README.md

Workflows Seminar ARCHER

By Rosa Filgueira

Day 1: Understanding Scientific Workflows (2 Hours)

• Module 1: Introduction to Scientific Workflows
  • Defining scientific workflows and Workflow Management Systems (WMS)
  • How to Select WMS
  • Basic Concepts
• Module 2: Creating Workflows with CWL
  • Introduction to CWL
  • Google Colab: Installing CWL & Exercise
  • Solutions available at cwl_examples and cwl_tutorial_2026_solution.ipynb

Day 2: Exploring dispel4py and its applications (2 Hours)

• Module 3: Introduction to dispel4py

  • dispel4py - Basic Concepts
  • dispel4py - Advanced Concepts

• Module 4: Hands-on Exercises

  • Google Colab Part I: Introduction to dispel4py
  • Google Colab Part II: 'Simple' Scientific Use Cases with dispel4py

Additional Material (not covered during the seminar)

• 'Complex' Scientific Use Cases with dispel4py
• Google Colab: Monitoring dispel4py workflows (obtaining traces at run-time)

Note: We will use the latest version of dispel4py, which is stored in the StreamingFlow/d4py repository. This version of dispel4py uses python3.10.