Dear HPC users of LRZ, In addition to supporting traditional HPC applications, the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) is offering systems and services to address the increasing demand of data analytics, big data and machine learning workflows. In a series of trainings, we will provide introductory courses for researchers and students who want to utilize LRZ resources for tasks of this nature. The "opening session" on Wednesday, March 21st will provide an "Introduction to LRZ Machine Learning Tools". Attending this full day course will give you an overview of the high performance computing hardware and software services available at LRZ and you will learn how to utilize these systems, focusing on different machine learning tools and applications. For further details and registration, please see https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-03-21_hmlt1w17/ A follow-up training on Thursday, March 22nd will take a deep-dive into "Using R at LRZ". This full day workshop will illustrate the different possibilities of utilizing R for data analytics and machine learning tasks on various LRZ systems by providing guidelines and best practice examples. For further details and registration, please see https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-03-22_hurl1w17/ Finally, on Friday, March 23rd, we will offer a "Python for Supercomputing" workshop. In this full day refresher course, different Python topics of interest to data analytics/machine learning practitioners and distinctive use cases of high performance computing environments will be covered. For further details and registration, please see https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-03-23_hpsc1w17/ If you have any questions regarding these trainings prior to registration, feel free to contact Dr. Johannes Albert-von der Gönna (johannes.albert-vondergoenna@lrz.de<mailto:johannes.albert-vondergoenna@lrz.de>). For an introduction to deep learning techniques, please also consider taking part in one of our "Deep Learning Workshops" in the coming months. Further Upcoming Courses, Workshops and Conferences: Programming with Fortran<https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-02-14_hfor1w17/> Wednesday, February 14 - Friday, February 16, 2018, 9:00-18:00 Deep Learning Workshop<https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-02-15_hdlw2w17/> Thursday, February 15, 2018, 9:00-17:30 Advanced C++ with Focus on Software Engineering @ RRZE<https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-02-28_hcpa2w17/> Wednesday, February 28 - March 2, 2018, 09:00 - 17:00 Parallel Programming of High Performance Systems<https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-03-12_hppb1w17/> Monday, March 12 - Friday, March 16, 2018, 9:00-18:00 PRACE PATC Course: Advanced Topics in High Performance Computing<https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-03-26_hppa1w17/> Monday, March 26, 2018 - Thursday, March 29, 2018, 9:00-17:30 Deep Learning Workshop<https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-04-05_hdlw1s18/> Thursday, April 5, 2018, 9:00-17:30 PRACE PATC Workshop: VI-HPS Tuning Workshop<https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-04-23_hhps1s18/> Monday, April 23 - Friday, April 27, 2018, 9:00-18:00 EnviroInfo 2018 Conference<https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-09-05_henv1s18/> Wednesday, September 5 - Friday, September 7, 2018 PRACE PATC (tbc) Course: Advanced Fortran Topics<https://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/2018-09-17_hftn1s18/> Monday, September 17 - Friday, September 21, 2018, 09:00 - 18:00 Information on further HPC courses: - by LRZ: http://www.lrz.de/services/compute/courses/ - by the Gauss Centre of Supercomputing (GCS): http://www.gauss-centre.eu/training - by the PRACE Advanced Training Centres (PATCs): http://www.training.prace-ri.eu/ Kind regards, Volker Weinberg -- Dr. Volker Weinberg Leibniz Supercomputing Centre of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities - HPC Systems and Services - email: weinberg@lrz.de<mailto:weinberg@lrz.de> address: Boltzmannstr. 1 - D-85748 Garching bei Muenchen room: E.1.016 phone: +49 (89) 35831-8863