Container technologies This course provides an introduction to Docker and Apptainer (Singularity) containers. It is especially recommended for the users of the CBE cluster at the Vienna Biocenter. Instructor: András Aszódi. Topics Introduction to container technologies. How to use Docker containers and build your own images. Apptainer containers for HPC clusters. Prerequisites You must have […]

Bayesian Statistics with R The Bayesian framework represents an alternative approach to statistical modelling. Bayesian analysis describes how to update our initially incomplete "prior" knowledge with experimental observations (the "evidence") to obtain a better understanding (the "posterior") of the phenomenon studied. This concept fits very well the way how scientific research works. In addition, Bayesian […]

CBE HPC cluster introduction This course provides an introduction to the CBE ("CLIP Batch Environment") high-performance computing cluster which is part of the Vienna Biocenter Cloud Infrastructure Project. Instructor: András Aszódi. Topics Introduction to the cluster: architecture, storage layout, access. Environment modules. Batch mode: SLURM queuing system, job scripts. Job arrays, task arrays, MPI jobs. […]