X-CITE: Cyberinfrastructure Training and Education for Synchrotron X-Ray Science

Registration link: indico.classe.cornell.edu/event/2530/overview

The program will start with a combined morning plenary session for participants of both in-person workshops, followed by an afternoon parallel session with hands-on tutorials specific to X-CITE and DIALS. When registering, please select “X-CITE” or “DIALS” for the hands-on tutorial.

We welcome participants of all levels of experience! For those who are new to scientific computing, we will distribute pre-workshop introductory lessons about two weeks before the workshop (mid-May) covering topics including: remote access, Linux, Python, and the CHESS research workflow. We will also address any questions about these topics during virtual office hours to be scheduled before June 4. The workshop materials on June 4 will assume familiarity with Linux and Python at the level of the pre-workshop introductory lessons.

X-CITE is geared toward cyberinfrastructure (CI) training for the community of scientists and researchers using the CHESS synchrotron X-ray facility and similar light sources. The training materials presented during the workshop and the associated training activities will help reduce barriers to the use of CHESS instruments, data, software tools, and computing resources to help users in key steps critical to their scientific campaigns - from data collection, data processing, running simulations, to storing and publishing data. 

This day-long workshop will be structured around a mix of lectures introducing the materials customized for CHESS users, hands-on sessions where participants will have the opportunity to go through end-to-end examples with the workshop instructors, followed by office hours from the instructors to address specific questions and concerns.

Although this workshop is geared towards users who are new to CHESS CI, experienced users are also invited to attend, participate in the advanced hands-on sessions, and provide feedback on the materials presented.