BU’s Research Computing Services Announces Spring ’25 Software and Analysis Training

  • By: Deborah Carr
The IS&T Research Computing Services (RCS) group offers a tutorial series on programming, data analysis, high performance computing, and domain specific topics three times each year. These tutorials are free and open to all members of the Boston University community.
The RCS tutorials cover concepts, techniques, and tools which researchers can use in their own computing environments. Many are designed to help you make effective use of the Boston University Shared Computing Cluster (SCC). The RCS staff can also deliver extra, or customized, tutorial sessions to your course, group, or lab. Please contact them at help@scc.bu.edu if you are interested.

Trainings Schedule

Vendor Presentations
Tue, Feb 11
10:00am – 12:00pm		 Introduction to GRASS GIS Processing Engine (Hands-on)
Wed, Feb 19
2:30pm – 3:30pm		 NASA Earthdata’s Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS): A Tool for Accessing, Processing, and Visualizing Geospatial Data (Lecture)
Thu, Feb 27
10:00am – 12:00pm		 Getting Started with the JMP Student Edition & Data Visualization (Hands-on)
Thu, Feb 27
2:00pm – 4:00pm		 JMP Linear Modeling & Predictive Modeling and Machine Learning (Hands-on)
Research Computing Basics Tutorials
Wed, Jan 29
12:00pm – 2:00pm		 Introduction to BU’s Shared Computing Cluster (Hands-on)
Wed, Jan 29
2:30pm – 4:30pm		 Introduction to Linux (Hands-on)
Thu, Jan 30
3:00pm – 5:00pm		 Intermediate Usage of the SCC (Lecture)
Mon, Feb 3
9:30am – 11:30am		 Intermediate Usage of the SCC (Lecture)
Computer Programming Tutorials
Thu, Jan 30
10:00am – 12:00pm		 Natural Language Processing Basics (Hands-on)
Tue, Feb 4
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Machine Learning with Python scikit-learn, Part One (Hands-on)
Thu, Feb 6
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Machine Learning with Python scikit-learn, Part Two (Hands-on)
Wed, Feb 5
2:30pm – 4:30pm		 Introduction to Python, Part One (Hands-on)
Fri, Feb 7
2:30pm – 4:30pm		 Introduction to Python, Part Two (Hands-on)
Thu, Feb 6
10:00am – 12:00pm		 Introduction to Julia (Hands-on)
Tue, Feb 11
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Deep Learning with PyTorch, Part One (Hands-on)
Thu, Feb 13
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Deep Learning with PyTorch, Part Two (Hands-on)
Data Analysis Tutorials
Tue, Feb 4
3:00pm – 5:00pm		 Using GitHub Copilot in RStudio for Code Development (Hands-on)
Thu, Feb 6
3:00pm – 5:00pm		 Creating Pretty Documents using R Markdown and Quarto (Hands-on)
Wed, Feb 12
2:30pm – 4:30pm		 Data Preparation for Neuroimagers: BIDS, mriqc, and fmriprep (Hands-on)
Fri, Feb 14
2:30pm – 4:30pm		 Python for Data Analysis (Hands-on)
High Performance Computing Tutorials
Tue, Feb 13
10:00pm – 12:00pm		 MATLAB Performance Optimization (Hands-on)
Domain Specific Topics Tutorials
Thu, Jan 30
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Python GIS: Geopandas Library (Hands-on)
Mon, Feb 3
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 GIS Using Python: xarray (Hands-on)
Mon, Feb 10
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 GIS Using R: arcgis (Hands-on)
You may register for as many tutorials as you like. Registration is required and is accessed with your BU Kerberos password.
If you don’t have a Kerberos password or if you have any other questions, please send email to rcs-tutorial@bu.edu.

Tutorial Locations

Biological Science Center, 2 Cummington Mall, Room 107
Online over Zoom – After you register, a calendar invite with a Zoom link will be sent to you.
Hybrid in 2 Cummington Mall and over Zoom – Register for the location you wish to attend the tutorial from. We recommend coming in person if you can.

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