IS&T Research Computing Services (RCS) Offers Free Summer Programming Courses
Registration is open for the RCS Summer 2025 Tutorials. These tutorials are free and open to all members of the Boston University community.T hey also offer recordings and slides available from past tutorials by RCS staff and vendors. The extensive list of courses includes Python, Linux, and other programs that are valuable for quantitative social sciences. See the full list of courses here and register promptly!
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 us at help@scc.bu.edu if you are interested.
- 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), locations, 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, high performance computing, and domain specific topics three times each year.