digital Skills (You never knew you needed until now) is a living, open source online guide to 'modern not-quite-technical computer skills' for researchers and the broader academic community.

A collaboration between Australia's Academic Research Network (AARNet) and the...

Keywords: digital skills, digital dexterity, community, open source

Resource type: guide

The Living Book of Digital Skills https://dresa.org.au/materials/the-living-book-of-digital-skills *The Living Book of Digital Skills (You never knew you needed until now)* is a living, open source online guide to 'modern not-quite-technical computer skills' for researchers and the broader academic community. A collaboration between Australia's Academic Research Network (AARNet) and the Council of Australian Librarians (CAUL), this book is the creation of the CAUL Digital Dexterity Champions and their communities. **Contributing to the Digital Skills GitBook** The Digital Skills GitBook is an open source project and like many projects on GitHub we welcome your contributions. If you have knowledge or expertise on one of our [requested topics](https://aarnet.gitbook.io/digital-skills-gitbook-1/requested-articles), we would love you to write an article for the book. Please let us know what you'd like to write about via our [contributor form](https://github.com/AARNet/Digital-Skills-GitBook/issues/new?assignees=sarasrking&labels=contributors&template=contributor-form.yml&title=Contributor+form%3A+). There are other ways to contribute too. For example, you might: * have a great idea for a new topic to be included in one of our chapters (make a new page) * notice some information that’s out-of-date or that could be explained better (edit a page) * come across something in the GitBook that’s not working as it should be (submit an issue) Sara King - sara.king@aarnet.edu.au Sara King Miah de Francesch Emma Chapman Katie Mills Ruth Cameron digital skills, digital dexterity, community, open source ugrad masters mbr phd ecr researcher support
Create a website resume

Written for the Qld Research Bazaar conference 2021, this self paced lesson breaks down how to use Github pages to make a resume, with a simple and basic template to start off with. It discusses how to use Markdown and minimum HTML to customize the template, and offers explanations on how the...

Keywords: personal development, website

Resource type: tutorial, guide

Create a website resume https://dresa.org.au/materials/create-a-website-resume Written for the Qld Research Bazaar conference 2021, this self paced lesson breaks down how to use Github pages to make a resume, with a simple and basic template to start off with. It discusses how to use Markdown and minimum HTML to customize the template, and offers explanations on how the components work together. a.miotto@griffith.edu.au personal development, website
10 Reproducible Research things - Building Business Continuity

The idea that you can duplicate an experiment and get the same conclusion is the basis for all scientific discoveries. Reproducible research is data analysis that starts with the raw data and offers a transparent workflow to arrive at the same results and conclusions. However not all studies are...

Keywords: reproducibility, data management

Resource type: tutorial, video

10 Reproducible Research things - Building Business Continuity https://dresa.org.au/materials/9-reproducible-research-things-building-business-continuity The idea that you can duplicate an experiment and get the same conclusion is the basis for all scientific discoveries. Reproducible research is data analysis that starts with the raw data and offers a transparent workflow to arrive at the same results and conclusions. However not all studies are replicable due to lack of information on the process. Therefore, reproducibility in research is extremely important. Researchers genuinely want to make their research more reproducible, but sometimes don’t know where to start and often don’t have the available time to investigate or establish methods on how reproducible research can speed up every day work. We aim for the philosophy “Be better than you were yesterday”. Reproducibility is a process, and we highlight there is no expectation to go from beginner to expert in a single workshop. Instead, we offer some steps you can take towards the reproducibility path following our Steps to Reproducible Research self paced program. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bANTr9RvnGg Tutorial: https://guereslib.github.io/ten-reproducible-research-things/ a.miotto@griffith.edu.au; s.stapleton@griffith.edu.au; i.jennings@griffith.edu.au; Sharron Stapleton Isaac Jennings reproducibility, data management masters phd ecr researcher support
Data Storytelling

Nowadays, more information created than our audience could possibly analyse on their own! A study by Stanford professor Chip Heath found that during the recall of speeches, 63% of people remember stories and how they made them feel, but only 5% remember a single statistic. So, you should convert...

Keywords: data storytelling, data visualisation

Data Storytelling https://dresa.org.au/materials/data-storytelling Nowadays, more information created than our audience could possibly analyse on their own! A study by Stanford professor Chip Heath found that during the recall of speeches, 63% of people remember stories and how they made them feel, but only 5% remember a single statistic. So, you should convert your insights and discovery from data into stories to share with non-experts with a language they understand. But how? This tutorial helps you construct stories that incite an emotional response and create meaning and understanding for the audience by applying data storytelling techniques. m.yamaguchi@griffith.edu.au a.miotto@griffith.edu.au data storytelling, data visualisation support masters phd researcher
Porting the multi-GPU SELF-Fluids code to HIPFort

In this presentation by Dr. Joseph Schoonover of Fluid Numerics LLC, Joe shares their experience with the porting process for SELF-Fluids from multi-GPU CUDA-Fortran to multi-GPU HIPFort.

The presentation covers the design principles and roadmap for SELF and the strategy to port from...

Keywords: AMD, GPUs, supercomputer, supercomputing

Resource type: presentation

Porting the multi-GPU SELF-Fluids code to HIPFort https://dresa.org.au/materials/porting-the-multi-gpu-self-fluids-code-to-hipfort In this presentation by Dr. Joseph Schoonover of Fluid Numerics LLC, Joe shares their experience with the porting process for SELF-Fluids from multi-GPU CUDA-Fortran to multi-GPU HIPFort. The presentation covers the design principles and roadmap for SELF and the strategy to port from Nvidia-only platforms to AMD & Nvidia GPUs. Also discussed are the hurdles encountered along the way and considerations for developing multi-GPU accelerated applications in Fortran. SELF is an object-oriented Fortran library that supports the implementation of Spectral Element Methods for solving partial differential equations. SELF-Fluids is an implementation of SELF that solves the compressible Navier Stokes equations on CPU only and GPU accelerated compute platforms using the Discontinuous Galerkin Spectral Element Method. The SELF API is designed based on the assumption that SEM developers and researchers need to be able to implement derivatives in 1-D and divergence, gradient, and curl in 2-D and 3-D on scalar, vector, and tensor functions using spectral collocation, continuous Galerkin, and discontinuous Galerkin spectral element methods. The presentation discussion is placed in context of the Exascale era, where we're faced with a zoo of available compute hardware. Because of this, SELF routines provide support for GPU acceleration through AMD’s HIP and support for multi-core, multi-node, and multi-GPU platforms with MPI. training@pawsey.org.au AMD, GPUs, supercomputer, supercomputing
Embracing new solutions for in-situ visualisation

This PPT was used by Jean Favre, senior visualisation software engineer at CSCS, the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre during his presentation at P'Con '21 (Pawsey's first PaCER Conference).

This material discusses the upcoming release of ParaView v5.10, a leading scientific visualisation...

Keywords: ParaView, GPUs, supercomputer, supercomputing, visualisation, data visualisation

Resource type: presentation

Embracing new solutions for in-situ visualisation https://dresa.org.au/materials/embracing-new-solutions-for-in-situ-visualisation This PPT was used by Jean Favre, senior visualisation software engineer at CSCS, the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre during his presentation at P'Con '21 (Pawsey's first PaCER Conference). This material discusses the upcoming release of ParaView v5.10, a leading scientific visualisation application. In this release ParaView consolidates its implementation of the Catalyst API, a specification developed for simulations and scientific data producers to analyse and visualise data in situ. The material reviews some of the terminology and issues of different in-situ visualisation scenarios, then reviews early Data Adaptors for tight-coupling of simulations and visualisation solutions. This is followed by an introduction of Conduit, an intuitive model for describing hierarchical scientific data. Both ParaView-Catalyst and Ascent use Conduit’s Mesh Blueprint, a set of conventions to describe computational simulation meshes. Finally, the materials present CSCS’ early experience in adopting ParaView-Catalyst and Ascent via two concrete examples of instrumentation of some proxy numerical applications. training@pawsey.org.au ParaView, GPUs, supercomputer, supercomputing, visualisation, data visualisation
HPC file systems and what users need to consider for appropriate and efficient usage

Three videos on miscellaneous aspects of HPC usage - useful reference for new users of HPC systems.

1 – General overview of different file systems that might be available on HPC. The video goes through shared file systems such as /home and /scratch, local compute node file systems (local...

Keywords: HPC, high performance computer, File systems

Resource type: video, presentation

HPC file systems and what users need to consider for appropriate and efficient usage https://dresa.org.au/materials/hpc-file-systems-and-what-users-need-to-consider-for-appropriate-and-efficient-usage Three videos on miscellaneous aspects of HPC usage - useful reference for new users of HPC systems. 1 – General overview of different file systems that might be available on HPC. The video goes through shared file systems such as /home and /scratch, local compute node file systems (local scratch or $TMPDIR) and storage file system. It outlines what users need to consider if they wish to use any of these in their workflows. 2 – Overview of the different directories that might be present on HPC. These could include /home, /scratch, /opt, /lib and lib64, /sw and others. 3 – Overview of the Message-of-the-day file and the message that is displayed to users every time they log in. This displays info about general help and often current problems or upcoming outages. QCIF Training (training@qcif.edu.au) HPC, high performance computer, File systems
Basic Linux/Unix commands

A series of eight videos (each between 5 and 10 minutes long) following the content of the Software Carpentry workshop "The Unix Shell".

Sessions 1, 2 and 3 provide instructions on the minimal level of Linux/Unix commands recommended for new...

Keywords: HPC, high performance computer, Unix, Linux, Software Carpentry

Resource type: video, guide

Basic Linux/Unix commands https://dresa.org.au/materials/basic-linux-unix-commands A series of eight videos (each between 5 and 10 minutes long) following the content of the Software Carpentry workshop ["The Unix Shell"](https://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/). Sessions 1, 2 and 3 provide instructions on the minimal level of Linux/Unix commands recommended for new users of HPC. 1 – An overview of how to find out where a user is in the filesystem, list the files there, and how to get help on Unix commands 2 – How to move around the file system and change into other directories 3 – Explains the difference between an absolute and relative path 4 – Overview of how to create new directories, and to create and edit new files with nano 5 – How to use the vi editor to edit files 6 – Overview of file viewers available 7 – How to copy and move files and directories 8 – How to remove files and directories Further details and exercises with solutions can be found on the Software Carpentry "The Unix Shell" page (https://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/) QCIF Training (training@qcif.edu.au) HPC, high performance computer, Unix, Linux, Software Carpentry
Transferring files and data

A short video outlining the basics on how to use FileZilla to establish a secure file transfer protocol (sftp) connection to HPC to use a drag and drop interface to transfer files between the HPC and a desktop computer.

Keywords: sftp, file transfer, HPC, high performance computer

Resource type: video, guide

Transferring files and data https://dresa.org.au/materials/transferring-files-and-data A short video outlining the basics on how to use FileZilla to establish a secure file transfer protocol (sftp) connection to HPC to use a drag and drop interface to transfer files between the HPC and a desktop computer. QCIF Training (training@qcif.edu.au) sftp, file transfer, HPC, high performance computer
Connecting to HPC

A series of three short videos introducing how to use PuTTY to connect from a Windows PC to a secure HPC (high performance computing) cluster.

1 - The very basics on how to establish a connection to HPC.
2 - How to add more specific options for the connection to HPC.
3 - How to save the...

Keywords: HPC, high performance computer, ssh

Resource type: video, guide

Connecting to HPC https://dresa.org.au/materials/connecting-to-hpc A series of three short videos introducing how to use PuTTY to connect from a Windows PC to a secure HPC (high performance computing) cluster. 1 - The very basics on how to establish a connection to HPC. 2 - How to add more specific options for the connection to HPC. 3 - How to save the details and options for a connection for future use. QCIF Training (training@qcif.edu.au) HPC, high performance computer, ssh
Use the Trove Newspaper & Gazette Harvester (web app version)

This video shows how you can use the web app version of the Trove Newspaper & Gazette Harvester to download large quantities of digitised newspaper articles from Trove. Just give it a search from the Trove web interface, and the harvester will...

Keywords: Trove, newspapers, GLAM Workbench, HASS, Trove Newspaper and Gazette Harvester

Resource type: video

Use the Trove Newspaper & Gazette Harvester (web app version) https://dresa.org.au/materials/use-the-trove-newspaper-gazette-harvester-web-app-version-to-download-large-quantities-of-digitised-articles This video shows how you can use the web app version of the [Trove Newspaper & Gazette Harvester](https://glam-workbench.net/trove-harvester/) to download large quantities of digitised newspaper articles from Trove. Just give it a search from the Trove web interface, and the harvester will save the metadata of all the articles from the search results in a CSV (spreadsheet) file for further analysis. You can also save the full text of every article, as well as copies of the articles as JPG images, and even PDFs. The GLAM Workbench is a collection of tools, examples, tutorials, and apps that help you make use of collection data from GLAM organisations (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums). See: [https://glam-workbench.net/](https://glam-workbench.net/) Tim Sherratt (tim@timsherratt.org and @wragge on Twitter) Trove, newspapers, GLAM Workbench, HASS, Trove Newspaper and Gazette Harvester ugrad masters phd ecr researcher support
Research Data Management (RDM) Online Orientation Module (Macquarie University)

This is a self-paced, guided orientation to the essential elements of Research Data Management. It is available for others to use and modify.
The course introduces the following topics: data policies, data sensitivity, data management planning, storage and security, organisation and metadata,...

Keywords: research data, data management, FAIR data, training

Resource type: quiz, activity, other

Research Data Management (RDM) Online Orientation Module (Macquarie University) https://dresa.org.au/materials/macquarie-university-research-data-management-rdm-online This is a self-paced, guided orientation to the essential elements of Research Data Management. It is available for others to use and modify. The course introduces the following topics: data policies, data sensitivity, data management planning, storage and security, organisation and metadata, benefits of data sharing, licensing, repositories, and best practice including the FAIR principles. Embedded activities and examples help extend learner experience and awareness. The course was designed to assist research students and early career researchers in complying with policies and legislative requirements, understand safe data practices, raise awareness of the benefits of data curation and data sharing (efficiency and impact) and equip them with the required knowledge to plan their data management early in their projects. This course is divided into four sections 1. Crawl - What is Research Data and why care for it? Policy and legislative requirements. The Research Data Life-cycle. Data Management Planning (~30 mins) 2. Walk - Data sensitivity, identifiability, storage, and security (~60 mins) 3. Run - Record keeping, data retention, file naming, folder structures, version control, metadata, data sharing, open data, licences, data repositories, data citation, and ethics (~75 mins) 4. Jump - Best practice FAIR data principles (~45 mins) 5. Fight - Review - a quiz designed to review and reinforce knowledge (~15 mins) https://rise.articulate.com/share/-AWqSPaEI_jTbHwzQHdmQ43R50edrCl0 * *Password: "FAIR" *Password: "FAIR" Any queries or suggestions for course improvement can be directed to the Macquarie University Research Integrity Team: Dr Paul Sou (paul.sou@mq.edu.au) or Dr Shannon Smith (shannon.smith@mq.edu.au). Scorm files can be made available upon request. research data, data management, FAIR data, training
Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing

This workshop is designed to be instructor led and consists of two parts.
Part 1 consists of a lecture-demo about text processing and a hands-on session for attendees to learn how to clean a dataset.
Part 2 consists of a lecture introducing Recurrent Neural Networks and a hands-on session for...

Keywords: Deep learning, NLP, Machine learning

Resource type: presentation, tutorial

Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing https://dresa.org.au/materials/deep-learning-for-natural-language-processing This workshop is designed to be instructor led and consists of two parts. Part 1 consists of a lecture-demo about text processing and a hands-on session for attendees to learn how to clean a dataset. Part 2 consists of a lecture introducing Recurrent Neural Networks and a hands-on session for attendees to train their own RNN. The Powerpoints contain the lecture slides, while the Jupyter notebooks (.ipynb) contain the hands-on coding exercises. This workshop introduces natural language as data for deep learning. We discuss various techniques and software packages (e.g. python strings, RegEx, NLTK, Word2Vec) that help us convert, clean, and formalise text data “in the wild” for use in a deep learning model. We then explore the training and testing of a Recurrent Neural Network on the data to complete a real world task. We will be using TensorFlow v2 for this purpose. datascienceplatform@monash.edu Deep learning, NLP, Machine learning
Getting Started with Deep Learning

This lecture provides a high level overview of how you could get started with developing deep learning applications. It introduces deep learning in a nutshell and then provides advice relating to the concepts and skill sets you would need to know and have in order to build a deep learning...

Keywords: Deep learning, Machine learning

Resource type: presentation

Getting Started with Deep Learning https://dresa.org.au/materials/getting-started-with-deep-learning This lecture provides a high level overview of how you could get started with developing deep learning applications. It introduces deep learning in a nutshell and then provides advice relating to the concepts and skill sets you would need to know and have in order to build a deep learning application. The lecture also provides pointers to various resources you could use to gain a stronger foothold in deep learning. This lecture is targeted at researchers who may be complete beginners in machine learning, deep learning, or even with programming, but who would like to get into the space to build AI systems hands-on. datascienceplatform@monash.edu Deep learning, Machine learning