[NLPL Task Force (A)] Pick up the thread?

Thu Sep 6 08:17:40 UTC 2018

Hello, 

I would prefer 14-15 EEST, but could arrange for 10-11 EEST on Fri 14.9. 

Martin 

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> From: "Stephan Oepen" <oe at ifi.uio.no>
> To: "Jörg Tiedemann" <jorg.tiedemann at helsinki.fi>
> Cc: "Martin Matthiesen" <martin.matthiesen at csc.fi>, "infrastructure"
> <infrastructure at nlpl.eu>
> Sent: Thursday, 6 September, 2018 10:35:03
> Subject: Re: [NLPL Task Force (A)] Pick up the thread?

> thanks for the reminder, jörg: yes, i had failed to put outreach at 13:00 CEST
> into my calendar for next wednesday.

> how about sometime on friday next week for infrastructure then?

> cheers, oe

> On Thu, 6 Sep 2018 at 07:37 Tiedemann, Jörg < [
> mailto:jorg.tiedemann at helsinki.fi | jorg.tiedemann at helsinki.fi ] > wrote:

>> Just a quick reply that Friday does not work for me either. Tuesday is also not
>> possible and don’t we already have another NLPL call on Wednesday at 13?
>> (outreach if I remember correctly)

>> All the best,
>> Jörg

>> ********************************************************************************************

>> Jörg Tiedemann
>> Language Technology
>> University of Helsinki

>>> On 05 Sep 2018, at 23:31, Stephan Oepen < [ mailto:oe at ifi.uio.no | oe at ifi.uio.no
>>> ] > wrote:

>>> dear all,

>>> i am sorry i have not replied earlier! returning to a regular
>>> semester start after a sabbatical year felt a little overwhelming at
>>> times :-).

>>> this coming friday is sadly not an option for me. USIT (with thomas
>>> in the lead) is organizing a national workshop on future AI and
>>> machine learning support, which is part of their push towards a
>>> national infrastructure project in this area. i will present briefly
>>> on behalf of our local group and NLPL.

>>> which probably means we will be unable to convene the infrastructure
>>> task force before the steering group meeting next week? i could be
>>> available 11:00–12:00 next tuesday, but i also see no need to very try
>>> hard to meet before the steering group. although, it might be useful,
>>> of course, to exchange views among us four on the current state of the
>>> infrastructure ... if not that time, next wednesday 13:00–14:30 or
>>> almost any time on friday (september 14) might work for me.

>>> regarding deep learning support on Abel, i have rationalized
>>> inactivity since the announcement before the summer that Abel shall
>>> have its operating system upgraded this fall. presumably, that move
>>> should take away some of the hardship in installing e.g. TensorFlow.

>>> however, i have recently managed to put a working TensorFlow
>>> installation on Abel (following some internet advice). it turned out
>>> not that difficult, after all. i had to compile a suitable version of
>>> glibc and then arrange for the corresponding version of the dynamic
>>> linker to wrap itself around the python binary and adjust
>>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH appropriately. once i had put the pieces together,
>>> this is relatively straightforward and might well work for other
>>> packages too that have in the past seemed hard to install on Abel
>>> natively. i have started to write up the recipe on the NLPL wiki and
>>> plan on making an announcement to the ‘team’ mailing list before too
>>> long.

>>> if you are curious, please see below
>>> ‘/projects/nlpl/software/inf-5820/2018/’ (i initially did this
>>> installation for a class i am teaching this semester).

>>> more soon; best wishes, oe

>>> On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 5:37 PM, Martin Matthiesen
>>> < [ mailto:martin.matthiesen at csc.fi | martin.matthiesen at csc.fi ] > wrote:

>>>> Hello Bjørn and all,

>>>> We all seem to be busy, should we meet the coming Friday 7.9. I am free all day.

>>>> I am actually working on installing the Language Bank's software portfolio with
>>>> the same scripts on Taito as well as a virtual machine. Not a lot to report
>>>> yet, but it might be useful for NLPL as well.
>>>> I would also suggest we split the NLPL software better into easily recreatable
>>>> parts (eg make install) and less easier parts (eg. models that need a long time
>>>> to train).

>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Martin

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>>>> Martin Matthiesen
>>>> CSC - Tieteen tietotekniikan keskus
>>>> CSC - IT Center for Science
>>>> PL 405, 02101 Espoo, Finland
>>>> +358 9 457 2376, [ mailto:martin.matthiesen at csc.fi | martin.matthiesen at csc.fi ]
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>>>> ----- Original Message -----

>>>>> From: "Bjørn Lindi" < [ mailto:bjorn.lindi at ntnu.no | bjorn.lindi at ntnu.no ] >
>>>>> To: "infrastructure" < [ mailto:infrastructure at nlpl.eu | infrastructure at nlpl.eu
>>>>> ] >
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 28 August, 2018 14:48:53
>>>>> Subject: [NLPL Task Force (A)] Pick up the thread?

>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> should we gather at a video conference at some point this or next week to pick
>>>>> up the thread? Believe we have one “stalled” thread vs abel and machine
>>>>> learning libraries, but there is probably more. My schedule is pretty open,
>>>>> hence I leave it you to suggest some preferred time.

>>>>> Talk to you soon.

>>>>> //Bjørn
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