Reproducible Machine Learning Workflows for Scientists Workshop Pilot 2025

Workshop Setup "Homework"

Workshop Setup

Please complete the following setup homework before end of day Sunday (2025-06-15) to ensure a smooth start to the workshop. If you have any questions please email the organizers (email located on the workshop homepage). To complete all steps should take less than 30 minutes.

1. Read the participant requirements section of the Indico event landing page and verify that you have these materials to bring with you.
2. First create a personal GitHub account and install Pixi following the directions on the lesson Setup episode.
   1. Optionally: Also install Docker.
3. Read and understand the Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC)'s Policies and Expectations for Using CHTC.
4. Log in to CHTC by sshing from your laptop to verify that everything is working.
   1. IMPORTANT: If you are not on the UW-Madison local campus network (e.g., you are at home) you will need to use the WiscVPN to connect to CHTC.
   2. Read the Hostname / Access point information section for the hostname to use.
5. Optional: (We'll cover this later) Step through the CHTC documentation and user examples on submitting computing jobs with HTCondor.