Static Websites in the Cloud

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  • Instructor:  Yashar Monfared
  • Level: Beginner
  • Duration: 3 hours
  • Helpers: Chris Geroux
  • Date:  October 31, 2024 | 1:00 - 4:00 pm (Atlantic)
  • Prerequisite: The Unix Shell or similar experience
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COURSE DESCRIPTION

A common use case for cloud computing is web hosting. We will discuss differences between static and dynamic websites with a focus on the security and maintenance benefits of static websites. We will make use of pre-created virtual machines to create a website using the Jekyll static website generator and along the way cover markdown a human readable syntax for formatting text.

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Meet your teaching team

Yashar Monfared

Instructor

Research Consultant
Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dalhousie University

Yashar joined ACENET in 2023 and is based in Nova Scotia. With a Ph.D. from Dalhousie University in Electrical and Computer Engineering, he has extensive experience managing research projects, developing curriculum, and teaching in various disciplines. His research focused on optical systems, nanomaterials, and their applications in various fields. Yashar has secured academic grants, published over 40 research articles, and instructed courses at multiple universities.

Sarah Clarke

Host

Digital Training Specialist
MSc Computational Chemistry, Dalhousie University

Sarah, based in Nova Scotia, joined ACENET in 2023. She has a range of teaching experience and held regular teaching assistant positions. Passionate about scientific literacy, Sarah has developed teaching materials and taught programming and robotics to youth in St. John's. She has also led professional development workshops for teachers, focusing on digital skills. For her MSc in Computational Chemistry research, she focused on interfacing crystal structure prediction methods.

Chris Geroux

Helper

Research Consultant
Ph.D. Astrophysics, Saint Mary’s University

Chris has been working in HPC since 2005 and joined ACENET in 2015. He is based at Dalhousie University and has a focus on cloud. For his PhD he developed a C++ code to model stellar convection using the OpenMPI framework for parallelism. He also was an associate research fellow at the University of Exeter. Since joining ACENET Chris is been involved in developing the national cloud documentation and is a member of the cloud national team.