[yt-dev] 2nd yt workshop

Thu Oct 11 14:10:33 PDT 2012

I'd be interested in collaborating on the proposal and serving as an LOC representative if we decide to have the meeting at UCSC.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to set up a hangout to discuss the proposal, establish a budget, and figure out who is going to work on which parts.

-Nathan

On Oct 11, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Geoffrey So wrote:

> Got the following email, it's HiPACC soliciting proposals, I thought would be useful for the workshop.
> Thought someone was already looking into it, but just in case.
> 
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> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:46 AM, John ZuHone <jzuhone at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm in for it. But no more Chicago bashing regarding the cold (I know that was a while back, but still) :)
> 
> John Z
> 
> On Oct 11, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Casey W. Stark wrote:
> 
>> Hi Matt.
>> 
>> I would definitely go to a little west coast meetup.
>> 
>> - Casey
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Okay, what about the second set of dates?  March 4-8?
>> 
>> Although, to be perfectly honest, after how active the list has been
>> and how many things there have been discussed that would benefit from
>> -- or may even *require* -- in person contact, I am a bit bummed that
>> we can't get together sooner, to do things like talk about testing,
>> release schedules, better SPH/particle support, codifying analysis
>> modules and figuring out some packaging issues.
>> 
>> In December there's a scientific software workshop at TACC:
>> 
>> http://scisoftdays.org/meetings/2012/
>> 
>> Is anyone interested in going, and if so, perhaps having an in-person
>> meeting in the area held in conjunction with this?  Or, if not, then
>> maybe triyng to have a west coast meeting in December?  By then I
>> think the job scramble should have subsided considerably (certainly I
>> am counting on it for myself!) even if it picks up again a bit later.
>> 
>> -Matt
>> 
>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Britton Smith <brittonsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I would prefer not the first set of dates.  I have a thing in Austin, TX on
>> > February 17.
>> >
>> > Britton
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi everyone,
>> >>
>> >> Okay, after a week or so we've had 13 positive responses.  January is
>> >> the worst month, so I'd like to suggest we investigate either February
>> >> or March.  California is the clear winner for locations, which I think
>> >> will also help out a lot with funding and with overall atmosphere.
>> >>
>> >> I'd like to propose we start talking about one of the following three
>> >> weeks -- we should then narrow down to a subset of days in the week.
>> >> Can anyone think of existing conflicts for, or obvious preferences
>> >> among:
>> >>
>> >> 1) February 18-22
>> >> 2) March 4-8
>> >> 3) March 25-29
>> >>
>> >> (An advantage of this time frame is that the elephant seals will be at
>> >> Año Nuevo, if we end up spending time at Santa Cruz.)  Once we have
>> >> narrowed down the week, we can write a proposal to HIPACC as Chris
>> >> suggested, and proceed from there.
>> >>
>> >> I think this could be a very, very successful meeting for our community.
>> >>
>> >> -Matt
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Christopher Moody <cemoody at ucsc.edu>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Hi everyone,
>> >> > Sorry to join this conversation late. I've talked about this (very
>> >> > briefly!)
>> >> > with Joel Primack for HIPACC funding, and he was very supportive that
>> >> > this
>> >> > we should write up a proposal. He comes back from China next week, so I
>> >> > can
>> >> > bring it up again then.
>> >> >
>> >> > Santa Cruz is a bit warmer than Chicago in January...
>> >> >
>> >> > chris
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 6:21 AM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hi all,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> We've had a good number of responses so far, all of them "Yes!".  If
>> >> >> you're a regular contributor to either the mailing list or the code
>> >> >> base, it would be really beneficial to submit a "Nope" response if you
>> >> >> know you wouldn't be able to attend.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHpZMjc4czJMQ2MtWERReVdiT0IxaFE6MQ#gid=0
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -Matt
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> > Hi everyone,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I like this idea a lot.  We had a really good success with this
>> >> >> > year's
>> >> >> > workshop, and I think we can build on that with a development-focused
>> >> >> > workshop sometime early next year.  I particularly like the way
>> >> >> > Nathan
>> >> >> > posed it:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > "...to have a group of us in a room together for a few days to hash
>> >> >> > out new features, discuss where the code is going, hear about the
>> >> >> > science yt is enabling, and make some solid progress on improving the
>> >> >> > code."
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > My life is going to be a little bit complicated for a couple months,
>> >> >> > but I think aiming for a Winter quarter workshop would be best, as I
>> >> >> > think that will minimize conflicts with the usual fall
>> >> >> > obligations/cycle.  Unless there are strong arguments to hold the
>> >> >> > workshop in New York / Boulder, we should probably look into hosting
>> >> >> > in California somewhere.  (One respondent to the usage workshop we
>> >> >> > had
>> >> >> > this year was, "Chicago in January?  Really?")  I think we should
>> >> >> > certainly investigate HIPACC as an opportunity for funding, as well
>> >> >> > as
>> >> >> > the NSF; once we have figured out if we're going to hold it and
>> >> >> > where,
>> >> >> > we can begin those processes.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Before we start digging in to properly planning something, we should
>> >> >> > definitely get a better idea of who would be interested in attending.
>> >> >> > I've set up a little survey here:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHpZMjc4czJMQ2MtWERReVdiT0IxaFE6MQ#gid=0
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Responses both for and against are useful information.  In a few days
>> >> >> > we'll see how things have turned out and we can take it from there.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > -Matt
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Anthony Scopatz <scopatz at gmail.com>
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> >> Matt and I talked about doing a yt-dev workshop at some point in the
>> >> >> >> near-ish future.  I am definitely +1 to this idea.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Be Well
>> >> >> >> Anthony
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Nathan Goldbaum
>> >> >> >> <nathan12343 at gmail.com>
>> >> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> Hi Kacper,
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> Right now there are no official plans for a yt workshop.  However,
>> >> >> >>> a
>> >> >> >>> few
>> >> >> >>> of us have discussed the possibility of having a
>> >> >> >>> development-focused
>> >> >> >>> workshop for ~20 people at UC Santa Cruz for 3-4 days sometime in
>> >> >> >>> the
>> >> >> >>> Winter
>> >> >> >>> quarter (Jan - Mar 2013).  I put forward UCSC as a possible
>> >> >> >>> location
>> >> >> >>> since
>> >> >> >>> there are a decent number of active users/developers here and in
>> >> >> >>> the
>> >> >> >>> Bay
>> >> >> >>> area, however I think a meeting in Boulder or NYC probably makes
>> >> >> >>> just
>> >> >> >>> as
>> >> >> >>> much sense.  For any of the options, we will need to look into
>> >> >> >>> funding
>> >> >> >>> for
>> >> >> >>> travel, hotels, etc for the participants.  I know that we applied
>> >> >> >>> for
>> >> >> >>> an NSF
>> >> >> >>> grant for the users workshop, is that still possible this time
>> >> >> >>> around?
>> >> >> >>> If
>> >> >> >>> it's going to be in California and we can make a case that there
>> >> >> >>> will
>> >> >> >>> be a
>> >> >> >>> good number of participants from UCs, we can probably apply for
>> >> >> >>> funding from
>> >> >> >>> HIPACC, although we need to discuss this possibility further with
>> >> >> >>> Joel
>> >> >> >>> Primack.
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> I guess this is as good a time as any to ask: how do people feel
>> >> >> >>> about
>> >> >> >>> having a dev workshop sometime in the Winter quarter?  If you're
>> >> >> >>> supportive,
>> >> >> >>> do you have any preference for a location?  Personally I think it
>> >> >> >>> will
>> >> >> >>> be
>> >> >> >>> very productive to have a group of us in a room together for a few
>> >> >> >>> days to
>> >> >> >>> hash out new features, discuss where the code is going, hear about
>> >> >> >>> the
>> >> >> >>> science yt is enabling, and make some solid progress on improving
>> >> >> >>> the
>> >> >> >>> code.
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> Cheers,
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> Nathan
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> On Sep 10, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Kacper Kowalik wrote:
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>> > Hi all,
>> >> >> >>> > I'd like to ask if there are any plans on organizing 2nd yt
>> >> >> >>> > workshop?
>> >> >> >>> > It's this time of the year when I need to apply for grants at my
>> >> >> >>> > university and I'd very much like to include such event in the
>> >> >> >>> > application :)
>> >> >> >>> > Cheers,
>> >> >> >>> > Kacper
>> >> >> >>> >
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