HIL Venue Tracker

Lightweight Python tool for tracking HPC conference deadlines, generating visual timelines, text reports, and calendar exports for lab planning.

HIL Venue Tracker is a lightweight tool built for the IU HPC Innovation Lab to help lab members stay on top of HPC conference submission deadlines and event dates throughout the year.

The tool ingests a structured list of venues and produces three outputs:

  • Visual timeline — a Gantt-style chart showing abstract, paper, and notification deadlines alongside conference dates across the full year
  • Text reports — human-readable summaries of upcoming deadlines sorted by urgency
  • Calendar export — an .ics file that can be imported into any calendar app

Everything runs as a set of Python scripts with a GitHub Actions workflow that automatically regenerates outputs whenever the venue list is updated — no manual steps required for lab members who just want to check the current state.

Links: GitHub

Auto-generated conference timeline showing submission deadlines and event dates for HPC venues throughout the year.