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

Thu Sep 6 08:48:11 UTC 2018

I would suggest 14-15 EEST (13-14 CEST) on Friday 14.9.

—Bjørn

> On 6 Sep 2018, at 10:17, Martin Matthiesen <martin.matthiesen at csc.fi> wrote:
> 
> 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 <jorg.tiedemann at helsinki.fi <mailto: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 <oe at ifi.uio.no <mailto: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
> <martin.matthiesen at csc.fi <mailto: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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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bjørn Lindi" <bjorn.lindi at ntnu.no <mailto:bjorn.lindi at ntnu.no>>
> To: "infrastructure" <infrastructure at nlpl.eu <mailto: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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