RCS Announces Fall Tutorials on Data Analysis, Programming and More

  • By: Deborah Carr
Are you a social scientists looking to expand your methodological toolbox? BU’s Research Computing Services has announced their schedule of
IS&T RCS Tutorials which run from  September 8 – October 2, 2025Registration for the RCS Fall 2025 Training Series is now open! Recordings and slides from past tutorials by RCS staff and vendors are also available in the training section of the RCS website.
  • For hands-on sessions where you wish to use your own computer, please have the appropriate software installed on your computer before the session starts.
  • Tutorials are tagged based on experience required (Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced), location (details below), and if they are new.
  • Tutorial sessions are held either in-person or over Zoom. Note that Zoom sessions will be recorded; keep your camera off if you do not want your image recorded. The recorded sessions may be made available to the BU community.
The IS&T Research Computing Services (RCS) group offers a tutorial series on programming, data analysis, and domain specific topics three times each year. These tutorials are free and open to all members of the Boston University community.
RCS tutorials teach practical concepts, techniques, and tools for research computing that you can use in any environment. Many sessions are specifically designed to help you maximize your use of the Boston University Shared Computing Cluster (SCC). Additionally, RCS staff can provide customized tutorial sessions tailored to your course, research group, or lab’s specific needs. Please contact us at help@scc.bu.edu if you are interested.

Trainings Schedule

Research Computing Basics Tutorials
Thu, Sep 11
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Introduction to BU’s Shared Computing Cluster (Hands-on)
Fri, Sep 12
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Introduction to the SCC for Neuroimagers (Hands-on)
Mon, Sep 15
9:30pm – 11:30am		 Introduction to Linux (Hands-on)
Fri, Sep 19
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Data Preparation for Neuroimagers: BIDS, mriqc, and fmriprep (Hands-on)
Thu, Oct 2
10:00am – 12:00pm		 Intermediate Usage of the SCC (Lecture)
Computer Programming Tutorials
Tue, Sep 9
10:00am – 12:00pm		 Introduction to Python, Part One (Hands-on)
Thu, Sep 11
10:00am – 12:00pm		 Introduction to Python, Part Two (Hands-on)
Tue, Sep 9
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Natural Language Processing Basics (Hands-on)
Tue, Sep 16
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Machine Learning with Python scikit-learn, Part One (Hands-on)
Thu, Sep 18
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Machine Learning with Python scikit-learn, Part Two (Hands-on)
Tue, Sep 23
10:00am – 12:00pm		 Introduction to Julia, Part One (Hands-on)
Thu, Sep 25
10:00am – 12:00pm		 Introduction to Julia, Part Two (Hands-on)
Tue, Sep 23
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Deep Learning with PyTorch, Part One (Hands-on)
Thu, Sep 25
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Deep Learning with PyTorch, Part Two (Hands-on)
Thu, Oct 2
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Open-Source Generative AI with Hugging Face (Hands-on)
Data Analysis Tutorials
Mon, Sep 8
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Introduction to MATLAB, Part One (Hands-on)
Wed, Sep 10
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Introduction to MATLAB, Part Two (Hands-on)
Tue, Sep 16
10:00am – 12:00pm		 Numerical Computing in Python (Hands-on)
Thu, Sep 18
10:00am – 12:00pm		 Python for Data Analysis (Hands-on)
Domain Specific Topics Tutorials
Mon, Sep 8
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Introduction to GIS Theory (Lecture)
Mon, Sep 15
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Introduction to QGIS (Demonstration)
Mon, Sep 22
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Introduction to ArcGIS Online Portal (Hands-on)
Mon, Sep 29
1:00pm – 3:00pm		 Introduction to OpenStreetMap (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 find that a tutorial is full, or have any other questions, please send email to rcs-tutorial@bu.edu.

Tutorial Locations

2 Cummington Mall, Room 107
Online over Zoom – After you register, a calendar invite with a Zoom link will be sent to you.

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