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# Publications, Presentations, Selected Blog Posts
##### Further links:
- [HIFIS related Publications in Zenodo <i class="fas fa-external-link-alt"></i>](https://zenodo.org/communities/hifis)
- [Software Publications](#software)
* Lehnigk, R., Bruschewski, M., Huste, T., Lucas, D., Rehm, M. and Schlegel, F. (2023) Sustainable development of simulation setups and addons for OpenFOAM for nuclear reactor safety research. Kerntechnik. <https://doi.org/10.1515/kern-2022-0107>
* **Applications of Helmholtz AAI** for FZJ IT-Forum, December 2022
* [**Aktueller Stand des Helmholtz Research Software Directory**](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7360386), 3. Helmholtz Open Science Forum: Forschungssoftware, online, November 2022, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7360386.
* [**The Research Software Directory in Helmholtz**](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7347366), The Research Software Directory: Improving the impact of research software, online, November 2022, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7347366.
* [**Integrated dataset placement service for scientists**](https://notes.desy.de/s/6mh4e2fVJ), IBERGRID 2022 Faro, October 2022. _Preliminary version_.
* [**Helmholtz Federated IT Services: Enabling innovative software and supporting services for research**](https://notes.desy.de/s/9OdUwSYs7), IBERGRID 2022 Faro, October 2022. _Preliminary version_.
**Helmholtz Cloud and Helmholtz AAI** for LRZ-DKRZ, October 2022
* **[Sichtbarkeit und FAIRness von Forschungssoftware erhöhen: das Research Software Directory](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7083033)**, dini Workshop "Forschungssoftware managen", Stuttgart, September 2022, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7083033.
* **[Scaling IT Services for Germany’s Largest Research Organisation - An Experience Report](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7248114)**, DevOpsDays Berlin, September 2022.
* [**Recap: Workshop Let's Talk FAIR for Research Software at SE2022**](https://de-rse.org/blog/2022/06/02/recap-workshop-lets-talk-fair-for-research-software-at-se2022.html), deRSE Blog post, June 2022.
* **Research Software Development @Helmholtz**, MPG Worskhop Future Opportunities for Software in Research (FORS2022), May 2022.
* **Helmholtz AAI Info-Session**, for HZB-IT, May 2022
* **[Helmholtz Digital Services for Science — Collaboration made easy.](https://doi.org/10.48440/os.helmholtz.045)**, Helmholtz Open Science Forum Research Software, April 2022, DOI: [10.48440/os.helmholtz.045](https://doi.org/10.48440/os.helmholtz.045)
* [**HIFIS: VO Federation for EFSS**](https://www2.dfn.de/fileadmin/3Beratung/Betriebstagungen/BT76/202203_DFN-BT_Klotz_ForumCloud.pdf) In [76. DFN Betriebstagung](https://www2.dfn.de/veranstaltungen/bt/vortraege/76-betriebstagung-2903-bis-30032022), March 2022
* **Helmholtz Cloud Info-Session**, HZB virtual IT-Open Office, March 2022
* [**From License Consultation to Software Spotlights**](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6248895), RDA Deutschland Conference, February 2022, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6248895.
* [**OpenSource im Spannungsfeld akademischer und wirtschaftlicher Interessen**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsOCFNHTHuU), Software Engineering Conference Deutschland (rSE22), February 2022.
* [**Helmholtz Federated IT Services: Innovative Cloud and Software Services for
Science**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1oyoEPUpE). In: Software Engineering (SE) 2022, Track rSE 22, February 2022.
* [**HIFIS: VO Federation for EFSS**](https://indico.cern.ch/event/1075584/contributions/4658939/) In [CS3 2022 — Cloud Storage Synchronization and Sharing](https://indico.cern.ch/event/1075584/), January 2022.
* [**HIFIS Survey 2021 Report**](https://hifis.net/news/2021/12/20/survey-report), Blog Post, December 2021.
* [**Solutions for the Ages — a Short Crash Course on Sustainable Software Development**](https://www.hzdr.de/publications/Publ-32579). In: HIDA Annual Conference 2021, November 2021.
* [**Roles in Research Software Engineering (RSE) Consultancies**](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5530443). In: [Research Software Engineers in HPC Workshop at SC21 (RSE-HPC-2021)](https://us-rse.org/rse-hpc-2021/), November 2021.
* [**HIFIS: VO Federation for EFSS**](https://indico.cern.ch/event/1078853/contributions/4576197/) In: [HEPiX Automn 2021 online Workshop](https://indico.cern.ch/event/1078853/), October 2021
* [**Helmholtz IT Services for Science: HIFIS**](https://indico.cern.ch/event/1078853/contributions/4580117/) In: [HEPiX Automn 2021 online Workshop](https://indico.cern.ch/event/1078853/), October 2021
* [**Helmholtz AAI full presentation**]({% post_url 2021/10/2021-10-22-helmholtz-aai-full-presentation-in-dfn-meeting %}), in [75. DFN Betriebstagung](https://www2.dfn.de/veranstaltungen/bt/infos/to-bt/#c18414), October 2021.
* [**Helmholtz Resonator Podcast on HIFIS**](https://resonator-podcast.de/2021/res172-hifis/). In [Resonator-Podcast](https://resonator-podcast.de/), October 2021
* [**Checkliste zur Unterstützung der Helmholtz-Zentren bei der Implementierung von Richtlinien für nachhaltige Forschungssoftware**](https://doi.org/10.48440%2Fos.helmholtz.031), September 2021.
* [**HIFIS: IT-Services für Helmholtz & Partner**](https://www2.dfn.de/fileadmin/5Presse/DFNMitteilungen/DFN_Mitteilungen_99.pdf). In: [DFN Mitteilungen](https://www2.dfn.de/publikationen/dfnmitteilungen/), pp. 44--45, June 2021.
* [**Easy Diagram creation in Gitlab**](https://hifis.net/tutorial/2021/06/02/easy-diagram-creation-in-gitlab.html), Blog post, June 2021.
* [**Indikatoren für Open Science: Report des Helmholtz Open Science Forum**](https://doi.org/10.2312/os.helmholtz.014), June 2021.
* [**Solutions for the Ages — a Short Crash Course on Sustainable Software Development**](https://www.hzdr.de/publications/Publ-32579). In: International Virtual Covid Data Challenge 2021, April 2021.
* [**Helmholtz AAI Update**]({% post_url 2021/04/2021-04-14-helmholtz-aai-in-nfdi-meeting %}). Presentation on the role of Helmholtz AAI in the context of AARC, EOSC, and NFDI, April 2021.
* Workshop material [**Using Containers in Science**](https://hifis.gitlab.io/hifis-workshops/using-containers-in-science/), March 2021.
* [**Helmholtz Federated IT Services**](https://www.openstoragenetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/National-and-International-Trends-in-Research-Storage-at-Scale-Concept-Paper-1.pdf). In: National and International Trends in Research Storage at Scale, Open Storage Network Concept Paper, March 2021.
* [**Helmholtz AAI**](http://marcus.hardt-it.de/2103-Helmholtz-AAI). Teaser talk, In: [74. DFN Betriebstagung](https://www2.dfn.de/veranstaltungen/bt/infos/to-bt/#c18414), March 2021.
* [**HIFIS transfer service: FTS for Helmholtz**](https://indico4.twgrid.org/indico/event/14/session/10/contribution/46). In: [ISGC 2021 — International Symposium on Grids & Clouds](https://indico4.twgrid.org/indico/event/14/), March 2021.
* [**HIFIS: Sync&Share Federation for Helmholtz**](https://indico.cern.ch/event/970232/contributions/4157924/). In: [CS3 2021 — Cloud Storage Synchronization and Sharing](https://indico.cern.ch/event/970232/program), January 2021.
* **Digitale Dienste für die Wissenschaft — wohin geht die Reise?**, December 2020
* German version: [10.5281/zenodo.4301924](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4301924)
* English version: [10.5281/zenodo.4301947](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4301947)
Uwe Jandt (DESY, HIFIS)
committed
* **HIFIS Software Survey 2020 Evaluation**, Blog Post Series, Nov 2020-Jan 2021.
* [A Community Perspective]({% post_url 2021/01/2021-01-21-survey-results-community %})
* [Consulting Perspective]({% post_url 2020/12/2020-12-16-survey-results-consulting %})
* [Programming, CI and VCS]({% post_url 2020/11/2020-11-27-survey-results-language-vcs %})
* [A Technology Perspective]({% post_url 2020/11/2020-11-27-survey-technology %})
* [**Federated data storage for Helmholtz Research & Friends**](https://www.openstoragenetwork.org/seminar-series/nov-12-2020-national-and-international-trends-in-research-storage-at-scale/). In: National and International Trends in Research Storage at Scale, [Open Storage Network](https://www.openstoragenetwork.org), November 2020.
* HIFIS presentations at [EGI conference](https://indico.egi.eu/event/5000/overview) (2-5 November 2020):
- [**Helmholtz Federated IT and Accessible Compute Resources for Applied AI Research**](https://indico.egi.eu/event/5000/contributions/14353/).
- [**HIFIS transfer service: FTS for everyone**](https://indico.egi.eu/event/5000/contributions/14383/).
* [**Presentations** of all major HIFIS working groups](https://events.hifis.net/event/25/timetable/#all.detailed) at the 2nd All-Hands HIFIS Meeting, October 2020.
* [**HIFIS backbone transfer service: FTS for everyone**](https://indico.cern.ch/event/898285/contributions/4041954/). In: [HEPiX Autumn 2020 Online workshop](https://indico.cern.ch/event/898285/), October 2020.
* **Docker For Science**, Blog post series, September 2020:
* [Part 1: Getting Started with Docker]({% post_url 2020/09/2020-09-23-getting-started-with-docker-1 %})
* [Part 2: A Dockerfile Walkthrough]({% post_url 2020/09/2020-09-25-getting-started-with-docker-2 %})
* [Part 3: Using Docker in Practical Situations]({% post_url 2020/09/2020-09-29-getting-started-with-docker-3 %})
* **HIFIS — Platform, Training and Support for a Sustainable Software Development**. In: DLR Wissensaustausch-Workshop Software Engineering (WAW SE VII), September 2020.
* [**Zusammenarbeiten mit der Helmholtz-Cloud**](https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/media/media/oea/aktuell/print//lichtblick/246/hzb_lichtblick_ag-44_september-2020_extern_web.pdf), Lichtblick Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, p. 4, September 2020.
* [**HZI-led Coronavirus Sero-Survey** in collaboration with HIFIS](https://www.dzif.de/en/how-many-people-are-now-immune-sars-cov-2), August 2020.
Uwe Jandt (DESY, HIFIS)
committed
* [German Version](https://www.dzif.de/de/wie-viele-menschen-sind-heute-schon-immun-gegen-sars-cov-2)
* [**Promoting IT based science at all levels**](https://www.egi.eu/about/newsletters/helmholtz-federated-it-services-promoting-it-based-science-at-all-levels/). In: [EGI Newsletter #37](https://preview.mailerlite.com/k9n8n3a0e8), June 2020.
* [**HIFIS suggestions and guidelines**]({% link services/overall/learning-materials.md %}), Blog post series, May-June 2020.
* [Collaborative Notetaking]({% post_url 2020/06/2020-06-26-guidelines-for-collaborative-notetaking %})
* [Video Conferencing]({% post_url 2020/05/2020-05-15-guidelines-for-video-conferencing %})
* [Chatting]({% post_url 2020/05/2020-05-15-guidelines-for-chatting %})
* [**Summary of the Feedback Report of the Scientific Advisory Board**]({% post_url 2020/05/2020-05-27-sab-summary %}), May 2020.
* [**S/MIME Signing Git Commits**]({% post_url 2020/04/2020-04-15-smime-signing-git-commits %}), Blog post, April 2020.
* [**The HIFIS Cloud Competence Cluster**](https://indico.cern.ch/event/854707/contributions/3680436/). In: [CS3 2020 Workshop on Cloud Services for Synchronisation and Sharing](https://cs3.deic.dk/), January 2020.
* [**Presentations**](https://indico.desy.de/event/23411/attachments/32388/) at the 1st HIFIS Conference, October 2019.
* [**Helmholtz Federated IT Services (HIFIS) — Creating Services together**](https://betterscientificsoftware.github.io/swe-cse-bof/2019-11-sc19-bof/04-haupt-helmholtz.pdf) at [Software Engineering and Reuse in Modeling, Simulation, and Data Analytics for Science and Engineering (SC 2019 BOF)](https://betterscientificsoftware.github.io/swe-cse-bof/2019-11-sc19-bof/)
* [HDF Cloud — Helmholtz Data Federation Cloud Resources at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre](http://jlsrf.org/index.php/lsf/article/view/173)
* [Integrierte Entwicklungs- und Publikationsumgebung für Forschungssoftware und Daten am Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)](https://av.tib.eu/media/42518)
* [Anforderungen, Wünsche und Erfahrungen für den Aufbau des HIFIS Competence Clusters "Software Services" in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft](https://de-rse.org/de/conf2019/talk/LQDSZW/)
* [Continuous Documentation for Users, Developers and Maintainers](https://zenodo.org/record/3247324)
* Share and synchronize your data with HZB Cloud Nubes safely
## Software Publications
HIFIS creates its own software packages, but also contributes to Open Source software in general.
* [Unattended-Upgrades Role for Ansible](https://github.com/hifis-net/ansible-role-unattended-upgrades) - Ansible role to set up unattended-upgrades on Debian-based systems.
* [Ansible RSD role](https://github.com/hifis-net/ansible-role-rsd) — Ansible role to set up the Research Software Directory.
* [HIFIS Surveyval](https://codebase.helmholtz.cloud/hifis/overall/surveys/hifis-surveyval) — Python Package for analysing survey data.
* [Ansible Netplan Role](https://github.com/hifis-net/ansible-role-netplan) — Ansible role that installs Netplan and configures networking on hosts.
* [Ansible SSH keys role](https://gitlab.com/hifis/ansible/ssh-keys) — Ansible role to distribute authorized SSH public keys to users.
* [Ansible GitLab Role](https://gitlab.com/hifis/ansible/gitlab-role) — Ansible role to install and configure the GitLab Omnibus package, also in a high availability context.
* [Ansible Keepalived Role](https://gitlab.com/hifis/ansible/keepalived-role) — Ansible role that sets up Keepalived for high availabilty.
* [Ansible Redis Role](https://gitlab.com/hifis/ansible/redis-role) — Ansible role for setting up a highly available Redis cluster.
* [Ansible HAProxy role](https://gitlab.com/hifis/ansible/haproxy-role) — Ansible role to set up HAProxy to be used as a load balancer.
* [Ansible GitLab-Runner role](https://github.com/hifis-net/ansible-role-gitlab-runner) — Ansible role for deploying GitLab-Runner (optimized for Openstack).
* [GitLab-Runner for Power](https://gitlab.com/hzdr/gitlab-runner/-/releases) — GitLab-Runner packages for the `ppc64le` architecture.
* [**Molecule Podman Plugin**](https://github.com/ansible-community/molecule-podman) - [Fix missing playbooks in the PyPI wheel](https://github.com/ansible-community/molecule-podman/pull/134)
* [**Kira Dependencies Bot**](https://github.com/wemake-services/kira-dependencies):
* [Bump ruby version from 2.7.5 to 2.7.6](https://github.com/wemake-services/kira-dependencies/pull/393)
* [Get rid of bundler deprecation warning](https://github.com/wemake-services/kira-dependencies/pull/396)
* [**Ansible Role Certbot**](https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-certbot) — [Fix snap symlink task failing in initial dry-run](https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-certbot/pull/166)
* [**Ansible Role Docker**](https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-docker) — [Fix docker-compose update](https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-docker/pull/343)
* [**Gitleaks**](https://github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks) — [Fix example in leaky-repo.toml](https://github.com/zricethezav/gitleaks/pull/559)
* [**Ansible (community.general)**](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general) — [Fix HAProxy draining](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1993)
* [**Ansible Collection Hardening**](https://github.com/dev-sec/ansible-collection-hardening/):
* [Add variable to specify SSH host RSA key size](https://github.com/dev-sec/ansible-collection-hardening/pull/394)
* [fix galaxy action to update local galaxy.yml](https://github.com/dev-sec/ansible-collection-hardening/pull/395)
* [**Ansible Role Elasticsearch**](https://github.com/elastic/ansible-elasticsearch) — [Stop plugin install to fail in check mode](https://github.com/elastic/ansible-elasticsearch/pull/787)
* [**Python Poetry**](https://python-poetry.org/) — [Respect REUSE spec when including licenses](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry-core/pull/57)
* [**Ansible (community.crypto)**](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto) — [openssl_pkcs12 parse action: always changed in check mode](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/issues/143)
* [**Ansible Collection Hardening**](https://github.com/dev-sec/ansible-collection-hardening/) — [Use package state 'present' since 'installed' is deprecated](https://github.com/dev-sec/ansible-collection-hardening/pull/168)