Do you use the statistical language R? If so there is a new university wide user group for those interested in learning and applying statistics in the program R.
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First Conference of Research Software Engineers
Are you one of a growing number of people in academia who combine expertise in programming with an intricate understanding of research? If so then you are a research software engineer (RSE)! The inaugural conference of RSEs took place in Manchester in early September and the presentations are now available online along with many of the workshop training materials.
Apply for Access to Xeon Phi
The Hartree Centre has announced a 7th programme of access to its Intel® Xeon Phi™ coprocessor cluster. This is for projects from academia and industry that would like to experiment with their code on this exciting new architecture.
Are you on board Dropbox for Business?
Dropbox for Business, our external file sharing service is arriving soon, stopover and find out what’s on offer and how to get on board.
Farewell to Head of Research IT
This month we say good bye to Kurt Weideling, Head of Research IT who is leaving to take up the position of Director, Information Systems and Digital Services at Manchester Metropolitan University. Since his arrival, Kurt has overseen the re-organisation of Research IT, development of a new governance model as well as putting in place a future strategy and roadmap for Research IT. The Research IT team would like to wish Kurt all the best in his new role.
Application for Machine Time – 6th Intel® Xeon Phi™ Coprocessor Access Programme
The Hartree Centre is pleased to announce a sixth programme of access to its Intel® Xeon Phi™ coprocessor cluster.
This is for projects from academia and industry that would like to experiment with their code on this exciting new architecture.
The sixth phase covers the period between Monday 25th July and Friday 21st October 2016.
Introduction to version control using Git
Research IT will be running a new full-day course providing an intensive hands-on introduction to version control using Git on Wednesday 6th July 2016.
The course is aimed at those who have no or little experience of version control. It will cover:
- What version control is;
- The main benefits of using version control;
- How to set up and work with a local repository;
- How to work with remote repositories using GitHub;
- Topics such as branching, resolving conflicts, merging and rebasing;
- Working collaboratively on one repository.
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