Guix-HPC Activity Report, 2023

Céline Acary-Robert, Emmanuel Agullo, Ludovic Courtès, Marek Felšöci, Konrad Hinsen, Arun Isaac, Ontje Lünsdorf, Pjotr Prins, Simon Tournier, Philippe Virouleau, Ricardo Wurmus — February 16, 2024

This document is also available as PDF (printable booklet)

We are pleased to publish the sixth Guix-HPC annual report. Launched in 2017, Guix-HPC is a collaborative effort to bring reproducible software deployment to scientific workflows and high-performance computing (HPC). Guix-HPC builds upon the GNU Guix software deployment tool to empower HPC practitioners and scientists who need reliability, flexibility, and reproducibility; it aims to support Open Science and reproducible research.

Videos of the 2023 workshop are on-line

Céline Acary-Robert, Pierre-Antoine Bouttier, Ludovic Courtès, Alexandre Dehne-Garcia, Simon Tournier — January 29, 2024

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Back in November, the First Workshop on Reproducible Software Environments for Research and High-Performance Computing was held in Montpellier, France. Coming from France primarily but also from Czechia, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, and the United Kingdom to name a few, 120 people—scientists, high-performance computing (HPC) practitioners, system administrators, and enthusiasts alike—came to listen to the talks, attend the tutorials, and talk to one another.

Announcing the First Workshop on Reproducible Software Environments

Simon Tournier, Ludovic Courtès — September 18, 2023

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We’re excited to announce the First Workshop on Reproducible Software Environments for Research and High-Performance Computing (HPC), which will take place in Montpellier, France, on November 8–10th, 2023! The preliminary program is on-line, and now’s the time for you to register!

Reproducible research hackathon: experience report

Simon Tournier, Ludovic Courtès — July 12, 2023

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Two weeks ago, on June 27th, we held an second on-line hackathon on reproducible research issues. This hackathon was a collaborative effort to bring GNU Guix to concrete examples inspired by contributions to the online journal ReScience C.

Reproducible Research Hackathon—let’s redo!

Simon Tournier — May 12, 2023

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It's time to run the second Reproducible Research hackathon! The first one was from... 2020, already! The date: Tuesday June, 27th. Start: 9h30 (CEST) End: 17h30.

Guix-HPC Activity Report, 2022

Céline Acary-Robert, Ludovic Courtès, Yann Dupont, Marek Felšöci, Konrad Hinsen, Ontje Lünsdorf, Pjotr Prins, Philippe Swartvagher, Simon Tournier, Ricardo Wurmus — February 10, 2023

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This document is also available as PDF (printable booklet).

Celebrating 10 years of Guix in Paris, 16–18 September

Ludovic Courtès, Tanguy Le Carrour, Simon Tournier — June 13, 2022

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It’s been ten years of GNU Guix! To celebrate, and to share knowledge and enthusiasm, a birthday event will take place on September 16–18th, 2022, in Paris, France. The program is being finalized, but you can already register!

Guix-HPC Activity Report, 2021

Pierre-Antoine Bouttier, Ludovic Courtès, Yann Dupont, Marek Felšöci, Felix Gruber, Konrad Hinsen, Arun Isaac, Pjotr Prins, Philippe Swartvagher, Simon Tournier, Ricardo Wurmus — February 3, 2022

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This document is also available as PDF (printable booklet).

First French-speaking workshop on reproducible software environments

Ludovic Courtès, Konrad Hinsen, Simon Tournier — April 9, 2021

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We are organizing the first French-speaking workshop on the reproducibility of software environments for scientists, engineers, and system administrators. The workshop will take place on-line on May 17–18th, 2021 from 09:00 to 12:30 CEST. Stay tuned for more reproducible research events!

Nous avons le plaisir d’annoncer le premier atelier francophone sur la reproductibilité des environnements logiciels, qui aura lieu en ligne les matinées des 17 et 18 mai 2021 — programme et informations pratiques sur la page de l’événement.

Cet atelier fait suite à l’intérêt porté par la communauté francophone du calcul scientifique aux questions de reproductibilité, notamment lors de l’Action Nationale de Formation UST4HPC 2021 et avec la journée reproductibilité de la Société Informatique de France (SIF) qui aura lieu le 10 mai. Elle s’inscrit aussi dans le cadre des activités du groupe Guix-HPC.

Au programme, sept retours d’expériences de scientifiques et de responsables d’administration système sur le déploiement logiciel dans les centres de calcul avec Guix mais aussi Spack ou module, et sur la création de pipelines reproductibles pour la recherche avec Debian, Org-Mode et Guix.

Ces exposés seront suivis d’échanges sur les attentes et propositions de chacun·e, aussi bien du point de vue scientifique qu’en termes d’administration de centre de calcul.

La participation est libre et gratuite mais nous vous invitons toutefois à vous inscrire.

Guix-HPC Activity Report, 2020

Lars-Dominik Braun, Ludovic Courtès, Pjotr Prins, Simon Tournier, Ricardo Wurmus — February 9, 2021

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This document is also available as PDF (printable booklet).

Reproducible research hackathon: experience report

Simon Tournier, Ludovic Courtès — July 10, 2020

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Last week, on July 3rd, we held an on-line hackathon on reproducible research issues. This hackathon was a collaborative effort to bring GNU Guix to concrete examples inspired by to contributions the recent Ten Years Reproducibility Challenge organized by ReScience.

Reproducible Research Hackathon

Simon Tournier — June 30, 2020

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Several submissions to the recent Ten Years Reproducibility Challenge organized by ReScience took advantage of GNU Guix, as discussed earlier.

Guix-HPC Activity Report, 2019

Ludovic Courtès, Paul Garlick, Konrad Hinsen, Pjotr Prins, Ricardo Wurmus — February 17, 2020

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This document is also available as PDF (printable booklet).

Guix-HPC Activity Report, 2018

Eric Bavier, Ludovic Courtès, Paul Garlick, Pjotr Prins, Ricardo Wurmus — February 12, 2019

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Guix-HPC debut!

Ludovic Courtès, Roel Janssen, Pjotr Prins, Ricardo Wurmus — September 5, 2017

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This post marks the debut of Guix-HPC, an effort to optimize GNU Guix for reproducible scientific workflows in high-performance computing (HPC). Guix-HPC is a joint effort between Inria, the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), and the Utrecht Bioinformatics Center (UBC). Ludovic Courtès, Ricardo Wurmus, Roel Janssen, and Pjotr Prins are driving the effort in each of these institutes, each one focusing specific areas of interest within this overall Guix-HPC effort. Our institutes have in common that they are users of HPC, and that, as scientific research institutes, they have an interest in using reproducible methodologies to carry out their research.