{"id":1113,"date":"2013-09-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/msr_er\/2013\/09\/16\/new-cloud-computing-training-for-researchers-worldwide\/"},"modified":"2016-07-20T07:31:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T14:31:16","slug":"new-cloud-computing-training-for-researchers-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/new-cloud-computing-training-for-researchers-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"New cloud computing training for researchers worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of our Windows Azure for Research program, announced on September 9, Microsoft Research is facilitating cloud training classes designed to show researchers how Windows Azure can accelerate their research.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As the global training coordinator for this program, I’m pleased to announce the first of these worldwide classes (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> has been scheduled for September 16–17 at the University of Washington, in Seattle, co-hosted with the university’s eScience Institute (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. This will be followed by courses in October in Campinas, Brazil, and Beijing, China, with subsequent events scheduled across the globe. We will modify the full schedule (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> as courses are added, so keep checking for updates!<\/span><\/p>\n

Windows Azure is an open and flexible global cloud platform supporting any language, tool, or framework, and is ideally suited to the needs of researchers across disciplines. After attending our intensive technical course, researchers should feel confident in applying cloud computing in their current and future investigations.<\/span><\/p>\n

This two-day course is offered free of charge, presented by trainers who specialize in Windows Azure for research. Attendees will be able to access Windows Azure on their own laptops during the training and, for evaluation purposes, for up to six months after the event. The attendee’s laptop does not need to have the Windows operating system installed, as Windows Azure is accessed via your Internet browser.<\/span><\/p>\n

The course is intended specifically for active scientists who are interested in coding in a modern computing context, as well as for computer scientists who are working with such researchers. This is a hands-on class, so some ability to program in a modern language is useful, but the course is suitable for researchers using any language, framework, or platform. This includes Linux, Python, R, MATLAB, Java, Hadoop, STORM, SPARK, and all appropriate Microsoft technologies, such as C#, F#, .NET, Windows Azure SQL Database, and various Windows Azure services. Some basic exposure to cloud computing is helpful, but no real expertise or usage experience is required; the focus of the class is to teach you this.<\/span><\/p>\n

The training outcomes of the course include:<\/span><\/p>\n