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2018

17.4. - 18.4.

Introduction to deep learning

April 2018

This course gives an introduction to deep learning, convolutional and recurrent neural networks, GPU computing, and tools to train and apply deep neural networks for various applications.

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2018
Methods & Software
Computing Platforms
Courses and workshops
gpu deep learning machine learning
19.4. - 20.4.

Linux 1 - Introduction to Linux

April 2018

This two day course will cover the very basics of Unix/Linux. It serves as an introduction to those who are completely new to Linux. Both days have extended hands-on exercises.

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Methods & Software
2018
Programming
Courses and workshops
linux shell
23.4. - 24.4.

Introduction to CFD modelling with ANSYS

April 2018

This is a quick start course that introduces the users to the CFD workflow and tools.

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2018
Methods & Software
Courses and workshops
computational engineering computational fluid dynamics ansys
14.5. - 15.5.

Introduction to Julia

May 2018

Julia is a new emerging high-level, high-performance programming language. In other words, it aims to be simple to write and fast to run. In this course, we will start from the beginning and learn the basics concepts of programming with Julia. We will also discuss selected Julia packages and give an introduction to the Julia ecosystem.

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2018
Programming
High-Performance Computing
Courses and workshops
julia
16.5.

Introduction to LS-DYNA software

May 2018

LS-DYNA is a general-purpose finite element program capable of simulating complex real world problems. This seminar gives a quick introduction to the application of LS-DYNA.

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2018
Methods & Software
Courses and workshops
computational engineering software ls-dyna
21.5.

ArcGIS Pro - siirtymäkurssi

May 2018

Ota haltuun ESRI:n uusi ArcGIS Pro! Kurssilla käydään läpi ArcGIS Prohon liittyvä keskeinen terminologia. Kurssilla opetellaan erilaisia tehtäviä kartta aineiston käsittelyyn, aineiston muokkaamiseen, geoprosessointiin ja analyysien tekoon. Kurssin myötä kokenut ArcGIS Desktop käyttäjä ymmärtää ArcGIS Pron ominaisuudet ja osaa käyttää sen toimintoja monipuolisesti.

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Methods & Software
2018
Courses and workshops
gis spatial data analysis arcgis
23.5. - 24.5.

Elmer FEM course (+ optional Programming Day)

May 2018

Elmer is one of the most popular open-source multi-physics Finite Element Method (FEM) codes. The course will cover the use of Elmer through its graphical user interface, ElmerGUI. Also command-line operation of Elmer will be explained. The course will also include the basics of parallel computing and writing user subroutines with Elmer.

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Methods & Software
2018
Courses and workshops
elmer finite element method multi-physics fem
31.5.

Finnish OpenFOAM® User Day 2018

May 2018

Annually organized Finnish OpenFOAM® User Day.

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2018
Seminars and conferences
openfoam computational engineering computational fluid dynamics
4.6. - 7.6.

Introduction to Abaqus

June 2018

Abaqus is a finite element analysis software suite for structural analysis and fluid flow. This course is a comprehensive and unified introduction to the modeling and analysis capabilities of Abaqus.

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2018
Methods & Software
Courses and workshops
abaqus structural mechanics
5.6.

Webinar: Varhaiskasvatuksen tietovaranto -Varda

June 2018

Minkälaiset ovat varhaiskasvatuksen tiedontuotannon uudet tuulet? Mikä on Varhaiskasvatuksen tietovaranto - Varda? Mitä ja miten tietoja varantoon kerätään? Miten varannon tietoja hyödynnetään?

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2018
Webinars
webinar varda
6.6.

RDA and FAIR: supporting Finnish researchers

June 2018

Welcome to the biannual RDA Finland seminar! This time the theme of the get-together is "RDA and FAIR: supporting Finnish researchers".

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2018
Seminars and conferences
Data & Storage
data rda
14.6. - 15.6.

Introduction to deep learning

June 2018

This course gives an introduction to deep learning, convolutional and recurrent neural networks, GPU computing, and tools to train and apply deep neural networks for various applications.

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Methods & Software
2018
Computing Platforms
Courses and workshops
gpu deep learning machine learning
18.6.

Webinar: Tukea pysyvien tunnisteiden hyödyntämiseen -CSC:n PID-palvelut

June 2018

Ohjeita pysyvien tunnisteiden tehokkaaseen käyttöönottoon ja hyödyntämiseen tutkimusorganisaation näkökulmasta.

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2018
Webinars
data open data fairdata pid
26.6. - 4.7.

CSC Summer School in High-Performance Computing 2018

June 2018

The 9th CSC Summer School brings together undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in different disciplines of scientific computing. The contents consist of lectures and hands-on training on parallel programming, code optimization and other necessary skills in development of scientific software.

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2018
Programming
High-Performance Computing
Courses and workshops
c mpi openmp fortran hpc programming
14.8.

Research Data Breakfast

August 2018

Welcome to Research Data Breakfast event at Tiedekulma on Tuesday, 14th of August. This event brings together research data actors and practioners in an informal way to discuss the current research data landscape and collaboration possibilities.

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2018
Seminars and conferences
Data & Storage
5.9.

Webinaari: Vardan käyttöönottoon valmistautuminen

September 2018

Varhaiskasvatuksen tietotuotannon kehittämishankkeen tiedon tuottajille muodostuu perusymmärrys Vardan tavoitteista, toteutustavasta ja tietosisällöstä. Tutustutaan tarkemmin kehitys- ja käyttöönottoprojektin aikatauluun ja roolitukseen. Tutustutaan Vardan integraatiotestauksen sisältöön ja aikatauluun

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2018
Webinars
webinar varda
7.9.

By invitation only: EU Digital Europe Program - How to accelerate the sought-after change

September 2018

By invitation only: EU Digital Europe Program - How to accelerate the sought-after change

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Seminars and conferences
2018
13.9. - 14.9.

Fortran Programming for Scientific Computing

September 2018

The Fortran programming language is still - despite of its long history - one of the standard and most useful languages in scientific computing. Our course will give the participants the basic knowledge on the Fortran 95 programming language as well as some glimpses on the Fortran 2003/2008 standards and their new features.

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2018
Programming
High-Performance Computing
Courses and workshops
fortran
17.9.

Using CSC Environment Efficiently

September 2018

This one day course focuses on using the CSC environment which has been tailored for researchers to be easy and efficient for scientific use.

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2018
Computing Platforms
Courses and workshops
taito sisu unix linux shell ssh batch job
19.9.

Single cell RNA-seq data analysis using Chipster

September 2018

This introductory course covers single cell RNA-seq data analysis methods, tools and file formats. The free and user-friendly Chipster software is used in the exercises, and the course is thus suitable for everybody.

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2018
Methods & Software
Courses and workshops
bioinformatics chipster rna-seq tess
21.9.

Single cell RNA-seq data analysis using R and command line tools

September 2018

This hands-on course introduces the participants to single-cell RNA-seq data analysis concepts and tools. Basic skills of R and Unix are required.

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2018
Methods & Software
Courses and workshops
bioinformatics rna-seq tess
25.9.

Webinar: What are the policies and possibilities for managing your sensitive data?

September 2018

Do you know what is sensitive data? What service can currently be used to manage sensitive data? What is currently being developed for sensitive data processing? These and many other questions are addressed in our webinar on 25th September at 2 pm.

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2018
Webinars
Data & Storage
data webinar sensitive data
25.9. - 26.9.

Introduction to Python

September 2018

Python is modern, object-oriented programming language which has become popular in several areas of software development. This course introduces the basic concepts of the Python programming language and presents selected Python modules.

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2018
Programming
Courses and workshops
python tess
27.9. - 28.9.

Linux 1 - Introduction to Linux

September 2018

This two day course will cover the very basics of Unix/Linux. No previous knowledge about these operating systems is expected, as the course serves as an introduction to those who are completely new to Linux. Both days have extended hands-on exercises.

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Methods & Software
2018
Programming
Courses and workshops
tess
3.10. - 5.10.

Introduction to Parallel Programming

October 2018

The course introduces the basics of parallel programming with the message-passing interface (MPI) and OpenMP paradigms. The course consists of lectures and hands-on exercises.

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2018
Programming
High-Performance Computing
Courses and workshops
mpi openmp
8.10.

Geocomputing seminar

October 2018

Learn about CSC computing resources for GIS and get to know how what others are doing.

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2018
Methods & Software
Seminars and conferences
python taito gis spatial data analysis
10.10.

GÉANT OIDC-Plugin for Shibboleth IdP

October 2018

Käyttöönottokoulutus Shibboleth IdP:n GÉANT OIDC laajennokselle. Kurssi luennoidaan suomeksi.

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2018
Courses and workshops
IT Security
16.10.

Webinar: Getting started with CSC's IaaS cloud computing services Pouta (For Beginners)

October 2018

This webinar gives you a practical introduction for using CSC's cloud services Pouta. The Pouta cloud services are meant for all fields of science & research. It allows users to solve computational challenges which have not previously been possible to run on CSC's other computing systems.

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2018
Computing Platforms
Webinars
pouta cpouta webinar epouta
22.10. - 23.10.

Elmer/Ice beginners course

October 2018

Before the IGS Nordic Branch meeting we offer the possibility to attend two day basic training in usage of the ice sheet and glacier model Elmer/Ice. The venue is organized by University of Lapland (Rupert Gladstone).

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Methods & Software
2018
Courses and workshops
elmerice glaciology
24.10. - 25.10.

Geocomputing using CSC resources

October 2018

How to use CSC computing resources for spatial analysis.

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Methods & Software
2018
Computing Platforms
Courses and workshops
python r taito pouta gis spatial data analysis
26.10. - 28.10.

WIDE – Open Source Science 26.–28.10.

October 2018

WIDE – Open Source Science is a multidisciplinary three-day event in which the competitors will be challenged to develop solutions for promoting open science practices.

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Methods & Software
2018
Programming
Data & Storage
Courses and workshops
2018
28.10. - 31.10.

Elmer/Ice advanced workshop

October 2018

After the IGS Nordic branch meeting in Rovaniemi, we provide the possibility to meet at CSC in Espoo to discuss latest developments in Elmer/Ice and work together

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Methods & Software
2018
Courses and workshops
elmerice glaciology climate
30.10.

Webinar: Performance optimization of scientific software I: Performance analysis

October 2018

The reason for doing high-performance computing is, well, high performance - but is your application as good as it can get, in terms of performance? Watch this webinar series and you will have an answer to that - hopefully together with some ideas on how to improve the observed shortcomings. In the first part, we will discuss some general considerations related to application performance, followed by a walkthrough on how to profile and analyse performance of your parallel application on CSC's Cray XC supercomputer Sisu.

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2018
High-Performance Computing
Webinars
sisu hpc webinar
5.11. - 7.11.

Korkeakoulujen IT-päivät 6.–7.11. & esipäivä 5.11.

November 2018

IT-päivät on vuotuinen tapahtuma, joka kokoaa yhteen korkeakoulutuksen ja tutkimus-, kehitys- ja innovaatiotoiminnan IT-ammattilaiset. Tänä vuonna tapahtuma järjestetään Oulussa 6.11.–7.11. Virallisen IT-päivien ohjelman lisäksi Oulun ammattikorkeakoulu, Oulun yliopisto, BusinessOulu ja CSC järjestävät esipäivän maanantaina 5.11.

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2018
Computing Platforms
IT Security
Seminars and conferences
Data & Storage
2018
6.11.

Webinar: Performance optimization of scientific software II: Node-level performance tuning

November 2018

The reason for doing high-performance computing is, well, high performance - but is your application as good as it can get, in terms of performance? Watch this webinar series and you will have an answer to that - hopefully together with some ideas on how to improve the observed shortcomings. The second part will cover the foundations as well as programming practices for writing efficient program code for modern x86 CPUs.

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2018
Computing Platforms
High-Performance Computing
Webinars
sisu hpc webinar
8.11. - 9.11.

Linux 2 - Intermediate Linux

November 2018

This is a continuation course to Linux 1 - Introduction to Linux.

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2018
Programming
Computing Platforms
Courses and workshops
unix linux bash
12.11. - 14.11.

Introduction to Python GIS

November 2018

Learn to use Python for spatial analysis and data management.

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2018
Programming
Courses and workshops
python gis spatial data analysis
13.11.

Webinar: Julia environment on Taito

November 2018

Julia is a new emerging high-level, high-performance programming language. In other words, it aims to be simple to write and fast to run. This webinar presents you the Julia programming environment on CSC's Taito cluster. You don't need any preliminary knowledge about the language to follow this presentation.

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Methods & Software
2018
Webinars
webinar julia
19.11.

Using CSC Services

November 2018

This half-day seminar is meant for the state research institutes. It gives a general overview of CSC services together with a hands-on introduction on getting access to CSC resources and using CSC computing servers.

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2018
Computing Platforms
Seminars and conferences
Courses and workshops
taito pouta cloud
19.11. - 20.11.

Analysing large datasets with Apache Spark

November 2018

Spark is a high-performance distributed computing framework, which allows to tackle big-data problems by distributing the workload across a cluster of machines. This two day course addresses the technical architecture and use cases of Spark, writing Spark code using Python, and using Spark's machine learning library to perform ML based tasks.

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Methods & Software
2018
Programming
Courses and workshops
data software programming
20.11.

Webinar: Performance optimization of scientific software III: Improving application scaling

November 2018

The reason for doing high-performance computing is, well, high performance - but is your application as good as it can get, in terms of performance? Watch this webinar series and you will have an answer to that - hopefully together with some ideas on how to improve the observed shortcomings. In the last part, we will talk about some algorithmic considerations and MPI programming practices for improving parallel scalability of MPI-parallel applications.

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2018
High-Performance Computing
Webinars
sisu hpc webinar
21.11.

Pouta Cloud Course

November 2018

This course gives you a practical introduction for using CSC's cloud services Pouta.

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2018
Courses and workshops
27.11. - 28.11.

Schrödinger Maestro Hands-on workshop

November 2018

Get an introduction to power usage of the Schrödinger Maestro molecular modeling suite and the Materials Suite including hands-on training.

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2018
Methods & Software
Courses and workshops
bioinformatics chemistry software
29.11.

Scientific visualization with Blender

November 2018

Blender is free and open source 3D creation suite, that supports the entire 3D pipeline. Many aspects of Blender will be demoed, depending on the interests of the participants. The focus will be on rendering imported meshes, and creating geometry.

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Methods & Software
2018
Courses and workshops
visualization blender
3.12. - 4.12.

Python for Biosciences

December 2018

Introduction to Python programming form the perspective of bioscience.

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2018
Programming
Courses and workshops
bioinformatics tess biopython
12.12. - 14.12.

Canceled: GPU Programming with CUDA

December 2018

This course gives a basic introduction to writing GPU applications using CUDA. Building on this, performance tools and how to write efficient CUDA code are discussed. Finally multi-GPU programming both within a node and between nodes, as well as new CUDA features will be presented.

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2018
Programming
High-Performance Computing
Courses and workshops
cuda gpu
18.12.

Protein Modeling with Discovery Studio

December 2018

Introduction to Discovery Studio protein modeling program,

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Methods & Software
2018
Computing Platforms
Courses and workshops
bioinformatics chemistry tess
18.1.

IAM-verkoston tapaaminen

January 2018

Korkeakoulujen IAM-verkosto sparraa organisaatioiden identiteetinhallinnan (IdM/IAM) kehittämistä.

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2018
iam-verkosto
10.4. - 12.4.

TRANSITS II

April 2018

Kurssilla harjoitellaan tietoturvapoikkeamien käsittelyyn vaadittavia edistyneempiä taitoja.

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IT Security
Courses and workshops
2018
Data Networks
18.4. - 19.4.

IAM-verkoston tapaaminen

April 2018

Korkeakoulujen IAM-verkosto sparraa organisaatioiden identiteetinhallinnan (IdM/IAM) kehittämistä.

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2018
iam-verkosto