diff --git a/akantu-python/.dockerignore b/akantu-python/.dockerignore
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+data
+notebooks
+.renku
+.git
diff --git a/akantu-python/.gitignore b/akantu-python/.gitignore
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+
+# Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/macos,python,R,linux,vim,emacs,visualstudiocode,intellij
+# Edit at https://www.gitignore.io/?templates=macos,python,R,linux,vim,emacs,visualstudiocode,intellij
+
+### Emacs ###
+# -*- mode: gitignore; -*-
+*~
+\#*\#
+/.emacs.desktop
+/.emacs.desktop.lock
+*.elc
+auto-save-list
+tramp
+.\#*
+
+# Org-mode
+.org-id-locations
+*_archive
+
+# flymake-mode
+*_flymake.*
+
+# eshell files
+/eshell/history
+/eshell/lastdir
+
+# elpa packages
+/elpa/
+
+# reftex files
+*.rel
+
+# AUCTeX auto folder
+/auto/
+
+# cask packages
+.cask/
+dist/
+
+# Flycheck
+flycheck_*.el
+
+# server auth directory
+/server/
+
+# projectiles files
+.projectile
+
+# directory configuration
+.dir-locals.el
+
+# network security
+/network-security.data
+
+
+### Intellij ###
+# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio and WebStorm
+# Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
+
+# User-specific stuff
+.idea/**/workspace.xml
+.idea/**/tasks.xml
+.idea/**/usage.statistics.xml
+.idea/**/dictionaries
+.idea/**/shelf
+
+# Generated files
+.idea/**/contentModel.xml
+
+# Sensitive or high-churn files
+.idea/**/dataSources/
+.idea/**/dataSources.ids
+.idea/**/dataSources.local.xml
+.idea/**/sqlDataSources.xml
+.idea/**/dynamic.xml
+.idea/**/uiDesigner.xml
+.idea/**/dbnavigator.xml
+
+# Gradle
+.idea/**/gradle.xml
+.idea/**/libraries
+
+# Gradle and Maven with auto-import
+# When using Gradle or Maven with auto-import, you should exclude module files,
+# since they will be recreated, and may cause churn.  Uncomment if using
+# auto-import.
+# .idea/modules.xml
+# .idea/*.iml
+# .idea/modules
+
+# CMake
+cmake-build-*/
+
+# Mongo Explorer plugin
+.idea/**/mongoSettings.xml
+
+# File-based project format
+*.iws
+
+# IntelliJ
+out/
+
+# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
+.idea_modules/
+
+# JIRA plugin
+atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
+
+# Cursive Clojure plugin
+.idea/replstate.xml
+
+# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
+com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
+crashlytics.properties
+crashlytics-build.properties
+fabric.properties
+
+# Editor-based Rest Client
+.idea/httpRequests
+
+# Android studio 3.1+ serialized cache file
+.idea/caches/build_file_checksums.ser
+
+# JetBrains templates
+**___jb_tmp___
+
+### Intellij Patch ###
+# Comment Reason: https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/186#issuecomment-215987721
+
+# *.iml
+# modules.xml
+# .idea/misc.xml
+# *.ipr
+
+# Sonarlint plugin
+.idea/sonarlint
+
+### Linux ###
+
+# temporary files which can be created if a process still has a handle open of a deleted file
+.fuse_hidden*
+
+# KDE directory preferences
+.directory
+
+# Linux trash folder which might appear on any partition or disk
+.Trash-*
+
+# .nfs files are created when an open file is removed but is still being accessed
+.nfs*
+
+### macOS ###
+# General
+.DS_Store
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+
+# Icon must end with two \r
+Icon
+
+# Thumbnails
+._*
+
+# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
+.DocumentRevisions-V100
+.fseventsd
+.Spotlight-V100
+.TemporaryItems
+.Trashes
+.VolumeIcon.icns
+.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
+
+# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
+.AppleDB
+.AppleDesktop
+Network Trash Folder
+Temporary Items
+.apdisk
+
+### Python ###
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+pip-wheel-metadata/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# celery beat schedule file
+celerybeat-schedule
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+### Vim ###
+# Swap
+[._]*.s[a-v][a-z]
+[._]*.sw[a-p]
+[._]s[a-rt-v][a-z]
+[._]ss[a-gi-z]
+[._]sw[a-p]
+
+# Session
+Session.vim
+
+# Temporary
+.netrwhist
+# Auto-generated tag files
+tags
+# Persistent undo
+[._]*.un~
+
+### VisualStudioCode ###
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+
+### VisualStudioCode Patch ###
+# Ignore all local history of files
+.history
+
+# End of https://www.gitignore.io/api/macos,python,R,linux,vim,emacs,visualstudiocode,intellij
+
+# Renku
+.renku.lock
+.renku/tmp
+.renku/cache
diff --git a/akantu-python/.gitlab-ci.yml b/akantu-python/.gitlab-ci.yml
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+variables:
+  GIT_STRATEGY: fetch
+  GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY: "true"
+  GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE: 1
+
+stages:
+  - build
+
+image_build:
+  stage: build
+  image: docker:stable
+  before_script:
+    - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_JOB_TOKEN http://$CI_REGISTRY
+  script: |
+    CI_COMMIT_SHA_7=$(echo $CI_COMMIT_SHA | cut -c1-7)
+    docker build --tag $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_SHA_7 .
+    docker push $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_SHA_7
diff --git a/akantu-python/.renku/renku.ini b/akantu-python/.renku/renku.ini
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+[renku "interactive"]
+default_url = /lab
diff --git a/akantu-python/.renkulfsignore b/akantu-python/.renkulfsignore
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+# WARNING: editing this file will impact the behavior of renku commands
+# by telling renku to *not track* listed files with git LFS.
+#
+# By default, renku commands track all files above the renku configured lfs_threshold
+# with git LFS to prevent accidentally checking in large files (default=100kb).
+# You can update this threshold by calling 'renku config lfs_threshold <size>kb'.
+#
+# Use this file to specify particular paths to *not track* with LFS regardless of
+# their size. The syntax is the same as .gitignore (https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore).
+# Remember: files listed here, when generated during renku commands, will add to
+# the size of your repo, and could slow things down.
+#
+# See https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-project-template for proper
+# usage.
+
+# Warning: removing these lines will check source files (e.g. generated ipynb files from papermill) into LFS and they
+# will no longer be displayed in the renku UI
+*.ipynb
+*.py
+*.r
+*.md
+*.rst
diff --git a/akantu-python/Dockerfile b/akantu-python/Dockerfile
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+# For finding latest versions of the base image see
+# https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renkulab-docker
+ARG RENKU_BASE_IMAGE=renku/renkulab-py:3.9-0.12.0
+FROM ${RENKU_BASE_IMAGE}
+
+# Uncomment and adapt if code is to be included in the image
+# COPY src /code/src
+
+# Uncomment and adapt if your R or python packages require extra linux (ubuntu) software
+# e.g. the following installs apt-utils and vim; each pkg on its own line, all lines
+# except for the last end with backslash '\' to continue the RUN line
+#
+# USER root
+# RUN apt-get update && \
+#    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+#    apt-utils \
+#    vim
+# USER ${NB_USER}
+
+# install the python dependencies
+COPY requirements.txt environment.yml /tmp/
+RUN conda env update -q -f /tmp/environment.yml && \
+    /opt/conda/bin/pip install -r /tmp/requirements.txt && \
+    conda clean -y --all && \
+    conda env export -n "root"
+
+# RENKU_VERSION determines the version of the renku CLI
+# that will be used in this image. To find the latest version,
+# visit https://pypi.org/project/renku/#history.
+ARG RENKU_VERSION={{ __renku_version__ | default("1.6.0") }}
+
+########################################################
+# Do not edit this section and do not add anything below
+
+# Install renku from pypi or from github if it's a dev version
+RUN if [ -n "$RENKU_VERSION" ] ; then \
+        source .renku/venv/bin/activate ; \
+        currentversion=$(renku --version) ; \
+        if [ "$RENKU_VERSION" != "$currentversion" ] ; then \
+            pip uninstall renku -y ; \
+            gitversion=$(echo "$RENKU_VERSION" | sed -n "s/^[[:digit:]]\+\.[[:digit:]]\+\.[[:digit:]]\+\(rc[[:digit:]]\+\)*\(\.dev[[:digit:]]\+\)*\(+g\([a-f0-9]\+\)\)*\(+dirty\)*$/\4/p") ; \
+            if [ -n "$gitversion" ] ; then \
+                pip install --force "git+https://github.com/SwissDataScienceCenter/renku-python.git@$gitversion" ;\
+            else \
+                pip install --force renku==${RENKU_VERSION} ;\
+            fi \
+        fi \
+    fi
+
+########################################################
diff --git a/akantu-python/README.md b/akantu-python/README.md
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+# {{ name }}
+{% if __project_description__ %}
+{{ __project_description__ }}
+{% endif %}
+## Introduction
+
+This is a Renku project - basically a git repository with some
+bells and whistles. You'll find we have already created some
+useful things like `data` and `notebooks` directories and
+a `Dockerfile`.
+
+## Working with the project
+
+The simplest way to start your project is right from the Renku
+platform - just click on the `Sessions` tab and start a new session.
+This will start an interactive environment right in your browser.
+
+To work with the project anywhere outside the Renku platform,
+click the `Settings` tab where you will find the
+git repo URLs - use `git` to clone the project on whichever machine you want.
+
+### Changing interactive environment dependencies
+
+Initially we install a very minimal set of packages to keep the images small.
+However, you can add python and conda packages in `requirements.txt` and
+`environment.yml` to your heart's content. If you need more fine-grained
+control over your environment, please see [the documentation](https://renku.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/advanced_interfaces.html#dockerfile-modifications).
+
+## Project configuration
+
+Project options can be found in `.renku/renku.ini`. In this
+project there is currently only one option, which specifies
+the default type of environment to open, in this case `/lab` for
+JupyterLab. You may also choose `/tree` to get to the "classic" Jupyter
+interface.
+
+## Moving forward
+
+Once you feel at home with your project, we recommend that you replace
+this README file with your own project documentation! Happy data wrangling!
diff --git a/akantu-python/data/.gitkeep b/akantu-python/data/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/akantu-python/notebooks/.gitkeep b/akantu-python/notebooks/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/akantu-python/requirements.txt b/akantu-python/requirements.txt
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+numpy
+scipy
+matplotlib
+akantu
+gmsh
+itkwidgets
+pyvista