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HPC v praksi II: Od Podatkov do področnega modeliranja / HPC in Practice II: From Data to Topic Modeling

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Delavnica / Workshop

Izvajalec / Course provider: Fakulteta za informacijske študije Novo mesto (FIŠ) / Faculty of Information Science, Novo Mesto (FIŠ)
Predavatelja / Lecturers: Prof. dr. Pavle Boškoski, Prof. dr. Biljana Mileva Boshkoska

Postanite mojster superračunalništva: Intenzivni HPC treningi na FIŠ
Ali vaše računske potrebe presegajo zmogljivosti običajnega namiznega računalnika? Pridružite se nam na seriji praktičnih delavnic, kjer boste osvojili ključna znanja za delo na superračunalniku HPC Trdina in vstopili v svet visoko zmogljivega računalništva (HPC).

Become a Master of Supercomputing: Intensive HPC Training at FIŠ
Do your computational needs exceed the capabilities of a standard desktop computer? Join us for a series of hands-on workshops where you will gain key skills for working on the HPC Trdina supercomputer and enter the world of 

2 Sessions:
  • Session 1: Advanced NLP and BERT Architectures
    Monday, May 11, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM (including break)
  • Session 2: Scaling Analysis and Domain Adaptation 
    Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM (including break)
Why attend?
  • Hands-on experience on a real system: Work directly on HPC Trdina to deploy robust analysis pipelines.
  • Free knowledge: Training is part of the SLAIF initiative to enhance digital competencies.

 

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  • Monday 11 May
    • 09:00 → 10:30
      NorduGrid ARC: Connect to the grid 1h 30m

      How to access a wider grid infrastructure and effectively manage data transmission over distance.

      Speaker: Prof. Pavle Boškoski (FIŠ Novo mesto)
    • 11:00 → 12:30
      Foundations of Transformer-Based NLP 1h 30m

      Explore the transition from traditional statistical methods to modern transformer architectures. Learn how to leverage pre-trained BERT models to extract deep semantic meaning from large-scale, unstructured text.

      Speaker: Prof. Biljana Mileva Boshkoska (FIŠ Novo mesto)
  • Wednesday 13 May
    • 09:00 → 10:30
      The BERTopic Pipeline: 1h 30m

      Dimensionality and Clustering A deep dive into the essential components: generating document embeddings, reducing high-dimensional data with UMAP, and mastering density-based clustering with HDBSCAN.

      Speaker: Prof. Biljana Mileva Boshkoska (FIŠ Novo mesto)
    • 11:00 → 12:30
      Apptainer Deployment, and Grid Execution 1h 30m

      Finalize your thematic analysis and package your BERTopic model into an Apptainer container and use NorduGrid to deploy and execute the pipeline across HPC Trdina and other available HPC clusters. Lecturer: Pavle Boškoski

      Speaker: Prof. Pavle Boškoski (FIŠ Novo mesto)