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Lunch & Learn: AWS 101 for Researchers

Thursday, September 11th, 2025
11am - 1pm - San Diego Supercomputer Center, Room 408
Lunch will be provided!
Please bring your laptop - this will be hands-on learning!

Register Now - Space is limited!

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 Architect 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.

Topics include the following core AWS services or features:

  • Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) - Virtual servers in the cloud
  • Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) - Scalable object storage in the cloud
  • Amazon SageMaker Studio - Integrated development environment for machine learning

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
This event is open to all UCSD researchers, faculty, and graduate students interested in cloud computing for research.

SPS-IT Research IT Symposium: 9/15 

Join us for a collaborative symposium highlighting how UC San Diego researchers can advance their work through shared computing resources, streamlined lab data practices, and access to national platforms. 

Register now to secure your spot—seating is limited to 90 participants.

Location: UC San Diego – Natural Sciences Building Auditorium (NSB 1205)
Date/Time: Monday, September 15, 2025 | 8:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Morning refreshments and a networking lunch are being provided!

Program Highlights:

  • Welcome & Opening Remarks – Christine Hrycyna, Dean, School of Physical Sciences
  • Scientific Data Workflows & FAIR Principles – Tools and strategies for instruments and repositories, including options with free or subsidized costs for long-term storage
  • SecureConnect – Strengthening research IT security and productivity
  • Compute Everywhere – Access to NAIRR, SDSC systems (Expanse, TSCC, Voyager, Cosmos), the National Research Platform, and other free or subsidized computing resources
  • Hands-On Workshop: NVIDIA & Applied Data Systems – Four ways to start GPU computing:
    • GPU-enabled applications
    • Drop-in accelerated libraries
    • Portable programming models
    • CUDA for maximum control

View the complete agenda

NEW!! AWS / Research IT Office Hours

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.

Join the Zoom session

SDSC HPC and Cyberinfrastructure Training Events

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) is offering a 10-event series of free webinar training opportunities, Comprehensive Learning for End-users to Effectively Utilize Cyberinfrastructure (COMPLECS). Find dates and details and register here.

Carpentries Workshops

  • Topics may include: The Unix Shell, Git Version Control, Introduction to R programming, Python programming, Tidy Data, and SQL

These free Carpentries workshops are designed for researchers and enables non-experts to develop computing and data management skills for research analysis. Please visit the Carpentries page for full event details and workshop registration.

Library Workshops

View the selection of other workshops offered to all UC San Diego Faculty, Staff, and students!