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Students@SC webinars are tailored to help you understand how to participate in a variety of areas within the Students@SC program. Stay tuned, many webinars are planned and will be added as information becomes available.
- November Webinar
- October Webinars
- September Webinars
- August Webinar
- June Webinar
- May Webinars
- April Webinar
November Webinar
VSCC: SC20 Orientation & Kickoff
November 8
- An orientation for students participating in the Virtual Student Cluster Competition, and a brief official kickoff video.
- Speakers: Scott Michael & Verónica G. Melesse Vergara, SC20 Student Cluster Competition Chairs
- View Orientation on YouTube
- View Kickoff on YouTube
VSCC: The Final Approach
November 4, 2 pm ET
- What to expect during the competition, including a Q&A with the committee and app experts
- Speakers: Stephen Leak, SC20 Student Cluster Competition Member (and others)
- Register for this webinar
October Webinars
VSCC: Azure CycleCloud Walk-Through
October 21, 2 pm ET
- A walk-through on getting an HPC cluster up and running using CycleCloud.
- Speaker: Andy Howard, SC20 Student Cluster Competition Member
- YouTube video
TensorFlow Tutorials on Colab
October 8, 6 pm ET
- Quick examples using TensorFlow on Google Colab, including how to leverage TensorFlow for basic NLP on the IMDB dataset, and for the more advanced, applying style transfer on an image.
- Speaker: Amit Patankar, Software Engineer, Google Brain
- YouTube video
VSCC: Community Earth System Model (CESM) Deep Dive
October 5, 3 pm ET
- How to build, run, verify, and measure performance of CESM for the virtual Student Cluster Competition
- Speaker: Ben Kravitz, Indiana University, CESM Application Expert
- Speaker: Abhinav Thota, SC20 SCC Applications Lead
- Download slides (2.5 MB PDF)
- YouTube video
September Webinars
Networking from Home
September 29, 1 pm ET
- Great advice for how to build, maintain, and grow professional relationships in a remote world.
- Speaker: Seth Wineland, The MITRE Corporation
- YouTube video
VSCC: GROMACS Application Deep Dive
September 18, 3 pm ET
- Learn how to build, run, verify, and measure performance of GROMACS for the virtual Student Cluster Competition.
- Speaker: Micholas Smith, ORNL, GROMACS Application Expert
- Speaker: Abhinav Thota, SC20 SCC Applications Lead
- Download slides (3.1 MB PDF)
- YouTube video
Jetstream Tutorial
September 3, 1–3 pm ET
- Learn how to access and use Jetstream for your research
- Speaker: Scott Michael, SC20 Student Cluster Competition Chair
- Download slides (2.8 MB PDF)
- YouTube video
VSCC: The Cloud Component
September 2, 3:30 pm ET
- HPC on Azure and how to use it in preparation for and during the virtual Student Cluster Competition
- Speaker: Andy Howard, SC20 Student Cluster Competition Member
- Download slides (2.4 MB PDF)
- YouTube video
August Webinar
VSCC: Reproducibility Challenge
August 6, 4 pm ET
- Application and reproducibility experts will join the VSCC committee for an overview and Q&A session about the Reproducibility Challenge component of the VSCC.
- Speakers: Stephen Harrell, SC20 Reproducibility Challenge Chair and others
- Reproducibility Challenge paper
- Download slides (9.5 MB PDF)
- YouTube video
June Webinar
SCC: The SC20 SCC Is Going Virtual
June 9, 12 pm ET
- During this webinar the SCC Committee announced the Virtual Student Cluster Competition that will allow remote participation.
- Speaker: Stephen Leak, SC20 SCC Member
- Download slides (272 KB PDF)
- YouTube video
May Webinars
Student Volunteers Program
May 8, 12–12:30 pm ET
- Get an overview and learn how you can be part of this awesome opportunity.
- Speaker: Ashley Barker, SC20 Student Volunteers Chair
- YouTube video (0:00–28:00)
Lead Student Volunteers Program
May 8, 12:30–1 pm ET
- Learn more about the role of a lead student volunteer for SC20.
- Speakers: Karly Harrod, SC20 Student Volunteers Vice Chair and Jay Lofstead, SC20 Students@SC Deputy Chair
- YouTube video (28:00–47:17)
Student Cluster Competition (SCC)
May 5, 12–1 pm ET
- Get an overview of the Student Cluster Competition and learn how to join.
- Speaker: Stephen Leak, SC20 SCC Member
- Download slides (5.7 MB PDF)
- YouTube video
April Webinar
Students@SC Program
April 29, 12–1 pm ET
- An overview of the Students@SC program
- Speaker: Christine Harvey, SC20 Students@SC Chair
- YouTube video