HPC Monthly Workshop: Machine Learning and BIG DATA

September 15 & September 17, 2025

The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center is pleased to present a Machine Learning and Big Data workshop.

This workshop will focus on topics including big data analytics and machine learning with Spark, and deep learning using Tensorflow.

This will be an IN PERSON event hosted by various satellite sites, there WILL NOT be a direct to desktop option for this event.

This event is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, there is NO REGISTRATION FEE to attend.

Please note that this workshop runs on Monday and Wednesday, there is no class on Tuesday.

Registration

Interested applicants must first have an ACCESS ID.  If you do not have an ACCESS ID, please visit this page to create one:

ACCESS USER REGISTRATION

Once you have an ACCESS ID, please first Login, then complete one of the following registration pages by Friday, September 12 at Noon Eastern time:

ONCE YOU HAVE LOGGED INTO ACCESS, please click on the site below that you wish to attend and you will be directed to the ACCESS registration system:

 

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Tentative Agenda

Monday, September 15
All times given are Eastern
11:00 Welcome
11:25 A Brief History of  Big Data
12:20 Intro to Spark
1:00 Lunch break
2:00 More Spark and Exercises
3:00 Intro to Machine Learning
5:00 Adjourn
Wednesday, September 17
All times given are Eastern
11:00 Machine Learning: Recommender System with Spark
1:00 Lunch break
2:00 Deep Learning with Tensorflow
5:00 Tying it All Together
5:30 Adjourn