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How Covestro Turns Airflow Into a Simulation Toolbox with Anja Mackenzie
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How Covestro Turns Airflow Into a Simulation Toolbox with Anja Mackenzie

Building scalable, reproducible workflows for scientific computing often requires bridging the gap between research flexibility and enterprise reliability.In this episode, Anja MacKenzie, Expert for Cheminformatics at Covestro, explains how her tea...

The Data Flowcast: Mastering Apache Airflow ® for Data Engineering and AI · The Data Flowcast

November 20, 202523m 10s

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Show Notes

Building scalable, reproducible workflows for scientific computing often requires bridging the gap between research flexibility and enterprise reliability.


In this episode, Anja MacKenzie, Expert for Cheminformatics at Covestro, explains how her team uses Airflow and Kubernetes to create a shared, self-service platform for computational chemistry.


Key Takeaways:


00:00 Introduction.

06:19 Custom scripts made sharing and reuse difficult.

09:29 Workflows are manually triggered with user traceability.

10:38 Customization supports varied compute requirements.

12:48 Persistent volumes allow tasks to share large amounts of data.

14:25 Custom operators separate logic from infrastructure.

16:43 Modified triggers connect dependent workflows.

18:36 UI plugins enable file uploads and secure access.


Resources Mentioned:


Anja MacKenzie

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anja-mackenzie/


Covestro | LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/company/covestro/


Covestro | Website

https://www.covestro.com


Apache Airflow

https://airflow.apache.org/


Kubernetes

https://kubernetes.io/


Airflow KubernetesPodOperator

https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes/stable/operators.html


Astronomer

https://www.astronomer.io/


Airflow Academy by Marc Lamberti

https://www.udemy.com/user/lockgfg/?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=udemyads&utm_campaign=Search_DSA_GammaCatchall_NonP_la.EN_cc.ROW-English&campaigntype=Search&portfolio=ROW-English&language=EN&product=Course&test=&audience=DSA&topic=&priority=Gamma&utm_content=deal4584&utm_term=_._ag_169801645584_._ad_700876640602_._kw__._de_c_._dm__._pl__._ti_dsa-1456167871416_._li_9061346_._pd__._&matchtype=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21341313808&gbraid=0AAAAADROdO1_-I2TMcVyU8F3i1jRXJ24K&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvJHIBhCgARIsAEQnWlC1uYHIRm3y9Q8rPNSuVPNivsxogqfczpKHwhmNho2uKZYC-y0taNQaApU2EALw_wcB


Airflow Documentation

https://airflow.apache.org/docs/


Airflow Plugins

https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/1.10.9/plugins.html




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