News

Monthly Hacky Hour introduced to USQ

: 16/05/2018

Dr Francis Gacenga, QCIF's eResearch Analyst at USQ, has begun trialling a monthly Hacky Hour on the Springfield campus.

Hacky Hour is an informal session in which researchers can get help with eResearch services, such as HPC, research data storage and data management.

Despite the name, USQ’s Hacky Hour is held for longer than an hour, usually from 10am to 3:30pm on a Tuesday.

The next USQ Hacky Hour will be held on Tuesday, 12 June. Please RSVP to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Check the QRIScloud training calendar for future USQ Hacky Hour sessions.

Any queries, please contact Dr Gacenga: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

QCIF eResearch Analysts also run weekly Hacky Hours at UQ, Griffith, QUT and JCU. Check QCIF’s Hacky Hour webpage for further details.

Dr Francis Gacenga

Events

USQ eResearch Services 2019 Training Schedule

March–November 2019, USQ

Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology 2019

1–5 July 2019, UQ St Lucia

QFAB training program 2019

March–November 2019, Queensland

Webinar: Overview of Containers in HPC

21 February 2019, online

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