Training & Consultancy

Training

Research Computing Services offers courses that are freely available for all researchers at the University of Cambridge. To discuss your training needs, please contact support@hpc.cam.ac.uk

We provide training in:

• Introduction to High Performance Computing
• Software Carpentry for High Performance Computing
• Unix: Introduction to the Command Line Interface
• Intel oneAPI Toolkit
• Python in High Performance Computing (through Futurelearn)
• Supercomputing (through Futurelearn)
• Managing Big Data with R and Hadoop (through Futurelearn)
• Machine Learning (through Coursera)
• Deep Learning (through Coursera)

The Cambridge Centre for Research Informatics Training provides courses on topics including machine learning, programming languages, statistics and best programming practices.

Cambridge University Library also offers courses relevant to data science, including:

• Managing Your Research Data
• Research Data Management

Through LinkedIn Learning, the University provides a number of courses relevant to HPC and software engineering:

• Learning C++ (through LinkedIn Learning)
• Learning Python (through LinkedIn Learning)
• Hands-On Introduction: Python (through LinkedIn Learning)
• Machine Learning with Python
• Python Parallel and Concurrent Programming (through LinkedIn Learning)
• Learning MATLAB (through LinkedIn Learning)
• Learning Linux Shell Scripting (through LinkedIn Learning)
• R Essential Training (through LinkedIn Learning)

If you are exploring digital scholarship from an Arts and Humanities background, Cambridge Digital Humanities offers workshops and courses which may be relevant to your research.

By registering for a free training account with Distributed Research Utilising Advanced Computing (DiRAC), users can access a number of courses in the essentials of high performance computing.

Consultancy

Research Computing Services provides consultancy support to members of the University. We have a wealth of expertise within the department and would be glad to answer questions and provide one-to-one meetings with researchers who want to make use of HPC systems, develop a piece of research software or improve the quality of software already engineered.

If you would like to arrange a consultancy session, please contact support@hpc.cam.ac.uk