International Student Employment Support Program Online Info Session
黑料老司机 Experiential Education is accepting applications for its International Student Employment Support Program until March 1, 2024. If you are looking for more information about this program or have questions you'd like to have answered, join us for an online information session on January 26 from 11:30 am--12:30 pm.
Register for the information session using , and a link will be sent to you the morning of the session.
2024 MacLauchlan Entrepreneurship Program's Panther Pitch Launch
Join us at the launch event on Wednesday, January 24, from 6:00鈥9:00 pm, where current 黑料老司机 students can connect with past Panther Pitch participants, members of the PEI startup ecosystem, and the MacLauchlan family.
This is an excellent opportunity to expand your professional network and learn more about the MacLauchlan Entrepreneurship Program's Panther Pitch competition. This year, a total of $62,000 in prize money will be awarded to students! Food will be provided.
English Corner
Are you a student at 黑料老司机 who speaks English as an Additional Language (EAL) with questions about鈥
- pronunciation?
- spelling/grammar?
- vocabulary?
- reading comprehension?
We have great news! The English Corner is for you! We provide language support and practice for any EAL student at 黑料老司机. No appointment is needed; just drop in with your questions. We鈥檙e in the Robertson Library, Room 213, on Thursdays from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.
Bianca Boutilier and Kaleb Pearson named 黑料老司机 Panther Athletes of the Week
Every week, 黑料老司机 Athletics and Recreation recognizes two student-athletes for their achievements and contributions to their respective sports. The 黑料老司机 Panther Athletes of the Week for January 8鈥14, 2024, are Bianca Boutilier (women鈥檚 track and field) and Kaleb Pearson (men鈥檚 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 黑料老司机, will launch a new book, Darwin鈥檚 Hornpipe, on Thursday, January 18, at 7:00 pm, at The Gallery Caf茅, 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 鈥淪lurm.鈥 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鈥檒l 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.