Day 4 - Introduction to Unix, HPC, and Linear Algebra

Working in a high-performance computing environment and applying linear algebra approaches for data analysis.

Topics

Basic Linear Algebra with R and Applications

  • Basic linear algebra operations in R
  • Principal Components Analysis and other dimensionality reduction methods

Working with UNIX

  • Common shell commands

Working with a High-Performance Compute Cluster

  • Introduction to Orchestra
    • Submitting jobs
    • Monitoring jobs

Materials

Notes Exercises Solutions

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Logistics

Date 18 August 2016

Time 10 am to 12 pm (Instruction) / 1 pm to 2 pm (Intro to Exercises and Q&A) / 4 pm to 5 pm (Q&A)

Room Countway 403 (morning) and Countway 506 - Minot Room (afternoon)

Teaching Staff

Radhika Khetani (Guest Lecturer)

Peter Kharchenko (Course Director)

Chamith Fonseka (Teaching Assistant)