Pull request 'feature/mpi-backend' (#74) from feature/mpi-backend into master

Merge upstream/master into feature/mpi-backend

Merge branch 'master' into feature/mpi-backend

fixed comments

fixed

Pull request 'dev-docker-image' (#77) from dev-docker-image into master

Use explicit getter for device object access

Add shell specificatio to CI yaml

Adding `cd ${{ github.workspace }}` at the start of the 'Build third-party' job ensures that all subsequent shell commands correctly reference files within the repository directory.

Modifies the Dockerized local workflow script invocation to correctly reference and execute dependency and build scripts in the current directory context (`.`).