UBDA Training Course: High-Performance Computing in R Workshop

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02 - 18 Mar 2022
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14:30 - 16:00
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Summary

You are cordially invited to attend a training course spanning of 3 weeks. This training will introduce you to the R programming language and the RStudio Integrated Development Environment in the UBDA HPC (High Performance Computing) Platform. It covers various topics from setting up a RStudio environment in UBDA to statistical and ML (Machine Learning) – DL (Deep Learning) analysis with R. During the three weeks, the course includes UBDA HPC structure and workflow, starting an RStudio session, Bootstrap regression models, Random Forest, R packages for parallel processing, and Tensorflow for R. Participants are expected to have basic knowledge of R. Please find the arrangements below.

Course		High-Performance Computing in R Workshop (Poster)
Date		2 Mar 2022 to 18 Mar 2022
Venue		Online via Microsoft Teams
Session activities		R Using UBDA HPC services (1st online session: 2 Mar 2022, 14:30 – 16:00) Statistics and Machine Learning Analysis (2nd online session: 9 Mar 2022,14:30 – 16:00) R Parallel Computing (3rd online session: 16 Mar 2022, 14:30 – 16:00)
Consultation Sessions		4 Mar 2022 (11:00 – 12:00) 11 Mar 2022 (11:00 – 12:00) 18 Mar 2022 (11:00 – 12:00)
Registration / Quota		PolyU staff and students 60 (first-come-first serve via online registration) Confirmation emails will be sent to the registrants on 25 Feb 2022
Registration		https://www.polyu.edu.hk/pfs/index.php/899922?lang=en
Course Topics		R Using UBDA HPC services Introduction to UBDA Facility Set up a RStudio session in UBDA HPC Install R packages Statistics and Machine Learning Analysis Bootstrap regression models Random Forest R Parallel Computing Serial versus Parallel processing R packages support parallel processing Tensorflow for R

Should you have any enquiry, please contact Dr Vincent Ng at vincent.ng.comp@polyu.edu.hk and Dr Heung Wong at heung.wong@polyu.edu.hk