Salpa 0.15.6 is out
While a workflow runs, a single node’s run now waits for it and says why. A number field you clear no longer shows NaN, and the Intel Mac download is now built the same way as the other three platforms.
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The key things: releases, talks, people. Every small step in between is in the build log.
Salpa Foundry opens
Salpa Foundry is the network we are starting for people who use and build computational methods in molecular science. Its first step, Phase 0, is free and hands-on: we help a few research groups at a time get a workflow running on their own work, starting with molecular dynamics from a PDB code. To join, write to dev@bocores.com.
Jacob Woltjer joins as cofounder
Jacob Woltjer joins BoundaryComputing as cofounder, leading business development. He comes to it as a user first: eight months building real workflows in Salpa for his MSc thesis — AI protein generative models, quantum-chemistry force-field parameterization and all-atom MD in a single pipeline — defended in July with a top mark.
Salpa Hub is open source
Our official, open collection — the salpa-hub repository — is public. Install ready-made pipelines, or contribute your own.
Jul 2026 · MilestoneWe built it anyway
A year ago, our proposal to build an open visual-workflow platform was turned down — one reviewer called it “overly ambitious” for a single work package. Today that platform, Salpa, is in a stable, ready-to-use state, built without the grant: open infrastructure for reproducible scientific computing, shipping now.
Jul 2026 · ConferenceSalpa at EuroBIC18
At the 18th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference in Groningen, our founder Xinmeng Li presented Salpa — a visual workflow platform that turns multi-step simulation pipelines (quantum chemistry, force-field generation, MD, docking) into interactive node graphs a researcher can run without scripting. The talk walked through two metal-chemistry workflows built entirely from open methods.
9 Jul 2026 · ResearchCongratulations, Jacob Woltjer
Jacob Woltjer defended his MSc thesis on visual scientific workflows — with a top mark. His project chained AI protein generative models, quantum-chemistry-based force-field parameterization, and all-atom MD into a single Salpa workflow, producing insight for anticancer metallopeptide design and supporting experimental findings.
Hosting JSOL(Japan) Researchers in Leiden
We were glad to welcome Drs. Taku Ozawa and Koji Okuwaki of JSOL Corporation to Leiden for an afternoon of exchange — on J-OCTA and JSOL’s long track record in multiscale modeling, their recent FMO-based methods, and shared interests in where simulation meets modern AI. Thanks for a generous visit and conversation.
Salpa is open for early testing
Salpa — our visual app for scientific computing workflows — is in free technical preview. Try it and tell us what breaks.
From the build log
Every step, in order- Salpa 0.15.6Shipped
- Salpa 0.15.5Shipped
- Salpa 0.15.4Shipped
- Salpa 0.15.3Shipped
- Salpa 0.15.2Shipped
- Salpa 0.15.1Shipped
Questions? dev@bocores.com.