Dear EasyBuilders,
I wanted to share some highlights from last weekend's FOSDEM'18 open
source meeting in Brussels (https://fosdem.org/2018/).
Just so you don't get bored over the weekend... ;-)
If you attended FOSDEM'18, feel free to mention additional talks you
particularly liked that I overlooked...
The full set of 550+ talks (!) from FOSDEM'18 is available at
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_QKjHDgmNzpckLNciogFQ79csbL4JtzN .
Talks directly related to EasyBuild
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+++ How To Make Package Managers Cry (Kenneth Hoste, HPC-UGent) +++
(I'm obviously biased, but I highly recommend this one in particular!)
abstract + slides:
https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/how_to_make_package_managers_cry/
recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSemlYagjIU
+++ Simplifying the contribution process for both contributors &
maintainers - A case study of the GitHub integration in EasyBuild
(Kenneth Hoste, HPC-UGent) +++
abstract + slides:
https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/contributor_automation/
recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcJB_Yc8kFM
+++ Installing software for scientists on a multi-user HPC system - A
comparison between conda, EasyBuild, Guix, Nix & Spack (Kenneth Hoste,
HPC-UGent) +++
abstract + slides
https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/installing_software_for_scientists/
recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYXkzecfC3c
+++ Combining CVMFS, Nix, Lmod, and EasyBuild at Compute Canada (Bart
Oldeman, Compute Canada) +++
abstract + slides:
https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/computecanada/
recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ENPme3tyPk
Other talks (loosely) related to EasyBuild
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+++ Binary packaging for HPC with Spack (Todd Gamblin, LLNL) +++
abstract + slides: https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/llnl_spack/
recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XbW332fxGk
+++ How compilers affect dependency resolution in Spack (Todd Gamblin,
LLNL) +++
abstract + slides: https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/spack/
recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0mzPH4WKmY
+++ Tying software deployment to scientific workflows - Using Guix to
make software deployment a first-class citizen (Ludovic Courtès, INRIA) +++
abstract + slides:
https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/guix_workflows/
recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gimSG1Vr5DQ
+++ Modules v4 - Pushing forward user environment management (Xavier
Delaruelle, CEA.fr) +++
abstract + slides: https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/modules_v4/
recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFJ1xYQMesM
Other talks by EasyBuilders
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+++ Does data security rule out high performance? (Adam Huffman, Big
Data Institute) +++
abstract + slides:
https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/data_security_vs_hpc/
recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sGxZkxfNuM
+++ The State of Containers in Scientific Computing (Georg Rath, NERSC) +++
abstract + slides:
https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/containers_scientific/
recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUIhVgoCLBA
+++ Slurm in Action: Batch Processing for the 21st Century (Georg Rath,
NERSC) +++
abstract + slides: https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/slurm/
recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQmaKi-Szqc
+++ Behind the scenes of a FOSS-powered HPC cluster at UCLouvain -
Ansible or Salt? Ansible AND Salt! (Damien François, UCLouvain) +++
abstract + slides:
https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/hpc_uclouvain/
recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4oPiQ2A0es
+++ DOSEMU and FreeDOS: past, present and future (Bart Oldeman, Compute
Canada) +++
abstract + slides:
https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/dosemu_and_freedos_past_present_future/
recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMrROiqTSEI
Other interesting talks
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+++ Python 3: 10 years later - Looking back at Python evolutions of the
last 10 years (Victor Stinner, Red Hat) +++
abstract + slides: https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/python3/
recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzvCakZEylE
+++ Exploiting modern microarchitectures - Meltdown, Spectre, and other
hardware attacks (Jon Masters, Red Hat) +++
abstract + slides:
https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/closing_keynote/
recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kCDPCgjlJ4
+++ Why People Don't Contribute To Your Open Source Project (Mike
McQuaid, GitHub/Homebrew) +++
abstract + slides:
https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/community_why_people_dont_contribute_to_your_project/
recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FscQuW0EDI
+++ Cyborg Teams - Training machines to be Open Source contributors
(Stef Walter, Red Hat) +++
abstract + slides: https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/cyborg/
recording: (pending)
regards,
Kenneth
