<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Dear Colleagues,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">In the framework of the Bioinformatics core facility of Fribourg, I am pleased to announce the 2 following workshops (2013-WSA and 2013-WSB), organized in collaboration with the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and Vital-IT. These workshops are open free of charge to all the members of the life sciences community at UniFr and UniBe (Masters and PhD students, Postdocs, PAT, group leaders), however 2013-WSB targets mainly users of the Vital-IT High-Performance Cluster.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Feel free to register using the links given below.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">*** 2013-WSA Thursday June 27: Graphical presentation of biological data ***</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><a href="http://edu.isb-sib.ch/course/view.php?id=154">http://edu.isb-sib.ch/course/view.php?id=154</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Representing statistical data graphically is an important task for any scientist presenting his work. Most of the time, scientific results are (or should be) conveyed through graphics, and the ability to convince other researchers of the interest of this work depends critically on the clarity and quality of these images.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">In practice, these important graphics are almost always created by following two very simple, but inefficient, rules: firstly, do whatever your colleagues have been doing in the past, and secondly, use the default types of graphics and options suggested by the software you are using.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">During this workshop, we will discuss different ways for representing data, how to choose among them, what are error bars and why you should avoid using them, how to design efficient graphs, technical tools, good practices for plotting data, and common mistakes to avoid.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Requirements:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">There is no pre-requisite for this course.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Please bring your laptop.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">*** 2013-WSB Thursday September 12: High Performance Computing (HPC) in Life Sciences - An Introduction to Vital-IT &amp; UniFr-UniBe resources ***</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><a href="http://edu.isb-sib.ch/course/view.php?id=153">http://edu.isb-sib.ch/course/view.php?id=153</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Several scientific applications require computing and/or storage resources that go beyond the processing power of a single multi-core machine. High performance computing (HPC) clusters provide the necessary hardware and software infrastructure to efficiently run computing intensive applications. The course gives an introduction to high performance computing using the HPC cluster at Vital-IT. Both theoretical as well as practical usage aspects will be covered.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Objectives:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">• Identify limits of conventional multi-core machines (PCs) when using life science applications</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">• Obtain basic theoretical knowledge on high performance computing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">• Learn how to use Vital-IT's computing cluster for scientific applications (including hands-on exercises on Vital-IT's infrastructure)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">• Tips and tricks for effective and efficient cluster usage</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">• Discuss particular computing needs and requirements of course participants</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Requirements:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">• Basic understanding of working with command line tools on Linux or Windows-based operating systems</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">• Scripting language such as bash or Perl is an asset</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">• A Vital-IT account is required (register here</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><a href="http://www.vital-it.ch/projects/submission.php">http://www.vital-it.ch/projects/submission.php</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">at least 2 weeks before).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">• Please bring your laptop.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Location: both workshops will take place in the seminar room O.109 of PER-04.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Registration: is free, please register on the course web page (below the title in this email).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Deadlines for registration: June 20 and August 31.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">The number of seats is limited, and they will be attributed on a "first come, first serve" basis.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Best greetings,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Laurent Falquet</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; ">Bioinformatics core facility manager</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><a href="http://www.unifr.ch/bugfri">http://www.unifr.ch/bugfri</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: monospace; "><br></span><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="font-size: 12px; ">-----------------------------------------</div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">Dr. Laurent Falquet (MA/MER)</div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">University of Fribourg</div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">Department of Biology</div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">Division of Biochemistry</div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">Chemin du Musée 10</div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland</div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">Tel: +41 26 300 8991</div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">Fax: +41 26 300 9741</div><div style="font-size: 12px; ">Email: <a href="mailto:Laurent.Falquet@unifr.ch">Laurent.Falquet@unifr.ch</a></div></span>
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