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Computing and Big Data Animation

The Animation activity offers user reviews and learning materials devoted to modern information technology advances, including seminars, tutorials, and hands-on training sessions.

These training sessions are in-person only, held at the CPPM. Seats are limited, with priority given to CPPM members, but they are open to any researcher, engineer, or student. If interested, please contact Julien Zoubian.

Upcoming Sessions

  • Portable Environments with Apptainer (April 2025)
  • Ensuring Reproducibility with Documentation and Testing (May 2025)
  • Automating Workflows with GitLab CI/CD (June 2025)
  • Open Publishing and Research Transparency (Date TBD)

Past Trainings

  • Notebook Workflows with Jupyter (Last session: March 2025)
    Introduction to workflow management with Jupyter Notebook
    GitLab Repository

  • Python - Level 1 (Last session: March 2025)
    Introduction to Python for beginners
    GitLab Repository

  • Conda Environment (Last session: February 2025)
    Introduction to environment management with Conda
    GitLab Repository

  • Git Tutorials
    A structured three-module training covering Git fundamentals, GitLab usage, and advanced Git techniques:

  • Git Basics (Last session: January 2024)
  • GitLab (Last session: January 2025)

  • Git Advanced (Last session: March 2024)

  • LLM Workshop - RAG with ChromaDB (October 2024)
    Special guest: Anne-Laure Méalier (Central Digital Lab)
    GitHub Repository

  • OpenStack (Last session: June 2023)
    Practical introduction to OpenStack (in French)
    GitLab Repository

  • LXD (Last session: May 2022)
    Practical introduction to LXD, the next-generation system container and virtual machine manager
    GitLab Repository

  • Unit Testing (Last session: January 2022)
    Hands-on training on unit testing, based on the seminar by Sébastien Valat
    Indico Event

  • Singularity (Last session: April 2021)
    Practical introduction to Singularity for containerized scientific workflows
    GitLab Repository

  • GUIX (Last session: April 2021)
    Workshop following Konrad Hinsen's seminar on computational reproducibility. Covers the next-generation software package manager GUIX, which ensures software and execution environment reproducibility over time.
    GitLab Repository
    Indico Event