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Upcoming Workshops on IT Skills for Research (September)

A list of workshops on IT skills for Future of Work / Research is now ready for students' enrolment. Find out more details below.  

 

All students are welcome to join.

Beginner's Guide for Generative AI Tools - A Fun Exploration (English)

Date: 6 Sep (Wed)

Time: 14:30 – 15:45

Venue: Online via MS Teams & On-site at Student Computer Centre M403

 

Course Outline:

• Introduction to Generative AI 
• Introduction to Prompt Engineering 
• Hands on LLM Text Generation  
• Hands on Text to Image Generation  
• Hands on Image to Text Generation  
• Communities/ Platforms for Open Source Generative AI models 

Beginner's Guide for Generative AI Tools - A Fun Exploration (Cantonese)

Date: 7 Sep (Thu)

Time: 14:30 – 15:45

Venue: Online via MS Teams & On-site at Student Computer Centre M403

 

Course Outline:

• Introduction to Generative AI 
• Introduction to Prompt Engineering 
• Hands on LLM Text Generation  
• Hands on Text to Image Generation  
• Hands on Image to Text Generation  
• Communities/ Platforms for Open Source Generative AI models 

The Rise of AI: A Hands-On Workshop for ChatGPT (English)

Date: 11 Sep (Mon)

Time: 14:30 – 17:00

Venue: Online via MS Teams & On-site at Student Computer Centre M403

 

Course Outline:

• What is ChatGPT?
• Why use it?
• How to get access?
• Some examples with use cases
  - Research: e.g. search for thesis and papers, generate an outline for a research topic, citation format, etc.
  - Learning: e.g. explain complex concepts using ChatGPT, learn coding, languages, etc.
  - Graduate: e.g. prepare questions for interview, resume
• Prompts and Better Prompts
• By Human or by AI
• Limitations of ChatGPT
• A guide to use ChatGPT through VPN

Python for Everyone: A ChatGPT-Assisted Learning Experience (English)

Date: 12 Sep 2023 (Tue), 19 Sep 2023 (Tue), 26 Sep 2023 (Tue)

Time: 14:30 – 17:00

Venue: Online via MS Teams & On-site at Student Computer Centre M403

 

Course Outline:

1. Getting start with Python
   a. Setup Programming environment
   b. How to use ChatGPT
2. Variables
3. Data Types and Operators
4. Control Structure: If-else, while, for
5. Functions
6. Modules and libraries
7. File input and output
8. Error Handling

Basic R (English)

Date: 13 Sep 2023 (Wed), 20 Sep 2023 (Wed), 27 Sep 2023 (Wed)

Time: 14:30 – 17:00

Venue: Online via MS Teams & On-site at Student Computer Centre M403

 

Course Outline:

• Lesson 1 (13 Sep)
  - Overview of R programming language
  - Installation and introduction to RStudio IDE
  - R Packages
  - Variables & Data Types
  - Basic string operations
  - Basic operators

• Lesson 2 (20 Sep)
  - Data structures
  - Control structures
    > Decision making
    > Loops
  - Functions
  
  
• Lesson 3 (27 Sep)
  - Load/ Save Data in R
  - Managing data frame

Student HPC Platform (Batch mode job submission) (English)

Date: 15 Sep 2023 (Fri)

Time: 14:30 – 17:00

Venue: Online via MS Teams & On-site at Student Computer Centre M403

 

Course Outline:

1. Introduction of Student HPC platform
2. Account Application
3. Resources available
4. Core operations
5. Introduction of Anaconda
6. Application examples running in Anaconda virtual environment on multiple CPU cores and computing nodes on Student HPC Platform
   - Python with MPI
   - R with MPI
7. Introduction of Singularity
8. Practical examples for the use of Student HPC Platform
   - C with MPI
   - Deep Learning: Running TensorFlow with Singularity

Leverage web GUI interface for research application development with GPU on student HPC Platform (English)

Date: 25 Sep 2023 (Mon)

Time: 14:30 – 17:00

Venue: Online via MS Teams & On-site at Student Computer Centre M403

 

Course Outline:

1. Introduction of Student HPC platform
2. Account Application
3. Available Resources
4. Core operations on Student HPC platform
   - Job script preparation
   - Job submission
   - Check job status
5. Introduction of Anaconda
6. Practical use of web GUI interface on Student HPC Platform
   - Files and folders management
   - HPC job management
   - Access GPU cluster using web GUI-based SSH client
   - Development with Python with web GUI interface: Jupyter notebook
   - Development with R with web GUI interface: RStudio

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