BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CERN//INDICO//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Snakemake Workshop and Hackathon March 2027 DTSTART:20270308T080000Z DTEND:20270312T160000Z DTSTAMP:20261107T182000Z UID:indico-event-1734402@indico.cern.ch CONTACT:johannes.koester@uni-due.de\;meesters@csc.uni-frankfurt.de\;clemen s.lange@cern.ch\;matthew.feickert@cern.ch DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce the Snakemake Workshop and Hackatho n 2027\, to be held 8-12 March\, 2027 at the Paul Scherrer Institute\, Swi tzerland. This event will bring together passionate developers and data sc ientists to collaborate on and innovate with the Snakemake workflow manage ment system. We plan to fix issues\, improve usability\, implement new fea tures and plugins\, and advance Snakemake’s ecosystem of tool wrappers a nd workflows\, across all scientific domains.\nRegistrations are accepted now\, see below.\nOrganizers\n\nJohannes Köster (University of Duisburg-E ssen\, Snakemake lead developer)\nLukas Heinrich (TU Munich)\nChristian Me esters (University of Frankfurt Snakemake core developer)\nClemens Lange ( Paul Scherrer Institute\, Host)\nAliya Nigamova (Paul Scherrer Institute\, Host)\nMatthew Feickert (University of Wisconsin-Madison)\nDavid Lähnema nn (University of Duisburg-Essen\, Snakemake core developer)\n\nAbout Snak emake\nThe Snakemake workflow management system is a powerful tool designe d for creating reproducible and scalable data analyses. Utilizing a human- readable\, Python-based language\, Snakemake makes it easy to create new a nd update existing analysis workflows. With its careful design choices—l ike the plugin system for extending functionality—it can seamlessly scal e workflow deployment from a laptop to servers\, clusters\, grids\, and cl oud environments\; all without modifying the workflow definitions\, and wh ile automating deployment of required software. As a final workflow output \, Snakemake generates interactive visual reports that encapsulate results and data provenance\, and can easily be shared with collaborators.\nWith over two million downloads on Bioconda\, and averaging >14 new citations p er week in 2025\, Snakemake has established itself as a gold standard for reproducible data science\, underpinning numerous high-impact publications across different scientific disciplines.\nWorkshop and Hackathon goals\nT he workshop and hackathon will focus on improvements in several key areas\ , including:\n\ndocumentation (for all the following points)\ncore code\np lugins (extending core functionality)\nwrappers (standardized copy-pastabl e rules / analysis steps)\nworkflow creation and maintenance (documentatio n\, tooling)\n\nParticipants will do so\, by:\n\nidentifying gaps and weak nesses in documentation\nprioritizing existing bug reports and feature req uests\nconceptualizing new features\ncreating pull requests for existing o r newly created issues\n\nThe hackathon will be complemented by short intr oductory lectures for the different relevant parts of the codebase.\nParti cipation\nParticipants should be able to program with Python and ideally ( but not necessarily) already have some experience with contributing to the Snakemake ecosystem. We do not care about scientific or industrial backgr ound.\nThe workspace is large enough for 40 participants. In case the numb er of applicants exceeds our capacity\, we will rank registered people by their experience and motivation as outlined in the registration form.\nVen ue\nPaul Scherrer Institute\, SwitzerlandForschungsstrasse 1115232 Villige n PSI\nAccommodation\nPlease book your own accommodation. Recommended hote ls:\nhttps://www.psi.ch/en/guesthouse/nearby-hotels\nWe have reserved a fe w rooms in the PSI guest house. Please indicate your interest in the regis tration form and we will satisfy booking requests on a first-come\, first- served basis.\n\nhttps://indico.cern.ch/event/1734402/ IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://indico.cern.ch/event/1734402/logo-2502921222.png URL:https://indico.cern.ch/event/1734402/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR