I would like to see one of these happen at an Enzo users/developers workshop. The first real Enzo developers workshop took place at the end of a week that started with a users workshop where a number of students and new users came and learned some ins and outs of Enzo. Like with Enzo, a lot of what we're trying to do with yt is break the distinction between users and developers. I think a good way to do that is to devote at least a little time to helping newer yt users get more familiar with the code and then encourage them to stick around when we turn the discussion to development. I wouldn't mind seeing this happen on its own, but I agree with Matt that that may be a couple years off. In the mean time, piggy backing off of a meeting that is bringing together people with numerical simulations on their minds is probably a pretty good start. Could we try for this some time in the spring?<br>
<br>Britton<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Matthew Turk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matthewturk@gmail.com">matthewturk@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi Marcel, Casey, Chris,<br>
<br>
Marcel: The Enzo workshop is at Columbia, in NYC, from Oct 12-15.<br>
<br>
So after about a week, I think it is becoming clear that there's<br>
*some* interest in a workshop, but that perhaps it isn't quite yet to<br>
critical mass. For an in-person workshop, either standalone or<br>
piggy-backing on a larger workshop/conference, to be a success I think<br>
we would need some kind of participation from both new<br>
users/developers as well as more experienced participants. I think<br>
trying to get this all together this fall might be rushing it a bit.<br>
<br>
Perhaps we could try for a virtual workshop, or to try to piggy back<br>
on a conference sometime later this fall or next year. HIPACC runs a<br>
series of conferences and there will also be Enzo workshops next year<br>
(at which one could find several yt developers.) I've heard rumors of<br>
the Enzo workshops being in CA or CO, which are a bit more centrally<br>
located for some attendees.<br>
<br>
That being said, I think there's enough interest that we could<br>
definitely set up (and find a tiny bit of money for) a few small (2-4<br>
people) collaboration "workshops" or meetings. I think it would be<br>
great if some day we could have a full workshop / conference, but I<br>
think it's still a bit early for that.<br>
<br>
Thoughts from anyone?<br>
<br>
-Matt<br>
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On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Marcel Haas <<a href="mailto:mhaas@stsci.edu">mhaas@stsci.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> I would be very interested in this. It will definitely give me a good start<br>
> in the direction of trying to get yt compatible with particle-based<br>
> simulations. I do, however, not have funding available for trips like this<br>
> from our group's grant. I might try other sources, but money isn't something<br>
> readily available nowadays…<br>
> When/where is that Enzo conference?<br>
><br>
> Cheers, Marcel<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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> From: Christopher Moody <<a href="mailto:juxtaposicion@gmail.com">juxtaposicion@gmail.com</a>><br>
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> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:03:05 -0700<br>
> To: yt-dev <<a href="mailto:yt-dev@lists.spacepope.org">yt-dev@lists.spacepope.org</a>><br>
> Subject: [Yt-dev] Interest in a yt Workshop?<br>
><br>
> Hi all,<br>
> Earlier today I sent an email on yt-users list mistakenly reporting that<br>
> there was a yt users' & developers' conference. Now at the moment there<br>
> isn't one, but after having spoken to Matt a bit, we realized that maybe<br>
> that's not a bad idea.<br>
> We came up with a few questions:<br>
> 1. Virtual or real workshop?<br>
> 2. What should be the goals?<br>
> 3. How many people would be interested, and how many could come?<br>
> 4. Funding sources?<br>
> We were tentatively considering piggy-backing the Enzo conference, but<br>
> adding two days before it.<br>
> Thoughts?<br>
> chris<br>
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