Training Resources

Looking for audio-based, video-based and text-based tutorials on topics including scripting languages, scientific programming, survey development, mathematical, statistical and graphics software? View recorded UD workshops or online tutorials developed by other research institutions and commercial sources. Or, register for instructor-led workshops held at UD and elsewhere.

Featured LearnIT@UD Workshops (video and assoc. material)

• Unix Workshop Series
  • Using X Windows and Secure Shell to Connect to a Remote Unix Host (video) (materials)
  • Bash Shell Programming (video) (materials)
  • Scientific Programming I (video) (materials)
• Mills HPC Tutorial Series
  • Mills Linux Basics I (slides) (video)
  • Mills HPC Basics (slides)
    • Overview: Mills Community Cluster (video)
    • Part I: Getting Your Feet Wet (video)
    • Part II: Jumping In (video)
  • Mills Parallelism I (slides)
    • Part 1 (video)
    • Part 2 (video)
  • Mills Parallelism II (video) (slides)
  • Mills Parallelism III (video) (slides)
  • How to Compile and Run Serial and Array Jobs (video) (slides)
  • How to Compile and Run OpenMP Jobs (video) (slides)
  • How to Compile and Run MPI Jobs (video) (slides)
• Mills Cluster Weekly 15-Minute Research Express Series (2012)
  • Feb 10 -- Increase Matlab Throughput (video) (slides)
  • Feb 17 -- VALET in a Nutshell (video) (slides)
  • Feb 24 -- Benefits of Using the Matlab Compiler (video) (slides)
  • Mar 2 -- Let Lustre Shine for You (video) (slides)
  • Mar 9 -- Makefiles: Getting it right on Mills (video) (slides)
  • Mar 16 -- Matlab Parallel Computing Toolbox (video) (slides)
  • Mar 23 -- Installing and Sharing R Packages (video) (slides)
  • Apr 6 -- Google Fusion Tables (video) (slides)
  • Apr 13 -- Perl Modules using CPAN and VALET (video) (slides)
  • Apr 20 -- Using Python (NumPy, SciPy and mpi4py) on Mills (video) (slides)
  • Apr 27 -- Creating collections of Perl modules (video) (slides)
  • May 4 -- Formatting your dissertation or thesis using UDThesis Styles (video) (slides)
  • May 11 -- XSEDE: Update from UD's Campus Champion (video) (slides)
  • June 1 -- Using IDL on Mills (video) (slides)
• Introducton to Digital Mapping with ArcGIS 9.3 (video) (materials)
• Microsoft Access 2007 Series
  • LearnIT@Lunch: Understanding Relational Databases in Microsoft Access 2007 (video) (materials)
  • Microsoft Access 2007 Basics (video) (materials)
  • Action Queries to Modify Data in Microsoft Access 2007 (video) (materials)
• Complete LearnIT@UD Workshop Archive
• LearnIT@UD Training Calendar and Registration

Recommended Tutorial Collections

• Cyber-Infrastructure Tutor (National Center for Supercomputing Applications)
• Ohio Supercomputing Center workshops
• San Diego Supercomputing Center workshops   (request account)
• HPC University workshops
• VTC.com (licensed by IT@UD)

Recommended Tutorials

• Introduction to Unix/Linux
  • Unix Tutorial for Beginners (U. Surrey, UK)
  • Unix Shell Fundamentals (vtc.com)
  • Unix Shell Scripting Advanced (vtc.com)
• Editors for Unix/Linux
  • Graphical vi-vim Cheat Sheet and Tutorial (viEmu)
  • Linux vi and vim Editor: Tutorial and Advanced Features (YoLinux.com)
• Programming Languages
• Scripting Languages
  • Bash Scripting Tutorial (Linuxconfig.org)
  • Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide (The Linux Documentation Project)
• IT's Research Computing Calendar