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Advanced Container Camp Schedule

Advanced Workshop Days are at the following times: 9:00AM–1:00PM US Pacific Time (12:00PM–4:00PM US Eastern Time)

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Below are the schedule and classroom materials for Container Camp 2021.

This workshop runs under a Code of Conduct. Please respect it and be excellent to each other!

Twitter hash tag: #cc2021

Day 1 - From the OS up Docker Image Builds

Activity:

• Introduction to GitPod on GitHub

• Hands on exercise using base OS images in GitPod

• Continuous Integration in GitHub

• Guest Speakers from autamus.io

Content:

Introduction to Docker builds from OS base images and when to pursue this.

Goals:

1. Use cases for building from the OS up

2. Understand base images like Alpine linux and their portability/size

3. Setup GitHub Actions for continuous integration of Docker builds

Optional Homework:

Scratch Build with Alpine Linux to perform a task

Day 2 - Accelerating Your Analyses

Activity:

• Singularity containers on HPC / HTC / Cloud

• Guest Speaker Mats Rynge from Information Sciences Institute @USC on the OpenScienceGrid (OSG)

• NVIDIA GPU Cloud

Content:

Hands on with Singularity. Introduction to distributed computing on the OpenScienceGrid. Introduction to GPU acceleration in containers with official NVIDIA Docker images.

Goals:

1. Introduction to Singularity

2. Introduction to OpenScienceGrid (OSG)

3. Understand OSG applications on CyVerse

4. Know where to look for NVIDIA images

5. Define use cases for OSG and/or NVIDIA acceleration of analyses

Day 3 - Breakout Sessions

Activity:

• Breakout into domain specific and special topic sections

Content:

Domain science breakout sessions. Examples: bioinformatics, geospatial analysis, deep learning, edge computing, information security, etc.

Goals:

Dependent on breakout section topics.