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bson4jackson 2.11.0

25 July 2020

This version is a maintenance release that updates Jackson and fixes some minor issues. Performance of the UTF-8 decoder has been improved and precision of BigDecimals has been increased. Updating is recommended for all users.

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Steep 5.3.0 has been released

24 July 2020

A new minor version has been released. It deprecates a few properties in the workflow and process chain models and offers a few other features such as separate SSH usernames per setup and a new workflow validator.

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Two new cloud-based data processing papers published

16 July 2020

My latest research papers about “Capability-based Scheduling of Scientific Workflows in the Cloud” and “Scalable processing of massive geodata in the cloud” are now available.

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Steep 5.1.0 has just been released

15 May 2020

The new version of my scientific workflow management system Steep introduces a reworked and modern web-based user interface. It also provides new features that make work with workflows and process chains easier.

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GeoRocket: A scalable and cloud-based data store for big geospatial files

7 February 2020

My paper about GeoRocket’s software architecture has just been published in Elsevier’s SoftwareX. The article explains how GeoRocket manages very large geospatial datasets in the cloud.

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Steep - Run Scientific Workflows in the Cloud

6 February 2020

I’m thrilled to announce that the workflow management system I’ve been working on for the last couple of years is now open-source! Read more about Steep and its features in this blog post.

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citeproc-java 2.0.0 has just been released

9 November 2019

The new major version offers support for Java 11 and is able to import YAML files. To improve performance, a GraalVM-based JavaScript runner has been added. The update also fixes a few minor bugs.

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New major version 4.0.0 of gradle-download-task

6 July 2019

I’m thrilled to announce that a new major version 4.0.0 of the gradle-download-task plugin has just been released. This version provides many new features and is recommended for all users.

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