GSPDA Computing Bootcamp

May 13, 2026, 9:00 AM → May 15, 2026, 5:00 PM US/Eastern

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Brad Sawatzky (Jefferson Lab), Cameron Clarke (Jefferson Lab), Casey Morean (Catholic University of America), Christine Ploen (Old Dominion University), Katherine Evans (College of William & Mary), Raiqa Rasool (Jefferson Lab), Thomas Britton (JLab)

Three-day bootcamp covering:

• JLab Compute Farm
  • How-to’s & Best Practices
• Linux & Farm Navigation Basics
• Job Submission with slurm and SWIF
• Learn git basics
• Using LLMs/AI at the Lab
• Software Containers
• FAIR Data Management Practices

Open to users and employees of all experience levels!

In-person and remote attendance!

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The sessions were recorded. You can find the recordings attached to the agenda entries (along with the presentation slides).

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NOTE: Once registered, please confirm that that you have the account access needed to participate in the Hand-On components by following the steps in 'Acquiring a JLab Account'!  (BEFORE you show up at the workshop!)

Computing Coordinators.pdf

GSPDA-Bootcamp-Poster-May2026.pdf

LLMupdateAtJLAB_pt2.pdf

May 2026 Plug.pdf

NewLLMUpdatesAtJLab_Part1.pdf

NewLLMUpdatesAtJLab_Part1.pptx

Registration Form

HandsOn

• HandsOnPrompts.md
• handsOnVid_cut_4x.mp4
• pippim_analysis.pdf

Wed, May 13

9:00 AM → 9:30 AM Welcome

Speaker: Katherine Evans (College of William & Mary)

Computing Coordinators.pdf

May 2026 Plug.pdf

WelcomeSession05132026.mov

9:30 AM → 9:45 AM Coffee Break

9:45 AM → 11:30 AM Computing Farm Best Practices - Lecture

Speaker: Brad Sawatzky (Jefferson Lab)

Computing_tips-tricks-May2026.pdf

Recording

1:00 PM → 2:30 PM Accessing the Farm - Lecture and Hands-on

Speaker: Raiqa Rasool (Jefferson Lab)

AccessingAndNavigatingIFarm.pdf

acquiring_jlab_account.pdf

Recording

2:30 PM → 2:45 PM Snack Break

2:45 PM → 5:00 PM Navigating the Farm - Demonstration and Hands-on

Speaker: Raiqa Rasool (Jefferson Lab)

AccessingAndNavigatingIFarm.pdf

acquiring_jlab_account.pdf

Thu, May 14

9:00 AM → 12:00 PM Execute your own script! - Hands-on

Speaker: Dr Cameron Clarke (Jefferson Lab)

20260514-NucPhys_Workflow-Slides-Cameron.pdf

1:30 PM → 2:45 PM Basics of swif2 - Lecture + Hands-on

Speaker: Brad Sawatzky (Jefferson Lab)

Farm_Job_Examples-swif_slurm-May2026.pdf

Recording

2:45 PM → 3:00 PM Snack Break

3:00 PM → 5:00 PM Basics of swif2 - Hands-on

Speaker: Brad Sawatzky (Jefferson Lab)

Farm_Job_Examples-swif_slurm-May2026.pdf

Fri, May 15

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM New LLM Updates at JLab - Lecture

Speakers: Raiqa Rasool (Jefferson Lab), Thomas Britton (JLab)

HowToGetThere_VibeCoding-2.pdf

Recording

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM → 12:00 PM New LLM Updates at JLab - Hands-on

Speakers: Raiqa Rasool (Jefferson Lab), Thomas Britton (JLab)

HandsOnVibe.md

LLMupdateAtJLAB_pt2-2.pdf

LLM Updates Part 2 Hands-on

pippim_analysis.pdf

1:30 PM → 3:00 PM Containers and FAIR Practices - Lecture

Speaker: Casey Morean (Catholic University of America)

container_lecture_v2.pdf

Recording

3:00 PM → 3:15 PM Snack Break

3:15 PM → 5:00 PM Containers and FAIR Practices - Hands-on

Speaker: Casey Morean (Catholic University of America)

hands_on_docker.pdf

hands_on_podman.pdf