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  • [RCAC Workshop] Genomics Exchange, Session 1: Reproducible genomics on RCAC systems

    • Tomorrow

    πŸ“… Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (ET) πŸ’» Location: Online (Microsoft Teams link provided upon registration) 🏫 Instructor: Arun Seetharam Please register using the link below to receive email reminders and the Micro...

  • [RCAC Workshop]AI Ecosystem 2026: What’s New and What Matters

    • Virtual

    πŸ“… Date: September 25th, 2026 ⏰ Time: 1PM πŸ’» Location: Virtual 🏫 Instructor: Ashish Description: The AI landscape is evolving at an extraordinary pace, with new models, tools, frameworks, and deployment strategies emerging across both research and...

  • [RCAC Workshop] Genomics Exchange, Session 2: Data management for biologists

    πŸ“… Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EDT) πŸ’» Location: Online (Microsoft Teams link provided upon registration) 🏫 Instructor: Arun Seetharam Please register using the link below to receive email reminders and the Micr...

  • The WHPC Annual Networking Event, Back to School with WHPC: Find Your People in Tech

    Title: WHPC Annual Networking Event Date: October 2nd, 2026 Location: Envision Center (STEW B001) Registration: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b29VUAzKAA3IZL0 The Purdue chapter of Women in High Performance Computing invites you to an...

  • [RCAC Workshop]ML Fundamentals I: Supervised Learning

    • Virtual

    πŸ“… Date: October 2nd, 2026 ⏰ Time: 2PM-3PM πŸ’» Location: Virtual 🏫 Instructor: Haniye Kashgarani Who Should Attend Researchers, analysts, engineers, and students with basic programming or data science experience who want to build a solid foundation...

  • [RCAC Workshop] RNA-seq in practice: A one-day hands-on workshop on RCAC systems

    • TBD

    πŸ“… Date: Thursday, January 22, 2026 ⏰ Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (ET) πŸ’» Location: TBD [in-person] 🏫 Instructors: Arun Seetharam and TBD Please register using the link below to receive email reminders and workshop instructions; the β€œI’m interested”...

  • [RCAC Workshop]ML Fundamentals II: Unsupervised Learning

    • Virtual

    πŸ“… Date: October 9th, 2026 ⏰ Time: 2PM-3PM πŸ’» Location: Virtual 🏫 Instructor: Haniye Kashgarani Who Should Attend Researchers, engineers, and students with basic programming or data science experience who want to expand their understanding of machi...

  • [RCAC Workshop]How Do We Know an LLM Is Good? Practical Evaluation of Large Language Models

    • Virtual

    πŸ“… Date: October 16th, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11AM-12PM πŸ’» Location: Virtual 🏫 Instructor: Mihir Ahlawat Large language models can produce responses that appear useful, but evaluating their quality in a consistent and repeatable way can be challenging. This...

  • [RCAC Workshop] Genomics Exchange, Session 3: Nextflow fundamentals

    • Online

    πŸ“… Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EDT) πŸ’» Location: Online (Microsoft Teams link provided upon registration) 🏫 Instructor: Yucheng Zhang, Tufts University Please register using the link below to receive email remind...

  • [RCAC Workshop] Genomics Exchange, Session 4: Running nf-core pipelines on clusters

    • Online

    πŸ“… Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EDT) πŸ’» Location: Online (Microsoft Teams link provided upon registration) 🏫 Instructor: Yucheng Zhang, Tufts University Please register using the link below to receive email reminde...

  • [RCAC Workshop] Single-cell RNA-seq in practice: A one-day hands-on workshop on RCAC systems

    • TBD

    πŸ“… Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026 ⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (ET) πŸ’» Location: TBD [in-person] 🏫 Instructors: Arun Seetharam and TBD Please register using the link below to receive email reminders and workshop instructions; the β€œI’m interested”...

  • [RCAC Workshop] A Biologist’s Guide to Computing on RCAC Systems

    • TBD

    πŸ“… Date: Friday, October 30, 2026 ⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM (ET) πŸ’» Location: TBD [in-person] 🏫 Instructors: Arun Seetharam and TBD Please register using the link below to receive email reminders and workshop instructions; the β€œI’m interested”...

  • [RCAC Workshop]Finetuning & Compression of LLMs (LoRA, QLoRA, GGUF)

    • Virtual

    πŸ“… Date: October 30th, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11AM-12PM πŸ’» Location: Virtual 🏫 Instructor: Mansi Sharma As large language models grow in size and capability, deploying and customizing them efficiently has become a critical skill for AI practitioners. This wo...

  • [RCAC Workshop] Genomics Exchange, Session 5: Script to pipeline

    • Online

    [RCAC Workshop] Genomics Exchange, Session 5: Script to pipeline πŸ“… Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EST) πŸ’» Location: Online (Microsoft Teams link provided upon registration) 🏫 Instructor: Arun Seetharam Please regis...

  • [RCAC Workshop]Introduction to MCP: Connecting AI Agents to Tools and Data

    • Virtual

    πŸ“… Date: November 13th, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11AM-12PM πŸ’» Location: Virtual 🏫 Instructor: Mihir Ahlawat Description: The Model Context Protocol (MCP) provides a standardized way for AI applications and agents to connect with external tools, data sources, a...

  • [RCAC Workshop] Genomics Exchange, Session 6: nf-core on Open OnDemand

    • Online

    πŸ“… Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EST) πŸ’» Location: Online (Microsoft Teams link provided upon registration) 🏫 Instructor: Arun Seetharam Please register using the link below to receive email reminders and the Micro...

  • [RCAC Workshop]Advanced RAG & Vector Databases

    • Virtual

    πŸ“… Date: November 20th, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11AM-12PM πŸ’» Location: Virtual 🏫 Instructor: Mansi Sharma Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has become the standard approach for grounding LLMs in external, up-to-date, or proprietary knowledge β€” but building...

  • [RCAC Workshop] Genomics Exchange, Session 7: R/RStudio and r-bioconductor on RCAC clusters

    • Online

    πŸ“… Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EST) πŸ’» Location: Online (Microsoft Teams link provided upon registration) 🏫 Instructor: Arun Seetharam Please register using the link below to receive email reminders and the Micros...

  • [RCAC Workshop]AI in Scientific Research & Education

    • Virtual

    πŸ“… Date: December 4th, 2026 ⏰ Time: 1PM-2PM πŸ’» Location: Virtual 🏫 Instructor: Ashish Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly embedded in how researchers conduct scientific work and how educators design, deliver, and support learning. Rese...

  • [RCAC Workshop] Genomics Exchange, Session 8: AI for biologists

    • Online

    πŸ“… Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2026 ⏰ Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EST) πŸ’» Location: Online (Microsoft Teams link provided upon registration) 🏫 Instructor: Arun Seetharam Please register using the link below to receive email reminders and the Micros...