Talk format: Series

  • Talk
    SMACK 15: Programming parallel workloads with PyCOMPSs in La Palma
    PyCOMPSs is a task-based programming in Python that enables simple sequential codes to be executed in parallel in distributed computing platforms. It is based...
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    SMACK 16: Basic LaTeX (hands-on) 1
    LaTeX is a professional typesetting system to create a ready-to-print or publish (usually PDF!) document (usually papers!). LaTeX is the format used by arXiv...
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    SMACK 17: Basic LaTeX (hands-on) 2
    In the 16th SMACK, the very basics of LaTeX were introduced; showing how to make a basic document from scratch, set the printable size, inserting images and...
  • Talk
    SMACK 18: Modules and Python Virtual Environments
    The first part of this talk will present an overview of the tool "module" and its main commands and flags. "module" provides the dynamic modification of the...
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    SMACK 19: "Introducing the new 133-Mpixel visualization wall of the IAC"
    In a time when we deal with extremely large images (be it from computer simulations or from extremely powerful telescopes), visualizing them can become a...
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    SMACK 1: History of the Unix-like operating systems and introduction to the command-line
    Short Meetings on Astro Computing Knowledge (SMACK) are a series of talks, or more appropriately 'live demonstrations', presented in the Instituto de...
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    SMACK 2: POSIX power tools: Command-line tools and shell scripting
    The shell (or command-line) is the most commonly used (for advanced operations) interface to Unix-like operating systems. In this session we'll introduce some...
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    SMACK 3: GNU Astronomy Utilities (Gnuastro)
    Gnuastro is an official GNU package that is currently maintained at the IAC. It is a large collection of programs to enable easy, robust, fast and efficient...
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    SMACK 4: Shell scripting for automation and text editors
    In the previous SMACKs, basic operations on the command-line were reviewed in interactive mode: where you enter one command, wait for it to finish and enter the...