diff --git a/.ipr/hibench.job b/.ipr/hibench.job
index 584d22b..70c96b2 100644
--- a/.ipr/hibench.job
+++ b/.ipr/hibench.job
@@ -1,14 +1,48 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-github_username='g-raffy'  # os.environ['HIBRIDON_REPOS_USER']
-hibridon_version='a3bed1c3ccfbca572003020d3e3d3b1ff3934fad'  # latest from branch master as of 01/06/2022 12:52
-# hibridon_version='775048db02dfb317d5eaddb6d6db520be71a2fdf'  # latest from branch graffy-issue51 as of 01/06/
-hibridon_repos_url="https://github.com/hibridon/hibridon"
-pat_file_path="$HOME/.github/personal_access_tokens/bench.hibridon.cluster.ipr.univ-rennes1.fr.pat"
-output_dir="/tmp/hibridon_perf/${hibridon_version}"
 
-quick_test='^arch4_quick$'  # about 2s on a core i5 8th generation
-benchmark_test='^nh3h2_qma_long$'  # about 10min on a core i5 8th generation
-benchmark_command="ctest --output-on-failure -L ${quick_test}"
+git_repos_url="$1" # eg "https://github.com/hibridon/hibridon"
+git_user="$2" # eg 'g-raffy'
+git_pass_file="$3" # eg "$HOME/.github/personal_access_tokens/bench.hibridon.cluster.ipr.univ-rennes1.fr.pat"
+code_version="$4"  # git branch id or commit id eg : 'a3bed1c3ccfbca572003020d3e3d3b1ff3934fad'
+cmake_options="$5"  # eg '-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_TESTING=ON'
+benchmark_command="$6"  # eg 'ctest -L ^arch4_quick$'
 
-starbench.py --git-repos-url ${hibridon_repos_url} --git-user ${github_username} --git-pass-file ${pat_file_path} --num-cores ${NSLOTS} --output-dir ${output_dir} --code-version ${hibridon_version} --cmake-option=-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release --cmake-option=-DBUILD_TESTING=ON --benchmark-command=${benchmark_command}
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+if [ "${JOBID}" = '' ]
+then
+	# this script is not executed by sge... set dummy values for test
+	TMP_DIR=/tmp
+	JOBID=666666
+	NSLOTS=2
+fi
+
+echo "Executing on $(hostname)"
+temp_dir=${TMP_DIR}/$(whoami)/${JOBID}
+mkdir -p "${temp_dir}"
+
+starbench_path="${temp_dir}/starbench.py"
+
+output_dir="${temp_dir}"
+num_cores=${NSLOTS}
+
+cat <<-'EOF' > "${starbench_path}"
+<include:starbench.py>
+EOF
+
+chmod a+x "$starbench_path"
+
+command="${starbench_path}"
+command="${command} --git-repos-url ${git_repos_url}"
+command="${command} --git-user ${git_user}"
+command="${command} --git-pass-file ${git_pass_file}"
+command="${command} --num-cores ${num_cores}"
+command="${command} --output-dir ${output_dir}"
+command="${command} --code-version ${code_version}"
+# echo "cmake_options: @$cmake_options@"
+for cmake_option in ${cmake_options}
+do
+	command="${command} --cmake-option=${cmake_option}"
+done
+command="${command} --benchmark-command=\"${benchmark_command}\""
+echo "command: $command"
+eval $command
diff --git a/.ipr/launch-perf-jobs.sh b/.ipr/launch-perf-jobs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8a956b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ipr/launch-perf-jobs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# this script launches jobs to run hibridon benchmarks on physix cluster for the given version of hibridon (commit number)
+
+HIBRIDON_VERSION="$1"  # the version of hibridon to test, in the form of a valid commit number eg 'a3bed1c3ccfbca572003020d3e3d3b1ff3934fad'
+# 'a3bed1c3ccfbca572003020d3e3d3b1ff3934fad'  # latest from branch master as of 01/06/2022 12:52
+# code_version='775048db02dfb317d5eaddb6d6db520be71a2fdf'  # latest from branch graffy-issue51 as of 01/06/
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]:-$0}"; )" &> /dev/null && pwd 2> /dev/null; )";
+
+
+function substitute_TAG_with_FILEcontents {
+  local TAG="${1}"
+  local FILE="${2}"
+  sed -e "/${TAG}/r ${FILE}" -e "/${TAG}/d"
+}
+
+function launch_job_for_host_group()
+{
+	local hibridon_version="$1" # the version of hibridon to test, in the form of a valid commit number eg 'a3bed1c3ccfbca572003020d3e3d3b1ff3934fad'
+	local host_group_id="$2"  # eg 'xeon_gold_6140'
+	local hosts=''
+	local num_cores=''
+	case "${host_group_id}" in
+		'xeon_gold_6140')
+			hosts='\
+				physix88.ipr.univ-rennes1.fr|\
+				physix89.ipr.univ-rennes1.fr'
+			num_cores='36'
+			;;
+		*)
+			error "unhandled host_group_id : ${host_group_id}"
+			exit 1
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	quick_test='^arch4_quick$'  # about 2s on a core i5 8th generation
+	benchmark_test='^nh3h2_qma_long$'  # about 10min on a core i5 8th generation
+
+	git_repos_url="https://github.com/hibridon/hibridon"
+	git_user='g-raffy'  # os.environ['HIBRIDON_REPOS_USER']
+	git_pass_file="$HOME/.github/personal_access_tokens/bench.hibridon.cluster.ipr.univ-rennes1.fr.pat"
+	cmake_options='-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_TESTING=ON'
+	benchmark_command="ctest --output-on-failure -L ${quick_test}"
+
+	# cat $SCRIPT_DIR/hibench.job | sed "s~<include:starbench.py>~$(cat $SCRIPT_DIR/starbench.py)~" > /tmp/hibench.job
+	cat $SCRIPT_DIR/hibench.job | substitute_TAG_with_FILEcontents '<include:starbench.py>' "$SCRIPT_DIR/starbench.py" > /tmp/hibench.job
+	chmod a+x /tmp/hibench.job
+
+	command="/tmp/hibench.job \"${git_repos_url}\" \"${git_user}\" \"${git_pass_file}\" \"${HIBRIDON_VERSION}\" \"${cmake_options}\" \"${benchmark_command}\""
+	echo "command = $command"
+	eval $command
+
+	# qsub -pe smp "$num_cores" -l "hostname=${hosts}" 
+}
+
+
+function launch_perf_jobs()
+{
+	local hibridon_version="$1" # the version of hibridon to test, in the form of a valid commit number eg 'a3bed1c3ccfbca572003020d3e3d3b1ff3934fad'
+	
+	launch_job_for_host_group "${hibridon_version}" 'xeon_gold_6140'
+}
+
+
+launch_perf_jobs "${HIBRIDON_VERSION}"
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