Bianca Boutilier and Kaleb Pearson named UPEI Panther Athletes of the Week

Every week, UPEI Athletics and Recreation recognizes two student-athletes for their achievements and contributions to their respective sports. The UPEI Panther Athletes of the Week for January 8–14, 2024, are Bianca Boutilier (women’s track and field) and Kaleb Pearson (men’s hockey).

Boutilier is a business student from Charlottetown, PEI. The third-year sprinter ran a personal best in the 60-metre dash on January 13 at the Moncton Open. She crossed the finish line in 8.03 seconds, which is second best in the AUS so far this season.

Island author launches new book

Deirdre Kessler, a well-known Island author and longtime sessional instructor at UPEI, will launch a new book, Darwin’s Hornpipe, on Thursday, January 18, at 7:00 pm, at The Gallery Café, Great George Street, Charlottetown.

Kessler will do a short reading from the book, and fiddler Roy Johnstone will play a few hornpipes. All are welcome to attend.

Department of Music Faculty Recital celebrates International Women's Day

Trombone, She Wrote: Music by Canadian Women Composers

Experience the expressive side of the trombone from a Canadian perspective, with works by Jocelyn Morlock, F. Jane Naylor, Hope Salmonson, Barbara York, and the premiere of a work for trombone and loop station by Monica Pearce. The recital features Dale Sorensen, trombone and euphonium, with Magdalena von Eccher, piano.

ACENET: Big Data Analysis with Spark

Apache Spark is a user-friendly open-source platform for large-scale data processing, analytics, and parallel computing. Using Apache Spark and Python (PySpark), this workshop is aimed at analyzing data sets that are too large to be handled and processed by a single computer. With hands-on guided examples, the workshop covers the basics of Spark and Resilient Distributed Datasets (RDD) high-level architecture. The examples are mainly written in Python, hence the APIs covered are the ones available in PySpark, including Spark Core API (RDD API), Spark SQL, and Pandas on Spark.

ACENET Basics: Job Scheduling with Slurm

The national high-performance computing (HPC) 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. This workshop is designed for new HPC users or experienced users either transitioning to Slurm or seeking to improve efficiency with the scheduler.

ACENET Basics: Introduction to Shell Scripting

Shell scripting helps you save time, automate file management tasks, and better use the power of Linux. You’ll learn how to use the command line to carry out repetitive tasks, extract information from files quickly, combine commands in powerful ways, learn about job scripts, shell variables and looping commands, and capture a workflow so you can re-use it easily. Save time, reduce errors, and use Linux more effectively.

ACENET Basics: Introduction to Linux

Linux is the terminal interface that enables you to use the ACENET and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) high performance computing clusters from your desktop. It's the tool you need to get your data on the clusters, run your programs, and get your data back. In this session, learn how to get started with Linux, how to create and navigate directories for your data, load files, manage your storage, run programs on the computing clusters, and set file permissions. This workshop is designed for those with no prior experience in working with a terminal interface.

UPEI MBA in Global Leadership Information Session - Virtual

UPEI’s Faculty of Business will host the following online information sessions for those interested in its MBA in Global Leadership program:

  • Tuesday, January 23, 6:00 pm EST
  • Tuesday, February 27, 6:00 pm EST
  • Tuesday, March 19, 6:00 pm EDT
  • Tuesday, April 30, 6:00 pm EDT

Each session will offer attendees the opportunity to learn more about the program and application process, have any questions answered, and meet with staff from the Faculty of Business. Registration is required.

UPEI MBA in Global Leadership Information Session - Virtual

UPEI’s Faculty of Business will host the following online information sessions for those interested in its MBA in Global Leadership program:

  • Tuesday, January 23, 6:00 pm EST
  • Tuesday, February 27, 6:00 pm EST
  • Tuesday, March 19, 6:00 pm EDT
  • Tuesday, April 30, 6:00 pm EDT

Each session will offer attendees the opportunity to learn more about the program and application process, have any questions answered, and meet with staff from the Faculty of Business. Registration is required.

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