BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CERN//INDICO//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Quantum Machine Learning for Africa (QML4Africa) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T113000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T130000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260413T045344Z UID:indico-contribution-670-3050@events.chpc.ac.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Stephanie Muller (IBM Research)\nQuantum machine lea rning (QML) is an exciting new field of study which harnesses the laws of quantum mechanics and applies it to classical machine learning models. QML has a wide variety of potential applications spanning many fields which i nclude healthcare and life sciences\, climate and sustainability\, finance and optimization. Two parallel activities have emerged to pioneer the fie ld of quantum discoveries: one is the technological advancements required (hardware\, software and algorithms) and the other is the rapid exploratio n of domain-specific problems towards identifying quantum advantage over c lassical methods. In this workshop\, we will provide the participants with an introduction to QML from a theoretical perspective\, as well as a prac tical implementation of the Qiskit programming SDK.\n\nhttps://events.chpc .ac.za/event/155/contributions/3050/ LOCATION:Century City Conference Centre 1/1-7 - Room 7 URL:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3050/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:How custom chatbot works and how to build a RAG (Retrieval-Augment ed-Generation) system from scratch DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T070000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T083000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260413T045344Z UID:indico-contribution-670-3033@events.chpc.ac.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Walter Riviera (walterbot.ai)\nThis hands-on worksho p introduces students to building a basic Retrieval-Augmented Generation ( RAG) system. Participants will learn how to index a document corpus using embeddings\, implement a vector search retriever\, and connect it to a lan guage model for context-aware responses. The session covers key components like vector store\, prompt design\, and system evaluation. By the end\, s tudents will have built a simple\, working RAG pipeline. Basic Python know ledge is recommended.\n \nRequirements:Each attendee should bring their la ptop along and have Jupyter notebook with python 3.10 pre-installed.\n\nh ttps://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3033/ LOCATION:Century City Conference Centre 1/1-2 - Room 2 URL:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3033/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Materials Modelling Workshop using Density Functional Theory (DFT) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T113000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T130000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260413T045344Z UID:indico-contribution-670-3016@events.chpc.ac.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Kingsley Obodo (University of South Africa)\nThe Mat erials Modelling Workshop using Density Functional Theory (DFT) provides p ostgraduate students\, early-career researchers\, and interdisciplinary sc ientists with a solid foundation in computational materials science. DFT i s a powerful quantum mechanical method for predicting the structural\, ele ctronic\, optical\, and magnetic properties of materials\, enabling the ra tional design of novel systems for energy\, catalysis\, and optoelectronic applications. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on sessions\, p articipants will gain practical experience with leading DFT software tools \, learning how to perform structure optimization\, electronic structure c alculations\, and property analysis. The workshop will highlight applicati ons in sustainable energy materials\, topological systems\, and low-dimens ional materials. Participants will also be introduced to emerging approach es that combine DFT with machine learning for accelerated materials discov ery and inverse design. By the end of the workshop\, attendees will posses s both theoretical insight and computational skills to apply DFT (CASTEP i n materials studio) techniques effectively in their own research and to co ntribute to innovation in materials design and development.\n\nhttps://eve nts.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3016/ LOCATION:Century City Conference Centre 1/1-10 - Room 10 URL:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3016/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:From Energetics to Rates: A Hands-on Workshop on Microkinetic Mode lling with ML Potentials DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T070000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T083000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260413T045344Z UID:indico-contribution-670-2969@events.chpc.ac.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Kyle Abrahams (University of Cape Town)\, Thobani Ga mbu (University of Cape Town)\nLinking atomistic energetics to macroscopic rates remains a core challenge in heterogeneous catalysis. This full-day\ , hands-on workshop takes participants from surface slab setup and adsorpt ion energies (Python/ASE) to working microkinetic models. We use machine-l earned interatomic potentials to approximate energetics\, then build react ion networks\, derive transition-state-theory rate expressions\, and solve mass-balance ODEs to obtain coverages\, turnover frequencies\, and degree -of-rate-control sensitivities. Practical HPC on CHPC is woven throughout. Attendees leave with a functional model for a reaction of their choice an d a clear roadmap to extend it.\n\nhttps://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/con tributions/2969/ LOCATION:Century City Conference Centre 1/1-10 - Room 10 URL:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/2969/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Openstack part 1 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T113000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T130000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260413T045344Z UID:indico-contribution-670-3037@events.chpc.ac.za DESCRIPTION:This hands-on workshop introduces participants to both using a nd managing virtual resources within an OpenStack Cloud environment. Parti cipants will be introduced to the Horizon dashboard and how to create reso urces via that web-based interface. Then\, participants will be taken thro ugh the steps to alternatively define their resources as code\, using Terr aform and GitLab to create and manage the latter. By the end\, participant s will have built some virtual resources within OpenStack containing the a pplications that they decided to deploy\, using one of the methods indicat ed above. \n\nRequirements: Each participant should bring their laptop alo ng\, have access to a Unix-friendly terminal/command-line interface\, and have git and Terraform pre-installed.\n\nThere are limited places in this workshop. Please sign up by 28 November at \n\nhttps://forms.office.com/r /0983aQqdmj\n\nhttps://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3037/ LOCATION:Century City Conference Centre 1/1-2 - Room 2 URL:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3037/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Quantum Machine Learning for Africa part 3 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T153000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T173000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260413T045344Z UID:indico-contribution-670-3052@events.chpc.ac.za DESCRIPTION:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3052/ LOCATION:Century City Conference Centre 1/1-7 - Room 7 URL:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3052/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Quantum Machine Learning for Africa part 2 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T133000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T150000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260413T045344Z UID:indico-contribution-670-3051@events.chpc.ac.za DESCRIPTION:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3051/ LOCATION:Century City Conference Centre 1/1-7 - Room 7 URL:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3051/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:AI: Custom chatbot to build a RAG part 2 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T090000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T103000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260413T045344Z UID:indico-contribution-670-3039@events.chpc.ac.za DESCRIPTION:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3039/ LOCATION:Century City Conference Centre 1/1-2 - Room 2 URL:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3039/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Openstack part 2 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T133000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T150000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260413T045344Z UID:indico-contribution-670-3038@events.chpc.ac.za DESCRIPTION:See the description for part 1 to sign up.\n\nPlaces are limit ed.\n\nhttps://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3038/ LOCATION:Century City Conference Centre 1/1-2 - Room 2 URL:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3038/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Materials Modelling using DFT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T133000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T150000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260413T045344Z UID:indico-contribution-670-3035@events.chpc.ac.za DESCRIPTION:part 2\n\nhttps://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/30 35/ LOCATION:Century City Conference Centre 1/1-10 - Room 10 URL:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3035/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Microkinetic Modelling with ML Potentials DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T090000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251130T103000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260413T045344Z UID:indico-contribution-670-3034@events.chpc.ac.za DESCRIPTION:contunues\n\nhttps://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions /3034/ LOCATION:Century City Conference Centre 1/1-10 - Room 10 URL:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/155/contributions/3034/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR