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+# =============================================================================
+# GIE_Eris - Media Pipeline Development Environment
+# GPU-enabled Python + Jupyter for diffusion model experimentation
+# =============================================================================
+
+FROM pytorch/pytorch:2.3.1-cuda12.1-cudnn8-runtime
+
+# Avoid interactive prompts during build
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# System dependencies
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+    git \
+    wget \
+    curl \
+    vim \
+    libgl1-mesa-glx \
+    libglib2.0-0 \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /workspace
+
+# Install Python dependencies
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Jupyter config: no token/password for local dev
+RUN mkdir -p /root/.jupyter
+RUN echo "c.NotebookApp.token = ''" >> /root/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py && \
+    echo "c.NotebookApp.password = ''" >> /root/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py && \
+    echo "c.NotebookApp.allow_origin = '*'" >> /root/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+
+# HuggingFace cache inside container (mapped via volume)
+ENV HF_HOME=/workspace/.cache/huggingface
+ENV TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/workspace/.cache/huggingface
+
+# Default: start Jupyter
+EXPOSE 8888
+CMD ["jupyter", "notebook", "--ip=0.0.0.0", "--port=8888", "--no-browser", "--allow-root", "--notebook-dir=/workspace"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+services:
+  jupyter:
+    build: .
+    container_name: gie-eris-jupyter
+    ports:
+      - "${JUPYTER_PORT:-8888}:8888"
+    volumes:
+      - ./notebooks:/workspace/notebooks
+      - ./media-pipeline:/workspace/media-pipeline
+      - ./scripts:/workspace/scripts
+      - ${HF_CACHE_DIR:-./.cache/huggingface}:/workspace/.cache/huggingface
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        reservations:
+          devices:
+            - driver: nvidia
+              count: all
+              capabilities: [gpu]
+    restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+torch>=2.3.0
+diffusers>=0.29.0
+transformers>=4.41.0
+accelerate>=0.31.0
+safetensors>=0.4.0
+peft>=0.11.0
+
+jupyter>=1.0.0
+ipywidgets>=8.1.0
+matplotlib>=3.9.0
+Pillow>=10.3.0