Cloud computing for research - free one day course on 16th May 2016 at Microsoft Research Cambridge

Microsoft Research is offering free, hands-on, cloud computing training courses for university faculty, researchers, and PhD students in the UK and across Europe. Whether it is big data, big compute (HPC), or analysing data streaming from devices for an Internet of Things (IoT) project, see how easy it is using Microsoft Azure to speed up your research.

Registration can be completed online. You can apply for up to 12 months of access to significant cloud computing resources through Azure for Research Awards program. Apply by 15 June 2016 here (and every two months thereafter).

You will be able to access Microsoft Azure on your own laptop during the training, and will have access for evaluation purposes for up to one month after the event. There is no need to have the Microsoft Windows operating system installed on your laptop, as Microsoft Azure is accessed via Internet browser, Linux/Mac/Windows command-line and programming language APIs.

This course is for Faculty, researchers, and PhD students using any language, framework, or platform. This includes Linux, Python, R, MATLAB, Java, Hadoop, STORM, SPARK, and Microsoft technologies such as C#, F#, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Azure SQL Database, and various Microsoft Azure services.

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