[yt-dev] SciPy abstract submission

[Nathan Goldbaum]

Hi Matt,

I'll take care of it!

-Nathan

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I submitted the sprint.  Anyone else want to take a crack at the
> abstract for the talk?
>
> -Matt
>
> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Nathan Goldbaum <nathan12343 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Matt,
>>>
>>> Like I mentioned in the last e-mail thread, I'm interested in going to
>>> scipy.  I had in mind taking more of a leadership role for a yt talk,
>>> if only so I can get my name and face out there a bit more prominently
>>> as I get ready to apply for jobs.
>>
>> I think that's a great idea.  As I noted ... "I do not have any
>> particular interest in acting as the primary presenter."  :)  I think
>> we should divide it up between people that are attending.
>>
>>>
>>> Would you be interested in having more input from me on the abstract?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>> Right now it's mostly focused on things in your wheelhouse.
>>>
>>> Alternatively I'd be happy to submit a separate abstract if you think
>>> that would be best.
>>
>> It's up to you, but I'm moderately -1 on that.
>>
>>>
>>> -Nathan
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 5:02 AM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> The (nominal) due date for submissions for SciPy2014 is next Friday:
>>>> https://conference.scipy.org/scipy2014/ .  I think we should aim to
>>>> have a strong presence there -- I've heard from a couple people they
>>>> plan to be there, which is *awesome*.  For various reasons, I am only
>>>> going to be traveling to the yt workshop in Santa Cruz and SciPy for a
>>>> little while, so I am planning to be there the entire duration.  There
>>>> are a few things I think we should consider:
>>>>
>>>>  * A joint talk introducing yt 3.0, where everyone in attendance
>>>> either participates in the talk or acts as ambassadors.  I want this
>>>> to be submitted to the general track.  I do not have any particular
>>>> interest in acting as the primary presenter.
>>>>  * Sprints!  For sure.
>>>>  * Possibly a talk submitted to the astro track about domain-specific
>>>> stuff, like Hilary's spectrum generator, or John's Chandra generator,
>>>> or the integration with Rockstar, or even AGORA.
>>>>  * We should participate in the WSSSPE workshop, which will be on
>>>> Thursday afternoon.  Looks like right now I'll be co-chairing this.
>>>>  * We may consider submitting a poster in addition, which emphasizes
>>>> things like outreach using yt.
>>>>
>>>> Here are my drafts of the sprint and talk abstracts.  You should be
>>>> able to provide comments on them by right-clicking.  If you want
>>>> direct edit privs, let me know.
>>>>
>>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/15BakPzOLdN6IIjx3jDFyD4Jg01ing1uQ9nIgKFy--7k/edit
>>>>
>>>> Options I think we should pass on:
>>>>
>>>>  * yt-centric tutorial: we will get to the point that I think this is
>>>> a good idea, but I don't think we'd get enough people signing up for
>>>> it.
>>>>  * yt-BOF.  It might be worthwhile to consider setting up a BOF for
>>>> data analysis of spatial data, though.  (Not just GIS.)
>>>>
>>>> I will be submitting a talk about ZeroPy as well.
>>>>
>>>> -Matt
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