Dates and Time: Monday and Tuesday, May 7th and 8th, 2018, 9:00am–5:00pm MST [Registration closed]
Location: Environment and Natural Resources 2 Building, Medium Seminar Room C, S225 (ENR2 S225)
Instructors: Nirav Merchant, CK Chan, Tyson Swetnam, Upendra Devisetty, and Chris Reidy
Guest Speakers: Frossie Economou and Lia Medeiros
Scope:
Container technologies such as Docker and Singularity let scientists easily share, reuse, and scale all types of computational analyses. The CyVerse AstroContainers Workshop series are two-day hands-on workshops designed for astronomers to learn how to create, use, and deploy containers across a variety of compute systems (your computer, CyVerse, local HPC, etc). Our inaugural workshop will focus on Docker and Singularity. We will use a blend of practical theories and hands-on exercises for small groups to deploy tools and workflows they bring to the workshop.
Target Audience/Participants:
The series is designed for astronomers and astrophysicists at Steward, LSST, NOAO, and LPL; but scientist of other disciplines are invited to attend. Examples used in the workshops are astro-focused but the skill sets are generic and applicable to many scientific analysis.
BYOD/BYOA:
Bring Your Own Data and Analyses. Workshop participants are encouraged to bring their own data and analytical workflows for containerization.
Required Experience:
- Linux command line, directory structures, shell commands
- Using and running analysis tools from the command line
- Experience using HPC, distributed computing, cloud computing systems
- Familiar with logging into and using remote systems
- Basic programming experience (language of your choice)
Outcomes:
- Theory and application of container technology
- How to use containerized software developed by other people
- How to containerize software
- How to build/deploy containerized workflows
- How to run your computation on resources such as CyVerse and UA HPC
Schedule:
| Time | May 7th: Docker | May 8th: Singularity |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00am–09:15am | Introduction to CyVerse and Data7 (Nirav Merchant) | General overview of Singularity (Tyson Swetnam) |
| 09:15am–10:00am | Container landscape and computation resources (Nirav Merchant) | Singularity setup (Tyson Swetnam) |
| 10:00am–10:15am | Coffee and snack break with networking | Coffee and snack break with networking |
| 10:15am-11:00am | Science code and Science Platform: Docker at LSST (Frossie Economou) | EHT, PCA, and Singularity (Lia Medeiros) |
| 11:00am-12:00am | Introductory Docker (CK Chan) | Introductory Singularity (Tyson Swetnam) |
| 12:00pm–01:00pm | Lunch break on your own | Lunch break on your own |
| 01:00pm–02:30pm | Advanced Docker (Upendra Devisetty) | Advanced Singularity (Chris Reidy) |
| 02:30pm–03:00pm | Coffee break (15 min) and afternoon session planning | Coffee break (15 min) and afternoon session planning |
| 03:00pm–05:00pm | BYOD/A (Hands-on project) | BYOD/A (Hands-on project) |
Additional Info:
For more information, please contact CK Chan. There is also a related virtual hackathon.