On March 7th and 8th, the Broad Institute's Data Sciences Platform presented a 2-day Introduction to FireCloud-powered-by-Terra workshop, which walked participants through working and collaborating securely in FireCloud. Participants did hands-on activities introducing them to both workflows and interactive analyses on FireCloud.
Materials
The slides and FireCloud registration materials are at broad.io/FireCloud101_2303. Additionally, you can try the accompanying tutorial workspace.
If you missed the webinar or would like to refresh your memory, you can access recordings of the first day and the second day on our YouTube channel.
Agenda
Day 1 |
Tuesday, March 7 |
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10:00 am - 10:05 am |
Welcome |
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10:05 am - 10:45 am |
Firecloud Overview & Platform Tour |
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An overview of Firecloud functionality and introduction to the platform at a high level. |
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10:45 am - 11:35 am |
Introduction to Workflows on Firecloud |
| Using WDL scripts, you will run a workflow and learn the basics of troubleshooting. | |
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11:35 am - 11:50 am |
Breakout exercise |
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11:50 am - noon |
Wrap up, Q&A |
Day 2 |
Wednesday, March 8 |
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10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Workflows wrap up |
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Accessing and using data in the cloud; During this section you will pull data into a workspace and build a data model. |
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10:30 am - 11:30 am |
Introduction to Interactive Analysis |
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Using Jupyter Notebooks, you will perform some interactive plotting on publicly accessible data. |
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11:30 am - 11:45 am |
Breakout exercises |
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11:50 am - noon |
Closing Remarks, Q&A |