Code for Thought

Alan O'Cais and Kenneth Hoste, experts in high-performance computing, delve into the European Environment for Scientific Software Installation (EESSI). They discuss the evolution and impact of EasyBuild on managing software complexities in HPC. The conversation touches on the CERN Virtual Machine File System's role in efficient software distribution and collaborative efforts that emerged during the pandemic. They also explore the challenges of sustaining open-source projects and the community-driven approach that enhances user support in scientific environments.

L'édition française: Alice Brenon est une doctorande et chercheuse du CNRS en informatique linguistique au LIRIS (Laboratoire d'InfoRmatique en Image et Systèmes d'information) à Lyon. Alice décrit son engagement dans le projet GEODE (“Encyclopedic GEOgraphical DiscoursE: Writing about Geography in France from the Enlightenment to the Age of Wikipedia”). Dans ce cadre, elle a développé plusieurs outils logiciels dont certains sont en Haskell. Nous vous souhaitons une bonne écoute.Lienshttps://perso.liris.cnrs.fr/abrenon/ Alice Brenonhttps://liris.cnrs.fr/these/these-alice-brenonhttps://gitlab.inria.fr/abrenon/soprano/https://geode-project.github.io projet Géode sur GitHubhttps://archive.softwareheritage.org/browse/content/sha1_git:5675074b84f915278fc2137190bdc44d514a6740/?origin_url=https://gitlab.inria.fr/abrenon/soprano/&path=LICENSE https://www.collexpersee.eu/projet/disco-lge/ https://guix.gnu.org projet GUIXhttps://www.haskell.org Haskell langage de programmation  https://editions-rnti.fr/?inprocid=1002717 Classification automatique d'articles encyclopédiques Get in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören! Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt: Email mailto:peter@code4thought.org UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Meet 6 of the research software champions at Imperial College London (UK) who help to create better research - through better software: Alan Xavier, Lukas Kopecky, Jakub Lala, Benjamin Scharpf, Sara Patti and Sneha Jha. Linkshttps://www.imperial.ac.uk/computational-methods/rse/call-for-rs-champions-2024/ The call for the 2024 champion scheme cohorthttps://imperialcollegelondon.github.io/rs-community-newsletters/2024-03.html The newsletter announcing the championshiphttps://www.imperial.ac.uk/computational-methods/rse/ The RSE group at Imperial Collegehttps://www.ukri.org/news/new-funding-to-support-research-technical-professionals/ UKRI initiative to nurture research technical professionalshttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14703297.2023.2237943#abstract An article about the size of doctoral programmes at UK academic institutions in the year 2020-2021My thanks go to Imperial College London (UK) for supporting this episode and this podcast.  Get in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören! Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt: Email mailto:peter@code4thought.org UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[EN] English Edition: "Green computing" had a strong showing at the annual conference for Research Software Engineering in Newcastle, UK, early September 2024. I talk to the presenters, poster creator and organisers of the birds of the feather session on the subject. In addition you hear from Charlotte Pascoe and Poppy Townsend from the UKRI on their project to get us to net zero. And finally, from the platinum sponsor of the conference: CloudKubed https://www.cloudkubed.com. Also note https://eng.ox.ac.uk/netdrive/ from UKRI, who work towards a sustainable, digital research infrastructure. Links:https://rsecon24.society-rse.org RSE Conference 2024 sitehttps://www.green-algorithms.org Green Algorithms home pagehttps://codecarbon.io Code Carbon libraryhttps://github.com/GreenScheduler/cats CATS schedulerhttps://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?SUBED1=GREENRESEARCHSOFTWARE mailing list for the Special Interest Group (SIG) on greener computinghttps://net-zero-dri.ceda.ac.uk The UKRI net zero for the digital research infrastructure projecthttps://zenodo.org/records/8199984 The report on the scoping project UKRI - Net Zero for Digital Research Infrastructurehttps://www.nature.com/articles/s43588-023-00461-y.epdf GREENER principles for computing articlehttps://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(21)00188-4 Estimating the contribution from ICT re greenhouse gas emissionshttps://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/transport/reducing-emissions-aviation_en The EU report on emissions from the transport sectorhttps://app.electricitymaps.com/map Electricity mapshttps://www.nationalgrid.com/stories/energy-explained/what-are-scope-1-2-3-carbon-emissions explaining scope 1,2,3 emissionshttps://ghgprotocol.org the Greenhouse Gas protocolhttps://carbonintensity.org.uk Carbon intensity website (the API used in CATS - see above)Get in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören! Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt: Email mailto:peter@code4thought.org UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Deutsche Ausgabe: in der ersten DE Ausgabe nach der Sommerpause geht es gleich um 2 Open Source Projekte: MTEX und PyRolL. Mit von der Partie sind die Entwickler und Autoren der Softwarepakete Ralf Hielscher (MTEX) und Christoph Renzing (PyRolL), beide von der TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Sachsen.Links:https://mtex-toolbox.github.io MTEX https://tu-freiberg.de/en/node/2702/prof-dr-rer-nat-ralf-hielscher Prof Ralf Hielscher, TU Freiberghttps://github.com/pyroll-project PyRolL auf GitHubhttps://pyroll.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ Dokumentationhttps://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.06200 PyRolL bei dem Journal for Open Source Software (JOSS)https://www.linkedin.com/in/christoph-renzing-584077214/ Christoph Renzinghttps://tu-freiberg.de Homepage der TU/Bergakademie Freiberghttps://www.freiberg.de/stadt-und-buerger/stadt/stadtportrait/geschichte-chronik etwas zur Geschichte von FreibergGet in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören! Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt: Email mailto:peter@code4thought.org UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Laura Promberger and Jakob Blomer, key players in CERN's VM/VMFS project, discuss revolutionary advancements in data management for scientific research. They unveil how CVMFS is crucial for handling vast amounts of data from the LHC and beyond. The conversation highlights innovations like parallel decompression and data deduplication, ensuring efficient access to software in high-performance computing. They also explore secure external access challenges and the evolving collaboration within the global HPC community.

L'édition française: Ça y est - le premier épisode de Code for Thought en français. Comment reproduire et évaluer l'apprentissage automatique? Publier les résultats de recherche avec les données et le code source? Avec Pascal Monasse, chercheur chez IMAGINE (Laboratoire d'informatique Gaspard Monge) et éditeur de journal IPOL - Image Processing On Line. Animé par: Ghislain Vaillant. Réalisé par: Peter SchmidtLiens:https://imagine-lab.enpc.fr Laboratoire IMAGINEhttps://imagine-lab.enpc.fr/staff-members/pascal-monasse/http://www.ipol.im IPOL - Image Processing Online journalGet in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören! Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt: Email mailto:peter@code4thought.org UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Dr. Hamid Khan leads a transformative project at Imperial College focused on promoting open research, while Prof. Julie McCann is the Faculty of Engineering’s Vice-Dean. They delve into how workshops enhance data transparency and research quality, stressing the importance of ethical considerations in datasets. The conversation explores shifting assessment metrics from quantity to quality, reimagining university rankings, and the need for better collaboration across faculties. Their insights promise to reshape the academic landscape for more open and impactful research.

ENGLISH EDITION: Welcome back to Season 8 of Code for Thought. Just before we dive into the new season, this trailer will tell you what lies ahead between September and December 2024. Get in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören! Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt: Email mailto:peter@code4thought.org UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

In May 2024, I attended a workshop/training course on Software Management Plans (SMP), held at the University Gustave Eiffel east of Paris, France.In this episode I talk to the organisers and participants about why SMPs might be useful and under what circumstances. Teresa Gomez-Diaz, Geneviève Romier, (2018). Research Software Management Plan template. PRESOFT project: Preservation for REsearch SOFTware (V3.2). Zenodo Preprint. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1405614 template by Teresa Gomez-Diaz and Geneviève Romierhttp://igm.univ-mlv.fr/~teresa/presoft/2024FormationPlansGestionLogicielsRecherche/ The event schedule, presentation info etc (in French)https://www.software.ac.uk/news/software-management-plans The SMP post by the Software Sustainability Institute in the UKhttps://siteigm.univ-mlv.fr/home/ The Laboratoire d'Informatique Gaspard-Monge https://www.cnrs.fr/fr the French national research centre CNRShttps://www.inria.fr/fr the French national centre for digital research and technologyGet in touchThank you for listening! Merci de votre écoute! Vielen Dank für´s Zuhören! Contact Details/ Coordonnées / Kontakt: Email mailto:peter@code4thought.org UK RSE Slack (ukrse.slack.com): @code4thought or @piddie Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/code4thought.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pweschmidt/ (personal Profile)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codeforthought/ (Code for Thought Profile) This podcast is licensed under the Creative Commons Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/