IPA-Lab Website

This is the official website for the Interactive Programming & Analysis Lab at TU Wien, built with Jekyll.

About Jekyll

This website is built using Jekyll, a static site generator that transforms plain text into static websites and blogs. Jekyll is particularly well-suited for GitHub Pages hosting.

For more information about Jekyll, see the GitHub Pages Jekyll Tutorial.

Building Locally

To build and preview this Jekyll site locally, follow these steps:

Prerequisites

• Ruby (version 2.7 or higher)
• RubyGems
• GCC and Make

Installation Steps

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/ipa-lab/ipa-lab.github.io.git
   cd ipa-lab.github.io

2. Install the required gems:

   bundle install

3. Build and serve the site locally:

   bundle exec jekyll serve

4. Open your browser and navigate to:

   http://localhost:4000
   

The site will automatically rebuild when you make changes to the source files.

Alternative: Watch Mode

For development, you can use the --livereload flag to automatically refresh the browser when changes are made:

bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload

Python Scripts

This repository includes two Python scripts in the _scripts/ directory for automating data fetching:

1. fetch_dblp.py

Purpose: Fetches publication data from DBLP (Digital Bibliography & Library Project).

Functionality:

• Retrieves publication information for specified researcher DBLP IDs
• Fetches data from the DBLP XML API for each researcher
• Extracts key information including title, year, venue, authors, and publication type
• Sorts publications by year (newest first) and title
• Generates a YAML file at _data/publications/dblp_generated.yml

Configuration: Edit the dblp_ids list in the script to add or remove researchers.

Usage:

python _scripts/fetch_dblp.py

2. fetch_tiss.py

Purpose: Fetches team member information from the TU Wien TISS (TU Wien Information Systems and Services) API.

Functionality:

• Retrieves detailed information about team members using their TISS IDs
• Fetches data including name, role, unit, email, phone, office location, and photo
• Processes employee information such as function, organizational unit, and room details
• Generates a YAML file at _data/team/tiss_generated.yml

Configuration: Edit the tiss_ids list in the script to add or remove team members.

Usage:

python _scripts/fetch_tiss.py

Note: Both scripts require internet connectivity and generate YAML files that are automatically used by the Jekyll site to display publications and team information.

Project Structure

.
├── _config.yml         # Jekyll configuration
├── _data/              # Data files (YAML) for team and publications
├── _includes/          # Reusable HTML components
├── _layouts/           # Page templates
├── _pages/             # Individual pages (team, publications, etc.)
├── _scripts/           # Python utility scripts
├── css/                # Stylesheets
├── Gemfile             # Ruby dependencies
└── index.md            # Homepage content

License

See the repository for license information.