BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:1.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20131119T191500Z DTEND:20131119T201500Z LOCATION:708/710/712 DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:ABSTRACT: We intend to provide a platform for presenting and discussing tools to cope with the ubiquitous problems that come forward when building and installing scientific software, which is known to be a tedious and time consuming task.=0A=0AEasyBuild (http://hpcugent.github.com/easybuild/), an open-source build and installation framework written in Python that allows to implement build procedures of (scientific) software in so-called easyblocks (Python modules that 'plug in' to the EasyBuild framework), will be briefly presented.=0A=0AWe would like to bring various experienced members of HPC user support teams and system administrators together for an open discussion and tools and best practices. SUMMARY:Getting Scientific Software Installed: Tools and Best Practices PRIORITY:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR