Sydney Hacky Hour

Hacky Hour

Hacky Hour is a regular meetup where all researchers – students, staff and university affiliates – gather in a social environment to collaborate and get research support.

Experts and mentors from Sydney Informatics Hub and across the University will be available to advise and answer questions on coding, data analytics or digital tools.

What happens at Hacky Hour?

At our Sydney Hacky Hour sessions you can gain:

• advice on how to best collect and manage your research data
• practical help on fixing bugs in your code
• onboarding support for HPC and other research computing platforms 
• an understanding of the basics of commonly used coding languages 
• an understanding of how to run statistical analyses 
• practical advice on working with ‘omics data

Even if you don't have a data problem to solve, come along to network with like-minded researchers, find a collaborator or hack away at your scripts in a friendly environment.
 

HPC Drop-in

Come to the monthly High Performance Computing (HPC) drop-in meetings to swap notes, get help, or learn new techniques. 

Open to all University of Sydney researchers working on NCI Gadi or Pawsey Setonix HPCs with allocations provided through the Sydney HPC Scheme or NCMAS.   

What happens at the HPC Drop-in?

At our drop-in sessions, you can gain:

• onboarding support for HPC and other research computing platform
• practical advice on developing and optimising code for research computing platforms supported by the University 
   

Westmead Biostatistics Drop-in

All University of Sydney affiliates at the Westmead campus can gain expert biostatistics and bioinformatics support at these in-person sessions.   

What happens at the Westmead Biostatistics Drop-in?

At our drop-in sessions, you can gain:

• an understanding of how to run statistical analyses
• practical advice on working with 'omics data