Trainings & Events

AWS Lunch & Learn Series

Research IT is partnering with AWS to host this series of training workshops. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to learn directly from an AWS Solutions Architects about leveraging AWS for research computing. Whether you’re a researcher, faculty member, or graduate student, this session will help you optimize your research workflows using AWS services.

Topic: AWS 101 for Researchers 
Thursday, September 10, 2026, 11am - 1pm
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Join us for an interactive AWS Lunch and Learn session where you'll learn directly from an AWS Solutions Architect about leveraging AWS for research computing.  

This introductory, hands-on session combines presentation and labs to give researchers, faculty, and graduate students real-world experience setting up cloud-based research environments. Some prior AWS or cloud experience is beneficial but not required. 

 Session Highlights: 

• Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud): Launch and manage virtual servers in the cloud to run your research computations and workloads 
• Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service): Store, manage, and retrieve your research data using scalable object storage in the cloud 
• Amazon SageMaker Studio: Explore an integrated development environment for machine learning to accelerate your research 
• Cost Management: Learn best practices for controlling costs of your cloud usage to stay within fixed research budgets 

 Who Should Attend: 

• Researchers, faculty members, and graduate students interested in cloud computing for research 
• Anyone looking to optimize their research workflows and manage research data more effectively using AWS services 

 By the end of this workshop, you will have: 

• Set up your own cloud-based research environment 
• Run computations and workloads in the cloud 
• Stored and managed your research data in cloud storage 
• Learned best practices for controlling costs of your cloud usage 

Register Now! 

This is a hands-on training session
Lunch will be provided by AWS

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AWS now offers monthly office hours via Zoom for UCSD researchers. The sessions occur every second Tuesday from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM. During these sessions, an AWS Solutions Architect is available to answer any questions about AWS services, both technical and business-oriented. 

These are casual, drop-in sessions where researchers can freely join without prior reservation to get their questions answered.

During these sessions, you'll be able to:

• Receive expert guidance on your current or planned AWS implementations
• Get detailed clarification on AWS services, features, and best practices
• Share any challenges you're experiencing and receive targeted recommendations

We look forward to connecting with you and to helping you with your AWS needs.

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