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This workshop is designed for those with no prior experience in working with a terminal interface. To access and use the ACENET and Compute Canada HPC clusters from your desktop, you will use a text-based "command line" interface. You will use the command line to move data around and run calculations. In this session, learn how to get started with the command line and how to perform some basic tasks: create and navigate directories for your data; upload and download files; manage your storage; and run programs on the computing clusters. Details & Register

Acadia Entrepreneurship Centre has partnered with Digital NS to offer FREE digital programming to youth in grades 6-8. This workshop will be held online and will be a 10 week series starting Jan 21. It will run Thursday evenings from 6pm - 8pm, ending March 25. With a day of presentation TBD. Elev8 is a digital program for students in grades 6-8. Build and test your own business ideas using technology and digital solutions while developing skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, teamwork and communication. Technology & Entrepreneurship Web prototyping HTML CSS Java Script Databases Entrepreneurial styles Ideation & innovation Personas/Customer maping Business Model Canvas The Perfect Pitch Cost: $99/10-week program  Bursaries available upon request. Contact Leanne Strathdee at leanne.strathdee@acadiau.ca or 902-471-4549 for more information Organised By Acadia Entrepreneurship Centre Registration

This workshop is designed for both new and experienced users. You’ll learn how to use the command line to carry out repetitive tasks, extract information from files quickly, combine commands in powerful ways, and capture a workflow so you can re-use it easily. Save time, reduce errors, and use Linux more effectively. Prerequisite: ACENET Basic Series Introduction to Linux, or previous experience with Linux. Details & Register

When looking to add valuable members to your team, the talent pool spans far beyond the Atlantic Canadian Ecosystem. International talent provide valuable skills, knowledge and expertise that can contribute significantly to the success of your business. Join us on Thursday, January 21 at 12:00pm, where Jennie Sanford, Head of Operations at Proposify, will discuss how they navigated the immigration system to recruit and retain global talent. Learn how you can do this for your organization to create an inclusive work environment. There will be opportunities for questions and discussion throughout this interactive session. Facilitator: Jennie Sanford Jennie is the Head of Operations at Proposify, a Halifax based SAAS company that helps create beautiful proposals and close more deals. Jennie oversees HR, compliance, and resource implementation for the company. Before working at Proposify, Jennie graduated from Dalhousie (Science) and NSCC(Human Resources). She has worked her way through various HR roles for the past 13 years and has become a Certified Human Resources Leader.Register

Ron Allum, Managing Director at Ron Allum Deepsea Services, is a submarine designer, cave diver and inventor. Allum is regarded as one of the world’s most experienced and accomplished cave divers. In 1983 he led an expedition to Cocklebiddy Cave on Australia’s Nullarbor Plain. The expedition achieved a world record push of 6.24 km into the cave system. AND... is our first guest for our Ocean Connector series in 2021. Join us on January 21st at 3:00 pm (AST), as COVE CEO, Melanie Nadeau, chats with Ron from across the globe about his career, the advancement of ocean tech in the defence sector, working on the DeepSea Challenger with Canadian film director and producer, James Cameron, and more! Register

Gain insight from three inspiring scientists as they share their insight on the importance of mentorship in Canada's science community. About this Event Three brilliant scientists. One epic online panel discussion.   Join us on January 21st for our next Insight-2-Inspire Speaker Series, hosted in partnership with WISEatlantic. Gain insight from three inspiring scientists as they share their insight on the importance of mentorship and how it has impacted their respective career paths. Meet our Panelists Dr. Sara Iverson Dr. Sara Iverson is a professor of Biology at Dalhousie University and the Scientific Director of the global Ocean Tracking Network (OTN). She is also affiliate faculty at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Sara received her BSc in zoology from Duke University and her PhD in physiological ecology, working jointly with the Smithsonian Institution’s Department of Zoological Research and the University of Maryland. She held postdoctoral fellowships at Georgetown University and the Canadian Institute of Fisheries Technology, Technical University of Nova Scotia. Sara began her faculty career at Dalhousie in 1994 as a NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada) Women's Faculty Awardee. She leads an interdisciplinary research program in physiological ecology that has advanced the use of tools ranging […]

This workshop is designed for either new HPC users, or for experienced users either transitioning to Slurm or seeking to improve efficiency with the scheduler. Compute Canada’s national systems use a job scheduler called “Slurm”. In this session you will learn how Slurm works and how it allocates jobs, helping you to: minimize wait time by framing reasonable requests; ask for only the resources you need, to improve efficiency; increase throughput; run more jobs simultaneously; and troubleshoot and address crashes. Prerequisites: Completion of Introduction to Linux and Introduction to Shell Scripting, or prior experience with both. Details & Register