Parsl: Parallel Scripting in Python

ParslFest - The First Parsl Community Meeting

ParslFest, the first Parsl Community Meeting was held October 3-4, 2019 at the University of Chicago.

The meeting brought together researchers, developers, and cyberinfrastructure experts from around the country to discuss experiences using Parsl and contribute to developing the Parsl roadmap.

The two day meeting included presentations and discussions on the first day and tutorials, advanced topics, and helpdesk sessions on the second day.

Agenda

Thursday, October 3

8:00 am - Breakfast
9:00 am - Welcome and Introduction to Parsl - Kyle Chard, University of Chicago
9:15 am - Science I

Chemistry: Olaseni Sode, California State University, Los Angeles slides
Molecular Science: Daniel Smith, Virginia Tech/Molecular Sciences Software Institute slides
Materials Science: Logan Ward, Argonne National Laboratory slides
Biology: Dominic Fitzgerald, University of Chicago slides
Biology: Tonya Brunetti, University of Colorado slides
Chemistry: Glen Hocky, New York University slides

10:15 am - Break

10:45 am - Science II

Biology: Ravi Madduri, Argonne National Laboratory slides
High Energy Physics: Lindsey Gray, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory slides
Data Science: Ben Galewsky, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign slides
Chemistry: Gerrick Lindberg, Northern Arizona University/Joe Baker, The College of New Jersey slides
Cosmology: Antonio Villarreal, Argonne National Laboratory slides
Physics/Education: Joel Griffith, University of Notre Dame slides

11:45 - Lunch

13:00 pm - Cyberinfrastructure

Research computing: Ben Glick, Lewis & Clark College slides
Multi-lab infrastructure: Dave Cowley, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory slides
Infrastructure management: Lincoln Bryant, University of Chicago slides
Executors and Python: Doug Thain, University of Notre Dame slides
Serverless computing: Ryan Chard, Argonne National Laboratory slides
Commercial: Mike Wilde, Parallel Works slides

2:15 pm - New Features in Parsl

Execution: Anna Woodard, University of Chicago slides
Multi-site and authentication: Yadu Babuji, University of Chicago slides
Data staging: Ben Clifford, University of Chicago - presentation + notes (PDF)
Monitoring and visualization: Zhuozhao Li, University of Chicago notebook

3:15 pm - Break

3:30 pm - Discussion: Parsl Roadmap - Kyle Chard, University of Chicago slides

4:30 pm - Making your first Pull Request - Ben Clifford, University of Chicago

4:45 pm - Engaging and Developing the Parsl Community - Daniel S. Katz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Expanding into new communities
Expanding opportunities and contributions
Helping CI developers who use Parsl engage users
Governance and decision-making
Steps moving forward

5:30 pm - Adjourn

7:00 pm - Dinner: The Promontory

Friday, October 4

8:00 am - Breakfast
9:00 am - Parsl Advanced Topics

Containers and Kubernetes: Zhuozhao Li, University of Chicago slides
Custom data staging: Ben Clifford, University of Chicago example caching provider source
Modifying providers: Yadu Babuji, University of Chicago slides
Building on Parsl as a platform: Yadu Babuji, University of Chicago slides
Workflow development patterns: Anna Woodard, University of Chicago slides

10:30 am - Break
11:00 am - Parsl Helpdesk and Hackathon

Resolve workflow issues
Discuss new features
Explore new integrations
Deploy Parsl on new resources

12:00 noon - Lunch
1:00 pm - Helpdesk and Hackathon continues
5:00 pm - Adjourn

Logistics

Location:
JCL 298
John Crerar Library
5730 S. Ellis Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
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Accomodation: We have organized a hotel block at Hyatt Place Chicago-South

Tweets: #ParslFest.