https://github.com/jhudsl/computing_for_cancer_informatics
This course is designed to help investigators understand more about computing basics, as well as familiarize researchers with various computing platform options.
https://github.com/jhudsl/computing_for_cancer_informatics
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This course is designed to help investigators understand more about computing basics, as well as familiarize researchers with various computing platform options.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jhudsl/computing_for_cancer_informatics
- Owner: jhudsl
- License: cc-by-4.0
- Created: 2021-08-30T18:23:49.000Z (about 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-01-24T14:24:54.000Z (8 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-24T15:24:23.198Z (8 months ago)
- Topics: audience-researchers, capacity, category-fundamentals-tools-resources, cloud-computing, computing, etiquette, hardware, informatics, itn-course, local-computing, resource-needs, shared-computing, software
- Language: TeX
- Homepage: https://jhudatascience.org/Computing_for_Cancer_Informatics
- Size: 45.9 MB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 5
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
- Code of conduct: code_of_conduct.md
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# Computing for Cancer Informatics
This course was created from [this github template](https://github.com/jhudsl/OTTR_Template).
You can see the rendered course material here: https://jhudatascience.org/Computing_for_Cancer_Informatics
If you would like to contribute to this course material, take a look at the [getting_started.md](./getting_started.md).
## About this course
The course will cover the key underlying principles and concepts in computing. It will cover concrete discussions of the differences between cloud and local computing. The course will highlight a number of computing options and etiquette for using shared resources.
This course is intended for researchers with limited to intermediate informatics expertise.
## Learning Objectives
This course will teach learners to:
- Recognize basic computing terminology and understand the basics about how computers and computing systems work
- Understand what a server is and the differences between cluster, grid, and cloud computing
- Be aware of the appropriate etiquette for shared computing resources
- Recognize available shared computing resources for multiple data modalities
- Recognize shared computing resources designed for specific types of data
- Compare and make informed decisions about computing resources (including economic considerations)
## Encountering problems?
If you are encountering any problems with this course, please file a GitHub issue or contact us using [this feedback form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYwgP9ZKGRCCkLV2vnMZy9ZLSqXZTUKTFKDVYEy95aXzw2Bg/viewform).
_All materials in this course are licensed [CC-BY](https://tldrlegal.com/license/creative-commons-attribution-(cc)) and can be repurposed freely with attribution._