ACCESS-NRI COSIMA 2025 Training Program
Here we are, with our 5th ACCESS-NRI & COSIMA 2025 training session!
Session 5: Unlocking the Power of Xarray and Dask
Presenters: Jemma Jeffree @jemmajeffree
When: 11am, 2 May 2025 (Friday)
Where: Zoom
Description: Xarray and Dask are increasingly becoming key tools for ocean modellers. However, both vectorisation with xarray and lazy computing with dask remain an enigma to many. This session will explain what happens under the hood of these libraries and provide tips to optimize your code performance. We’ll also walk through the logical steps to transform complicated analyses from for-loops into efficient vectorised functions, using real-world oceanographic examples.
Prerequisites
- Basic familiarity with Python, Xarray, Dask and how to load large datasets.
Note: A brief presentation deck will also be shared shortly before the event.
TBC Upcoming Session 2025-05-30T01:00:00Z 
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Topic - Using ACCESS-Vis to visualise the Antarctic region: 3D animations of sea ice, current and other features from Southern Ocean models
Presenters - @OwKal
Please stay tuned to this topic for more details that will be posted soon!
Interested in full program schedule - Click here for the full program.
If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch with jasmeen.kaur@anu.edu.au and Chris.Bull@anu.edu.au, or ask on the forum.