PyLossless
Python tooling for reproducible EEG preprocessing and quality-control workflows that researchers can audit and re-run.
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Tyler Collins
Research Computing Consultant
I help researchers turn computational problems into reliable, scalable software and workflows. My work spans HPC systems, Python tooling, research analytics, EEG/MEG pipelines, performance profiling and optimization, and human-in-the-loop uses of LLMs for scientific teams.
- HPC
- Slurm
- Python
- Research software
- Research analytics
- GPU efficiency
- Coding agents
- LLM-assisted workflows
Latest post
Revisiting Cookiecutter in the Age of Coding Agents
A practical comparison of Cookiecutter PyPackage, a coding agent, and using both to build a modern Python package.
Selected work
Highlighted projects
EEGStudyFlow
Workflow patterns for managing EEG studies from raw recordings through to analysis-ready outputs without re-deriving state.
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Python package for measuring and visualizing usage on Slurm-based HPC clusters. Used inside SHARCNET and by collaborators across the Alliance.
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Recent posts
Revisiting Cookiecutter in the Age of Coding Agents
A few years ago, I used Cookiecutter to show how to get from import blah to pip install blah. This sounds simple, but it isn’t. A Python script can …
EEGStudyFlow
Starting an EEG study means making dozens of small decisions. Where will the original recordings live? How will they become a BIDS dataset? Which …
PyLossless
In April 2025, I wanted to put PyLossless on the DRAC clusters as an official module. I had at least half a dozen datasets to clean, and I was still …
Serial Farms: Package Options and When to Switch to Farming
Submitting a few small jobs one at a time is fine. Submitting hundreds that way is annoying for you and hard on the scheduler. This webinar compared …
Revisiting Cython: Is It Still Effective?
I first presented Cython in 2020. Five years and several major releases later, I wanted to see whether that old advice still held up. This talk looked …
Talks & publications
Recorded talks
Serial Farms: Package Options and When to Switch to Farming
Submitting hundreds of small jobs without making a mess
Revisiting Cython: Is It Still Effective?
Five years after my first Cython webinar
Diagnosing Wasted Resources from User-Facing Portals
Read the evidence before changing the job