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Introduction to Scientific Computing at the CBU

Below you will find the schedule of our “Introduction to Scientific Computing at the CBU” workshops, which will be held online for new members of the CBU in November 2020.

Any larger data analysis at the CBU, especially for neuroimaging data, is performed on our high-performance computer cluster, using the operating system Linux. Some of our workshops will cover the basics of our computing system, good research practice in scientific computing, basic linux commands and an introduction to parallel computing.

Our workshops are aimed at researchers with no or little prior experience to programming. We are not intending to provide a full Linux course, but we hope we can significantly facilitate the first few steps. For other options, see e.g. opportunities at Cambridge University (http://training.cam.ac.uk/ucs/), or on-line tutorials (http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/Beginners).

Individual sessions of this workshop series will be advertised via our "skillstraining" mailing list (see below). To hear more about skills-oriented training opportunities at the CBU, please register on this mailing list: http://lists.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/skillstraining (Non-CBU people can subscribe by sending an e-mail to skillstraining-subscribe (at) mrc-cbu (dot) cam (dot) ac (dot) uk).

More information on how to register and attend will be sent via this mailing list.

You may want to have a look at other skill-oriented training options.

Any suggestions of feedback on our previous lectures would be very welcome.

Mon, Nov 4th

Tue, Nov 5th

Wed, Nov 6th

Fri, Nov 8th

10-12.00

Note: 9.30-12.30! Introduction to the CBU computing system
Jeff Berry
Overview of CBSU computing resources; using/accessing the computing system; best practice in scientific computing. How to find your way around a Computing system; basic and more advanced Linux commands; tips and tricks. CBU computing cluster on the intranet (CBU only) Intro to Linux

Getting started with Matlab
Andrea Greve
First steps in Matlab; the workspace and command window; variables – what they are and what they are for; basic commands; the editor; scripts and functions. PDF

Basic Matlab commands II
Moataz Assem
basic matrix operations, functions, tips and trick Slides Excercises

Visualisation in Matlab
Lydia Barnes
Visualisation options in Matlab; creating and editing figures; plotting curves. Slides Examples

14-16.00

Basic Matlab commands I
Delia Fuhrmann
Basic commands and functions; loops and conditional statements; tips and tricks. PDF Scripts

Structuring and Debugging Matlab Code
Daniel Mitchell
Writing clear and fast Matlab code; editing scripts and functions; debugging Matlab code. SlidesExamples and exercises