Workshop: Introduction to Bash Scripting and HPC Job Scheduler
This online workshop will be delivered by NeSI and Genomics Aotearoa. It will be taught from 10:00am-4:00pm NZT on Wednesday, 21 August, 2024.
Prerequisites
The workshop is open to all New Zealand researchers interested in learning to write scripts and submit jobs to an HPC using a scheduler. This workshop is an excellent follow-up for everyone who has recently completed the Introduction to R and Introduction to Bash workshops, although these are not strictly prerequisites. You are expected to have some knowledge of basic terminal commands.
Some of the topics covered in the workshop are:
- Designing a variant calling workflow.
- Automating a workflow.
- An introduction to HPC.
- Working with job scheduler.
Setup
This is a fully online, hands-on workshop. This workshop material will be run on the NeSI High Performance Computing (HPC) platforms - there is no need to install any software for this workshop. Instructions on how to access the NeSI HPC service will be sent out with the confirmation letter to registrants.
The material for this workshop can be previewed here.
Participants must have their own laptops and plan to participate actively. You will require a working web browser.
If you have any questions about these workshops, including whether they are suitable for you, please contact training@nesi.org.nz
