⭐ Upcoming Courses
July 2026
The HPC course is now full, and the Unix course is nearly so. Please email simon.michnowicz@monash.edu to get on the wait list for either course.
🗓️ July 2 & July 3 - Introduction to Unix Shell and Command Line Interface
Monash eResearch is pleased to announce our upcoming Introduction to the Unix Shell workshop. This workshop to be held on CLAYTON CAMPUS, spread across 2 half days, on Thursday 2nd July and Friday, 3rd July from 9:00am -1:00pm AEST.
- Date: This workshop will be held across two half days, on Thursday 2nd July and Friday 3rd July
- Time: 9.00am - 1.00pm (AEST) each day
- Venue: Room G05, Alan Finkel Building for Technology and Design (Bldg 94), 20 Exhibition Walk, Clayton VIC 3168
The Unix shell is a powerful tool that allows you to perform complex tasks with just a few keystrokes. More importantly, it helps you combine existing programs in new ways and automate repetitive tasks so you aren’t typing the same things over and over again.
Using the shell is fundamental to accessing a wide range of powerful tools and computing resources, including High-Performance Computing (HPC) supercomputers. This workshop will start you on the path toward using these resources effectively by guiding you through the basics of the shell and file systems.
What will be covered:
- Navigating and working with files and directories
- Pipes and filters
- Loops
- Shell scripts
- How to use AI with Bash
What you'll need:
Bring your own laptop and charger. Setup instructions on how to install the SSH tool needed to log into our Unix server will be emailed to all registrants 2 days before the workshop.
This course is open to all Monash staff and all HDR students. To register, you must use your Monash email address.
Monash staff and Graduate Research students register here.
If you see an error, it is probably due to you not having an account at Zoom. Please login first at https://monash.zoom.us/, then the enrollment will work.
Note that the training is in person on the Clayton campus. Zoom is only being used to collect registrations.
🗓️ July 7 or August 25 - Developing a Health Research Data Dictionary
Date: Tue, 7 July 2026, 10:30 - 12:00 AEDT
or
Date: Tues, 25 August 2026, 10:30 - 12:00 AEDT
Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes Online via Zoom
This workshop is open to Graduate Research students, researchers and staff from all Faculties and Divisions.
With an increasing focus on health data interoperability, developing a data dictionary early on in your research is an important skill. This foundational level workshop introduces all researchers who may deal with Health Data (regardless of discipline) to the basics of preparing a Health Research Data Dictionary.
Please register your interest here via MyDevelopment (staff, adjuncts and Graduate Research students only - you must be logged in to MyDevelopment for this link to work)
🗓️ July 10 - Introduction To HPC
Monash eResearch is pleased to announce our upcoming Introduction to High-performance Computing (HPC) workshop!
- Date: Friday 10th July
- Time: 9.00am - 3.00pm (AEST)
- Venue: Room G05, Alan Finkel Building for Technology and Design (Bldg 94), 20 Exhibition Walk, Clayton Campus
High-Performance Computing
This workshop provides an overview of how High-Performance Computing systems works. You will get hands-on experience with a small cluster and learn how to use Linux command-line tools to write and submit Slurm scripts as simple batch jobs. What you learn here can be applied to much larger systems later.
What will be covered?
- What a computer cluster is and why we use it
- How to access a cluster and follow best practices.
- How to submit a job script.
- How to use software modules in your job script.
- How to use the cluster resources effectively
Tools taught: Slurm (job scheduler) commands
Prerequisites:
This workshop is aimed at beginners. However, prior command-line experience is mandatory .
What you'll need:
Bring your own laptop and charger. Your computer will need an SSH client installed. Instructions will be emailed to all registrants 2 days before the workshop.
This course is open to all Monash staff and all HDR students. To register, you must use your Monash email address.
Monash staff and Graduate Research students register here.
If you get an error, it is probably due to you not having an account at Zoom. Please login first at https://monash.zoom.us/, then the enrollment will work.
Note that the training is in person on the Clayton campus. Zoom is only being used to collect registrations.