Sydney Hacky Hour
Come to Hacky Hour, research computing drop-in, or Westmead Biostatistics drop-in to swap notes, get help, or learn new techniques in programming and data science.
Hacky Hour
Hacky Hour is a regular meetup where all researchers 鈥� students, staff and university affiliates 鈥� gather in a social environment to collaborate and get research support.
Experts and mentors听from Sydney Informatics Hub and across the University听will be available to advise and answer questions on coding, data analytics or digital tools.
| Next session | Hacky hour runs every third Wednesday of the month, 2-3pm.听 |
| Location | Join virtually via Zoom:听 听 (from January 2026) |
What happens at Hacky Hour?
At our Hacky Hour sessions you can gain:
- advice on how to best collect and manage your research data
- practical help on fixing bugs in your code
- onboarding support for HPC, GPU and other research computing platforms听
- an understanding of the basics of commonly used coding languages听
- an understanding of how to run statistical analyses听
- practical advice on working with 鈥榦mics data
Even if you don't have a data problem to solve, come along to network with like-minded researchers, find a collaborator or hack away at your scripts in a friendly environment.
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Research Computing听Drop-in
Come to the monthly Research Computing drop-in meetings to swap notes, get help, or learn new techniques.听
Open to all University of Sydney researchers working on NCI Gadi, Pawsey听Setonix听or the Sydney GPU Cluster.听听听
| Next session | Research Computing drop-ins run every first Thursday of the month, 12-12:30pm |
| Location | Join virtually via Zoom:听 |
What happens at the听Research Computing Drop-in?
At听our听drop-in听sessions,听you can gain:
- onboarding support for HPC, GPU and other research computing platform
- practical听advice on听developing and optimising code for research computing platforms supported by the University听
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Westmead听Biostatistics Drop-in
All听University of Sydney affiliates at the Westmead campus can gain expert biostatistics and bioinformatics support听at these in-person sessions.听 听
| Next session | Westmead听drop-ins run every first Thursday of the month, 12-1:30pm |
| Location | In person: C24K Level 6 Meeting Room 6117 Wagtail and 6118 Lyrebird Online: Book an online consult:听 |
What happens at the听Westmead听Biostatistics听Drop-in?
At our drop-in sessions, you can gain:
- an understanding of how to run statistical analyses
- practical advice on听working with 'omics data