[Yt-dev] Interest in a yt Workshop?

[Sam Skillman]

Hi all,


>  * Host an online workshop / office hours
>


> Another alternative Sam has suggested which I like is instead
> to host office hours in IRC or G+ or something with video.
>
>
I think this could be pretty useful on something like a every few months
timescale, or more frequent if they are found to be productive.  If we
combined G+ Hangouts (since nearly everyone has gmail) with a code sharing
program like http://collabedit.com/ or http://codr.cc/ we could have a
developer or two hang out and be available to chat with new/old users about
any issues.  I think just publicizing that we'll be hanging out through the
yt-users list a few days ahead of time would do the trick.  Anyways, this is
a pretty low maintenance option that would allow "face-to-face" interaction
with new users.

As for the physical meeting, I think it would be great to have and advertise
to not only the people who are already on the yt-users list but also to
people on the teragrid/XSEDE that don't know that they should be interested
in yt.

Sam


> However, one of the big questions that has come up with respect to a
> physical workshop is: what would we talk about?  I scribbled out a few
> items this morning that I think could fill a goodly amount of time,
> which I have included below.  My feeling from talking to others is
> that for it to be useful, we would need both beginner and advanced
> topics.  My list is at the bottom of this email -- after writing this
> out I kind of came around and felt like there is enough material to
> fill up a few sessions.
>
> Anyway, I'd like to solicit some thoughts on this.  Pretty much it
> comes down to:
>
> 1a) Physical (likely spring), virtual (anytime) or no workshop?
> 1b) If Physical, where?  (Specifically, which institutions or regions
> would you prefer, and could you volunteer your location?)
> 2) What do you think of the pseudo-agenda below?
>
> One last item is that I was the most skeptical about the feasibility
> of a workshop, and I have been brought around by other developers --
> who have impressed upon me that not only could we do this, we really
> *ought* to do it.  If not now, at some point in the future.
>
> Thanks everyone,
>
> -Matt
>
> * Agenda Ideas *
>
> = Using yt =
>
> - Introduction to yt -
> Jargon and terminology
> Installation
> How to start up
> How to write a script
> How to examine a simulation's characteristics
> Examining individual grids
> Slicing
> Projecting
> Command-line tool
>
> - Data handling in yt -
> How to think of data objects in yt
> What is a field? (also: my_plugins.py)
> Basics of select/instantiating a data object
> How to call and use a derived quantity
> What DQs and DOs are available?
> Phase plots (1-, 2-, 3-D)
>
> - Visualizing data -
> Projections, slices, and plot modifications
> Raw, stripped down plot objects
> Manually plotting data
>
> - Advanced data objects -
> Accessing attributes of data objects
> Cutting and subselecting data from objects
> Creating new data objects
> 1D and 2D objects
> Creating fields
> Clump finding
> Finding points
>
> - Advanced visualization -
> Writing your own plot callback
> Fixed resolution buffers
>
> - Volume rendering -
> What is "Volume Rendering"?
> How to use the camera
> How to write a transfer function
> Making animations: camera paths and normalization
> "Photo-realistic"
>
> - Astrophysical Analysis -
> Halo finding
> Halo analysis / halo profiler
> Halo mass functions
> Spectral energy distribution
> Star particle analysis
> Absorption spectra
>
> - Large data analysis -
> How to run in parallel
> What kind of datasets work well with parallelism?
> Do's and don'ts of parallel analysis
> Distributing work
>
> - Time series analysis -
> Full simulation
> Analysis objects
> Multi-level Parallelism
>
> - Reason -
> How to use reason
> How does reason work
> Advanced features
>
> = Advanced yt + Developing yt =
>
> - Overview of the yt community -
> Communication channels
> Source control
> Testing
> Documentation
> People
>
> - Mercurial -
> What is version control?
> What is distributed version control?
> What's a DAG?
>
> - Contributing changes -
> How to commit, share, and notify
> What to expect when you contribute
>
> - The yt testing system -
> How to write a test
> How do tests get run?
> What does it mean to 'pass' a test?
>
> - How to write a code frontend -
> What does yt expect from a simulation output format?
> What is necessary / expected
> Simple prototyping
> How to construct the necessary source files
>
> - Fast code and Cython -
> What is Cython?
> How do I compile and run Cython code?
> How to speed it up
>
> - Writing parallel code -
> How does yt use parallelism?
> What routines are available for parallelism?
> How to debug parallel code
>
> - Interfacing with external code -
> Raw C api
> Exporting data objects
> Cython for easy API usage
>
> - yt internals -
> Parameter file storage and pickling
> kD-trees
> Idiomatic yt
>
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Stephen Skory <s at skory.us> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I would be interested in a yt workshop. If it's combined with the Enzo
> > workshop this fall, it would reduce the number of plane tickets. If we
> > wait until spring, it would be even easier for me, as we are thinking
> > about hosting that edition of Enzo workshop here at CU (unless someone
> > else steps forward with more enthusiasm and money).
> >
> >
> > --
> > Stephen Skory
> > s at skory.us
> > http://stephenskory.com/
> > 510.621.3687 (google voice)
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