3rd easybuild hackathon

Basic Information

• time: Mon-Wed Mar 11-13 2013, 9am-5pm CET
• location: Nicosia, Cyprus (to be confirmed)
• notes: local provisions?

Attendees

Please let Kenneth Hoste know if you're planning to attend.

• Kenneth Hoste (HPC-UGent, EasyBuild developer and release manager)
• Fotis Georgatos (University of Luxembourg, HPC sysadmin and active contributor)
• ...

Agenda (planned)

Monday

• welcome by local organizers
• mention practical arrangements for coming days
• introduction round: who's who (brief, informal)
• EasyBuild presentation by Kenneth Hoste
• intent is to train attendees on making optimal use of EasyBUild
• introduction to purpose of EasyBuild and its design
• example use cases
• focus on modularity: easyblocks and compiler toolchains
• getting started: writing easyconfigs; writing easyblocks; extending compiler toolchain support
• contributing back
• presentation by local organisation:
• where and how does EasyBuild fit in with local needs?
• current activities with EasyBuild
• wishlist
• video conference presentation by NVIDIA (Adam De Coninck?)
• (may potentially be held week before hackathon)
• GPGPU toolbox for sysadmins and user support teams
• building CUDA software
• technical discussion on EasyBuild

Tuesday

• hackathon kick-off, focus on EasyBuild support for accelerators and local interests

Wednesday

• hackathon (continued)