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MSU Cloud Computing Fellowship 2021-2022

Welcome to the website for the MSU Cloud fellowship for 2021-2022. See our "about" page for more information about the program.

Syllabus

The program runs from Fall 2021 to Spring 2022 semester. Sessions are organized with pre-meeting materials (readings and videos), pre-requisites, and activities, which allow fellows to prepare for our Friday meetings where we will have hands-on activities and discussion.

Schedule for Fall 2021

  • Session 1: Introduction to the 21-22 Fellowship
    • Sept 3: Meeting : program introductions and program overview (via zoom)
  • Session 2: Using the cloud for computing
    • Sept 10: Using Virtual Machines workshop
  • Session 3: Cloud Storage
    • Sept 24: Cloud Storage Workshop
  • Session 4: Moving data to the cloud
    • October 8: Data utilities and services workshop (Azure Data Factory)
  • Session 5: Big Data Systems and the cloud
    • Oct 22: Overview of Big Data on Azure with DataBricks
  • Session 6: Databases and Data Analytics Systems on the Cloud
    • Oct 29: Overview of Databases on the cloud, SQL demonstration
  • Session 7: Serverless and Application Development
    • Nov 12: Overview of Serverless and FaaS, Demonstration of Real-world project
  • Session 8: Wrap up and project proposals
    • Dec 3: Meeting : review and feedback on project proposals & general discussion
    • Dec 17: Final Cloud Computing Fellowship project proposal submission date

Schedule for Winter/Spring 2022

Meetings

We will meet virtually according to the schedule below for 'project update' presentations and group discussions. If you have a scheduling conflict, please let us know as soon as possible.

  • February 4th : Presentation of Revised Project and current status
  • March 4th : TBD

  • April 8th : TBD

  • All sessions 2:00-4:00pm EST

  • Zoom links and password will be sent over email.

Virtual Office Hours Sessions

We will also hold two Friday virtual helpdesk sessions per month. Feel free to take advantage of these voluntary sessions for help with specifics on your project, presentations, and/or general research computing topics.

January 14th and 28th
February 11th and 25th
March 18th and 25th
April 1st and 15th

  • all office hours sessions 2:00-3:30pm EST
  • Zoom links and password will be sent over email but will be the same as for the meetings above.

We encourage you, especially during Winter/spring, to contact us at any time with any questions related to your projects, the fellowship, or cloud computing in general. We will get back with you when we can and schedule a time for a virtual 1-1 meeting.

Symposium and Project Presentations

Participants will present projects in late April at a symposium for the Cloud Computing Fellowship. The exact date and time to be determined, and virtual vs in-person also to be determined.

Textbook

We will occasionally link to the following book:

"Cloud Computing for Science and Engineering", Ian Foster and Dennis B. Gannon, September 2017

The book website does provide open access to individual chapters.

Communications

Fellows are encouraged to contact us with questions or if they are ever stuck on an activity we've assigned. In addition to email, we are utilizing Microsoft Teams at MSU (Fellows receive a link in the welcome email). Please feel free to reach on out the MS Teams channel sent to participants at the beginning of the program. Mentioning one of us e.g. @billspat or @parvizm will help get our attention. Additionally you may email us at any time. If you are not a participant but have questions about the program, see the Contact page for how to get in touch with us.

If you see a question or discussion on Teams please feel free to add any info or advice you may have, or even let us know that you have a similar question or issue.

If you need interactive, on-going help it may be better to schedule a help session with a fellowship coordinator; and we are happy to meet individually for additional support. This may be especially effective when fellows are developing their projects.

We also save time during our synchronous meetings for group discussions, so please bring any concerns, difficulties, or successes to our sessions!

Meeting location

Given the state of the pandemic in late summer 2021, we are hosting our first meeting (September 3) via zoom. Participants will be sent a link via email. Locations for future meetings are to be determined and based on participant feedback.

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