Mark Piper
@mdpiper.bsky.social
Research software engineer, @csdms.bsky.social: earth-surface processes, numerical modeling, FAIR software. https://www.colorado.edu/instaar/mark-piper
Also: Ultimate frisbee enthusiast. Bike commuter. Nerd. 🖖
Also: Ultimate frisbee enthusiast. Bike commuter. Nerd. 🖖
The CSDMS GeoTiff data component has been updated to v0.4.0. Available on PyPI and conda-forge.
bmi-geotiff.csdms.io/en/stable/
bmi-geotiff.csdms.io/en/stable/
bmi-geotiff — bmi-geotiff 0.4.0 documentation
bmi-geotiff.csdms.io
January 21, 2026 at 9:44 PM
The CSDMS GeoTiff data component has been updated to v0.4.0. Available on PyPI and conda-forge.
bmi-geotiff.csdms.io/en/stable/
bmi-geotiff.csdms.io/en/stable/
Watching a Fortran webinar. :)
January 21, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Watching a Fortran webinar. :)
The application window for the 2026 Earth Surface Processes Institute (ESPIn) is open for one more week.
csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/ESPIn
Join us in Boulder for a week of science && software!
csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/ESPIn
Join us in Boulder for a week of science && software!
ESPIn
csdms.colorado.edu
January 16, 2026 at 4:09 PM
The application window for the 2026 Earth Surface Processes Institute (ESPIn) is open for one more week.
csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/ESPIn
Join us in Boulder for a week of science && software!
csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/ESPIn
Join us in Boulder for a week of science && software!
The CASS UDX webinar last week was interesting: "The State of AI Use among Research Software Engineers". People surveyed are “curious, but cautious” about generative AI tools, which mirrors my feelings.
The recording is online at www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRru....
The recording is online at www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRru....
The state of AI for research software engineering
YouTube video by CASS Community
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:03 PM
The CASS UDX webinar last week was interesting: "The State of AI Use among Research Software Engineers". People surveyed are “curious, but cautious” about generative AI tools, which mirrors my feelings.
The recording is online at www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRru....
The recording is online at www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRru....
Reposted by Mark Piper
New blog post on my 'FirstPrelude' library for teaching beginner functional programming with Haskell:
dorchard.github.io/blog/2026/01...
dorchard.github.io/blog/2026/01...
FirstPrelude v0.2.0 for beginner Haskell using GHC
dorchard.github.io
January 5, 2026 at 5:36 PM
New blog post on my 'FirstPrelude' library for teaching beginner functional programming with Haskell:
dorchard.github.io/blog/2026/01...
dorchard.github.io/blog/2026/01...
This Thursday (December 4) at 10a MST @csdms.bsky.social is hosting a Landlab Developers and Users Coffee Hour over Zoom. Please join us!
cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Landlab Developers and Users Coffee Hour. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Get updates on Landlab, and meet fellow users! In this session, the development team will provide a briefing on the latest Landlab developments, and answer your questions.
cuboulder.zoom.us
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This Thursday (December 4) at 10a MST @csdms.bsky.social is hosting a Landlab Developers and Users Coffee Hour over Zoom. Please join us!
cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Food lines were 2X normal this morning at the Weld Food Bank, which told me 2/3rds of their visitors said they were impacted by the SNAP food benefit freeze. Our microgiving campaign has raised $50,000 for Weld Food Bank so far. Even $5 helps: weldfoodbank.org/wordofthanks/
November 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Food lines were 2X normal this morning at the Weld Food Bank, which told me 2/3rds of their visitors said they were impacted by the SNAP food benefit freeze. Our microgiving campaign has raised $50,000 for Weld Food Bank so far. Even $5 helps: weldfoodbank.org/wordofthanks/
New GRASS + Landlab example notebook just dropped. Check it out!
grass-tutorials.osgeo.org/content/tuto...
grass-tutorials.osgeo.org/content/tuto...
Using GRASS, NumPy, and Landlab for Scientific Modeling
Learn how to integrate NumPy arrays with GRASS tools on an example using Landlab modeling framework.
grass-tutorials.osgeo.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New GRASS + Landlab example notebook just dropped. Check it out!
grass-tutorials.osgeo.org/content/tuto...
grass-tutorials.osgeo.org/content/tuto...
Building Landlab from source on Windows can be tricky. Here's a step-by-step guide, based on recent experience, that should help.
forum.csdms.io/t/landlab-de...
forum.csdms.io/t/landlab-de...
Landlab developer install on Windows
Building Landlab from source on Windows is trickier than on Linux or macOS. Below are some steps, based on recent experience, that should work. Install Visual Studio Landlab has many parts that are w...
forum.csdms.io
September 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Building Landlab from source on Windows can be tricky. Here's a step-by-step guide, based on recent experience, that should help.
forum.csdms.io/t/landlab-de...
forum.csdms.io/t/landlab-de...
CUAHSI is offering a series or professional development webinars for early career hydrologists.
www.cuahsi.org/cyberseminar...
www.cuahsi.org/cyberseminar...
Cyberseminars | 2025 Navigating (beyond) Academic Waters | Cuahsi.org
www.cuahsi.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
CUAHSI is offering a series or professional development webinars for early career hydrologists.
www.cuahsi.org/cyberseminar...
www.cuahsi.org/cyberseminar...
Reposted by Mark Piper
Reposted by Mark Piper
CSDMS 2025 Student Modeler Awardee is Marie-Christin Wimmler, TU, Dresden for her submission "pyMANGA: A Modular, Open and Extendable Software Platform for Modelling Forest and Vegetation Dynamics". Full Citation: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Syvitsk...
February 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
CSDMS 2025 Student Modeler Awardee is Marie-Christin Wimmler, TU, Dresden for her submission "pyMANGA: A Modular, Open and Extendable Software Platform for Modelling Forest and Vegetation Dynamics". Full Citation: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Syvitsk...
Software!!1! *shakes fist*
Starting in about an hour, at 10 am MST.
See you soon!
Starting in about an hour, at 10 am MST.
See you soon!
I'm looking forward to this upcoming (Thu Feb 13) CSDMS webinar by Daniel Shapero, "Docker, or, What to do When Software Has Betrayed You".
Daniel does cool science + software. I think this will be interesting and entertaining.
Abstract and registration ->
Daniel does cool science + software. I think this will be interesting and entertaining.
Abstract and registration ->
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: "Docker, or, What to do When Software Has Betrayed You". After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Presented by: Dan Shapero, University of Washington
Have you ever needed to use a software package and it won't build on your machine? Have you ever needed to distribute a set of software packages b...
cuboulder.zoom.us
February 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Software!!1! *shakes fist*
Starting in about an hour, at 10 am MST.
See you soon!
Starting in about an hour, at 10 am MST.
See you soon!
Reposted by Mark Piper
Registration is now open for the CSDMS 2025 Annual Meeting: "Exploring Earth’s Surface with Models, Data & AI". This year’s meeting is held at the University of Colorado Boulder from May 13–15. Registration and additional details, please visit: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Form:An...
Hope you can join!
Hope you can join!
February 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Registration is now open for the CSDMS 2025 Annual Meeting: "Exploring Earth’s Surface with Models, Data & AI". This year’s meeting is held at the University of Colorado Boulder from May 13–15. Registration and additional details, please visit: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Form:An...
Hope you can join!
Hope you can join!
I'm looking forward to this upcoming (Thu Feb 13) CSDMS webinar by Daniel Shapero, "Docker, or, What to do When Software Has Betrayed You".
Daniel does cool science + software. I think this will be interesting and entertaining.
Abstract and registration ->
Daniel does cool science + software. I think this will be interesting and entertaining.
Abstract and registration ->
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: "Docker, or, What to do When Software Has Betrayed You". After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Presented by: Dan Shapero, University of Washington
Have you ever needed to use a software package and it won't build on your machine? Have you ever needed to distribute a set of software packages b...
cuboulder.zoom.us
January 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I'm looking forward to this upcoming (Thu Feb 13) CSDMS webinar by Daniel Shapero, "Docker, or, What to do When Software Has Betrayed You".
Daniel does cool science + software. I think this will be interesting and entertaining.
Abstract and registration ->
Daniel does cool science + software. I think this will be interesting and entertaining.
Abstract and registration ->
I’ve called my members of congress and asked them to fight the administration’s federal spending freeze.
January 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I’ve called my members of congress and asked them to fight the administration’s federal spending freeze.
Reposted by Mark Piper
🌎 ESPIn 2025: Where Earth science meets code! Learn Python modeling, work on team projects, enjoy a Boulder field trip & boost your career. Topics: Git, Landlab, HPC & more. May 5-12 at CU Boulder. Early career scientists apply by Jan 28! @csdms.bsky.social
APPLY HERE docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
APPLY HERE docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🌎 ESPIn 2025: Where Earth science meets code! Learn Python modeling, work on team projects, enjoy a Boulder field trip & boost your career. Topics: Git, Landlab, HPC & more. May 5-12 at CU Boulder. Early career scientists apply by Jan 28! @csdms.bsky.social
APPLY HERE docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
APPLY HERE docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The inversion trapping a puddle of cold air in Boulder Valley finally broke up, allowing winds just above to reach the surface.
January 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The inversion trapping a puddle of cold air in Boulder Valley finally broke up, allowing winds just above to reach the surface.
Reposted by Mark Piper
A thoughtful scientist, luminescence wizard, ultrasupportive colleague, and someone who's made me laugh till I cry on numerous occasions—Harrison is so deserving of the prestigious PECASE award!
January 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A thoughtful scientist, luminescence wizard, ultrasupportive colleague, and someone who's made me laugh till I cry on numerous occasions—Harrison is so deserving of the prestigious PECASE award!
Everyone in Boulder is out running before the cold snap.
January 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Everyone in Boulder is out running before the cold snap.
Reposted by Mark Piper
Back to work after a really good holiday break, and lots of exciting things happening already! It reminded me we currently have an open #ResearchSoftwareEngineer #RSE position in our #AdvancedResearchComputing group at the #RosalindFranklinInstitute. #Job
opportunities.rfi.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
opportunities.rfi.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
About The Rosalind Franklin Institute - Rosalind Franklin Institute
The Rosalind Franklin Institute is a new national institute, announced in 2017 by the UK government, dedicated to bringing about transformative changes in life science through interdisciplinary resear...
opportunities.rfi.ac.uk
January 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Back to work after a really good holiday break, and lots of exciting things happening already! It reminded me we currently have an open #ResearchSoftwareEngineer #RSE position in our #AdvancedResearchComputing group at the #RosalindFranklinInstitute. #Job
opportunities.rfi.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
opportunities.rfi.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
After a month of wrangling, I finally got an example model (written in Fortran, wrapped in Python through Cython, built with CMake and Meson, componentized in the CSDMS Python Modeling Tool, pymt) to build and run on Windows. I am so relieved!
December 20, 2024 at 11:22 PM
After a month of wrangling, I finally got an example model (written in Fortran, wrapped in Python through Cython, built with CMake and Meson, componentized in the CSDMS Python Modeling Tool, pymt) to build and run on Windows. I am so relieved!
Reposted by Mark Piper
i'm moving away from a two column/week pace in favor of a single extended argument. here is this week's.
Opinion | What Do Democrats Need to Do? Act Like an Opposition Party. (Gift Article)
Now is not the time for surrender.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:28 PM
i'm moving away from a two column/week pace in favor of a single extended argument. here is this week's.
EarthscapeHub is undergoing semiannual maintenance Dec 18-20. There may be occasional outages. If you're using a Hub, please save your work often.
csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jupyter...
csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jupyter...
December 18, 2024 at 9:44 PM
EarthscapeHub is undergoing semiannual maintenance Dec 18-20. There may be occasional outages. If you're using a Hub, please save your work often.
csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jupyter...
csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jupyter...
Hi, CSDMS-ers! We've started a brand new forum at forum.csdms.io. If you're into earth surface processes, geoscientific software development, or anything between, please consider signing up. It would be awesome if we made this a place to easily discuss research, ask questions, and share ideas.
The CSDMS Forum
A place for researchers to connect, share information, and discuss all things CSDMS.
forum.csdms.io
December 5, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Hi, CSDMS-ers! We've started a brand new forum at forum.csdms.io. If you're into earth surface processes, geoscientific software development, or anything between, please consider signing up. It would be awesome if we made this a place to easily discuss research, ask questions, and share ideas.