How to Build the HDF5 library and h5py in a Conda Virtual Environment

Virtual environments are very popular method for ordinary computer users to install software into an isolated space without assistance from their system administrators. The conda package manager is one of the most widely used tools for managing virtual environments. We are going to install software only from the conda-forge package repository, which is a community GitHub organization that maintains a large number of software packages.

Department of Energy Awards Grant to The HDF Group and Collaborators for Fusion Energy Data Management Tools

The HDF Group has been selected to receive a Department of Energy grant to develop a platform where data from different fusion devices is managed according to Findable, Interoperable, Accessible, and Reusable (FAIR) standards and UNESCO’s Open Science recommendations. The data will also be adapted for use with machine learning (ML) tools. Led by researchers at MIT, this collaborative project also includes Auburn University, William & Mary, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Matthew Larson joins The HDF Group

Matthew Larson has joined The HDF Group as a software developer. Matthew is a recent graduate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a BS in Computer Science. While in school, Matthew held several internships where he worked in machine learning using AWS resources and data collection and served as a course associate for

The HDF Group appoints Neil Fortner as Chief HDF5 Software Architect

We are excited to announce the appointment of Neil Fortner as the new Chief HDF5 Software Architect. Neil has worked for The HDF Group as a software engineer since 2008. While at The HDF Group, he focused his talents in storage and HPC on improving performance, expanding the features, and improving the maintainability of the

The HDF Group welcomes new Executive Director Gerd Heber

Champaign, IL – The HDF Group announced its Board of Directors has appointed Gerd Heber as its new Executive Director.  The HDF Group is a software company dedicated to creating and supporting technologies to address many of today’s big data challenges. 

Dr. Heber, who has been The HDF Group’s Applications Architect since 2010, replaces Mike Folk upon his retirement. Folk will remain a member of the Board of Directors.   

Recent publications from The HDF Group

The HDF Group’s formal comment to a DOE request on stewardship for scientific and high-performance computing was published in the Federal Register. We had a joint position paper at January’s ASCR Workshop on Visualization for Scientific Discovery, Decision-Making, & Communication. The paper is called Whither Visualization Logic and was written by Leigh Orf (University of Wisconsin), Lucas Villa Real

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