Name: TAURUS Workshop
Start: 2026-05-12T08:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-13T18:00:00+02:00
Location: SOLEIL

TAURUS Workshop

from Tuesday, 12 May 2026 (08:30) to Wednesday, 13 May 2026 (18:00)

Monday, 11 May 2026
Tuesday, 12 May 2026

08:30 Registration
Registration
08:30 - 08:50
Room: Amphitheater
08:50 Taurus Framework: Introduction
Introduction
08:50 - 10:30
Room: Amphitheater
Contributions

08:50 Welcome - Yves-Marie ABIVEN (SOLEIL)

09:10 Taurus Introduction - Oriol Vallcorba (ALBA Synchrotron)

10:00 Taurus plotting - Jose Antonio Ramos Andrades (ALBA Synchrotron)
10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Amphiteater
11:00 Taurus Framework: Recent features & current developments
Recent features & current developments
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Amphitheater
Contributions

11:00 Qt6 support and platform compatibility - Arturo Alejandro Hoffstadt Urrutia (ESO)

11:20 Color schemes in Taurus - Raphael GIRARDOT (SOLEIL) Oriol Vallcorba (ALBA Synchrotron)

11:35 Taurus Performance Optimization (TPO) - Emilio Morales (ALBA Synchrotron)

11:55 2D Widgets - Jose Antonio Ramos Andrades (ALBA Synchrotron)

12:10 SVG synoptic library - Johan Forsberg (MAX IV)
12:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Restaurant
13:30 User Feedback & Use Cases
13:30 - 15:30
Room: Amphitheater
Contributions

13:45 ALBA: Control Room GUIs - David Yepez (ALBA Synchrotron)

14:05 ESO: Schema Plugin Development - Arturo Alejandro Hoffstadt Urrutia (ESO)

14:25 MAXIV: BALDER Beamline GUIs - Konstantin Klementiev (MAX IV)

14:45 A Taurus GUI for automated BioSAXS experiments at the CoSAXS beamline at MAX IV - Lukas Wittenbecher (MAX IV)

15:05 ESRF: Taurus usage feedback - Natxo Vergara (ESRF)
15:30 Break
Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Amphitheater
16:00 User Feedback & Use Cases
16:00 - 16:30
Room: Amphitheater
Contributions

16:00 Taurus at SOLEIL - Alexandre MOUTARDIER (SOLEIL) Arnaud HEMMERLE (SOLEIL) Raphael GIRARDOT (SOLEIL)
16:30 Qt for Python: A Practical Overview for Scientific Applications - Cristián Maureira-Fredes (Qt)
Qt for Python: A Practical Overview for Scientific Applications
- Cristián Maureira-Fredes (Qt)
16:30 - 17:15
Room: Amphiteater Python has become the lingua franca of scientific computing, and Qt, through PySide6 and PyQt6, remains one of the most powerful frameworks for building the desktop and control-system UIs that researchers depend on daily. Yet navigating the Qt for Python ecosystem can be surprisingly tricky: licensing implications, competing UI paradigms, tooling choices, and performance pitfalls are rarely covered in one place. This talk offers a practical, opinionated overview aimed at developers building scientific and control-system applications, including those working with the Taurus framework. We cover the PyQt6 vs PySide6 licensing landscape, the Qt Widgets vs QML choice and Qt's strategic direction for both, Designer's plugin mechanism for building reusable control panels, and — critically for this audience — strategies for handling floods of high-frequency signals from instruments and sensors without overwhelming the UI. Attendees will leave with a clearer picture of the Qt for Python ecosystem and actionable advice applicable to both existing Taurus-based projects and greenfield applications.
17:15 Steering Committee Meeting

17:15 - 18:00
Room: Amphitheater

19:30 Workshop dinner
Workshop dinner
19:30 - 22:00
Dinner for participants who subscribed. Restaurant : Chapeau (former known as "Living-room") 10 boulevard Gaspard Monge, 91120 PALAISEAU The menu is fixed (except for those who indicated diet restrictions): Starter: Cream of pumpkin soup with chestnut pieces and pan-fried mushrooms Main course: Grilled sea bream fillet with Provençal sun-drenched ratatouille Dessert: Classic Italian tiramisu We will share cars to drive you to the restaurant and back to your hotel. Let's meet at 19:00 in the hall of the central building.
Wednesday, 13 May 2026
09:00 Session for Taurus Developers: Introduction
Introduction
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Taurus Developer Introduction - Oriol Vallcorba (ALBA Synchrotron)

10:00 Creating GUIs with Taurus designer - Emilio Morales (ALBA Synchrotron)

10:20 Practical Session: Contributing to Taurus
10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Session for Taurus Developers: Practical Session
Practical Session
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 Practical Session: Contributing to Taurus
12:30 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Restaurant
13:30 Session for Taurus Developers: Practical Session
Practical Session
13:30 - 15:00
Contributions

13:30 Practical Session: Contributing to Taurus
15:00 Workshop feedback and closure

15:00 - 15:30
Room: Amphitheater

15:30 Break
Break
15:30 - 15:50
Room: Batiment Principal