Facilities

Lab Space

Lab
Halle Big Data Lab
Von-Seckendorff-Platz 1 R50824746
20 workstations
Lab
Leipzig Temir Lab
Paulinum P90532355
30 workstations
Lab
Webis Space Lab
Cyberspace
25 users
Lab
Weimar Webis Lab 1
B11 R0123756
10 workstations
[usage]
Lab
Weimar Webis Lab 2
Digital Bauhaus Lab R2013564
5 workstations
Lab
Weimar Webis Lab 3
HK7 R102 - R1063797 | 3781
20 workstations

Hardware

Cloud
Epsilonweb Cluster [2020]
IT Service Center Halle
Specification: 60 nodes, 1200 cores at 2.5 GHz, 12 TB RAM, 144 TB HDD
Cloud
Deltaweb Cluster [2018]
Digital Bauhaus Lab + Library data center
Specification: 30 + 48 nodes, 1248 cores at 2.1 GHz, 10 TB RAM, 12 480 TB HDD
Cloud
Webis storage server [2017]
Digital Bauhaus Lab
Specification: 1 server, 20 cores at 2.2 GHz, 0.1 TB RAM, 240 TB HDD
Cloud
Gammaweb Cluster [2016, 2021]
Digital Bauhaus Lab + Library data center
Specification: 9 nodes, 360 cores at 2.1 GHz, 7.5 TB RAM, 70.5 TB SSD, 24 Nvidia A100, 24 GeForce GTX 1080
Cloud
Betaweb Cluster [2015]
Digital Bauhaus Lab
Specification: 135 nodes, 1620 cores at 2.4 GHz, 25.4 TB RAM, 4060 TB HDD
Cloud
Webis rack servers [2009]
B11 RK15
Specification: 7 servers, up to 12 cores at 2.4 GHz, 128 GB RAM, 21.6 TB HDD
Cloud
Alphaweb Cluster [2009 - 2021]
Retired
Specification: 44 nodes, 88 cores at 1 GHz and 2 GHz, 0.4 TB RAM, 352 TB HDD

Monitoring and Configuration*

ECK Monitoring
Betaweb ECK Monitoring
Monitor and manage Betaweb Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) stack.
Betaweb Cluster
Betaweb Hadoop Monitoring
Monitor Hadoop jobs and storage.
[hdfs]
Consul
Consul
Webis Infrastructure Overview.
Infrastructure Monitoring
Infrastructure Monitoring
Monitor Webis Infrastructure.
[alertmanager] [prometheus, frequent prometheus queries]
Mailing Lists
Mailing Lists
Configure our mailing lists.
[webis] [webisservices] [webisstud]

Software and Collaboration*

Annotation Tools
Annotation Tools
Services for annotating data.
[doccano: service, notes] [label studio]
Artifactory
Artifactory
Repository server for Maven and Gradle.
[notes]
Calendar
Calendar
[deadlines] [meetings]
Communication Channels
Communication Channels
We use the following channels for communication:
  • Discord: ask staff for access
  • Mailing list staff: webis@listserv.uni-weimar.de
  • Mailing list students: webisstud@listserv.uni-weimar.de
  • Skype
  • Twitter: @webis_de
  • Gather Town: ask staff for access
Daily Standup Meeting:
  • Weimar: 8:55 a.m.
  • Leipzig/Halle: 11:11 a.m.
CVS
CVS: webis.uni-weimar.de:/srv/cvsroot
Internal repository that models the entire organizational and operational structure of Webis. The following notes files specify important places and guidelines:
  • proposals-generic-notes.txt (in <proposals-in-progress>/proposals-generic/)
  • research-generic-notes.txt (in <research-in-progress>/research-generic/)
  • webis-organization-notes.txt (in <university-we-in-progress>/webis/webis-organization/)
  • webis-publications-notes.txt (in <literature>/webis-publications/)
  • webis-web-notes.txt (in <university-we-in-progress>/webis/webis-web/)
Docker
Docker
Container repositories.
[dockerhub] [self-hosted]
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch
Betaweb Elasticsearch Cluster.
[kibana]
GitHub
GitHub
GitHub account that hosts the published source code for reproducing Webis research.
GitLab
GitLab
Internal repository for organizing the code developed in the Webis group.
[git onboard] [notes] [project templates]
JupyterHub
JupyterHub
Notebook server.
Bell curve
Statistics and Mathematics
Top resources with different didactic flavors.
[boundless statistics] [mathworld] [neue statistik] [nist statistics] [tutorialspoint statistics] [statsref]
webis-cmd
Webis Command
Helper utility for automating every-day tasks in the Webis group.
[cheatsheet]

Documentation*

Notes
Admin Knowledge Base
Notes on hardware / software administration.
[issues]
Cluster
Cluster Notes
Notes and tutorials on Cluster setup / configuration / usage.
[ceph dashboard] [cephfs] [S3] [datascience image] [docker] [hadoop] [slurm] [kubernetes]
Notes
Code Webis FAQ
Notes on working in Webis.
Graduation cap
Thesis Knowledge Base
On thesis writing.
[poster template] [thesis template]
VPN
VPN
Notes on Webis VPN setup.
[certificate authority server]
Play
Web Services
Notes on web service setup / configuration.
[betaweb] [proxy]

Website Maintenance*

App
Upload Lecturenotes
Uploads lecturenotes to GitHub.
Github
Website Source
The source code of this website, hosted on GitHub through GitHub Pages.
[templates: data, demo, research, shared task, workshop] [todos]
files
Webspace
File server and directory: ceph.dw.webis.de:/storage/web/files

* Most of the documents and tools listed on this page can be accessed only from inside the university or with a registered account.