[yt-users] who is interested in a yt workshop?

j s oishi jsoishi at gmail.com
Mon Sep 12 12:28:07 PDT 2011


very likely yes

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Cameron Hummels
<chummels at astro.columbia.edu> wrote:
> Will be there.
>
> On 9/12/11 3:22 PM, Mike Butler wrote:
>>
>> I'm interested, but depends on location/time.
>>
>>> I'm interested.
>>>
>>> -Brian
>>>
>>> On Sep 12, 2011, at 2:34 PM, Britton Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi again everyone,
>>>>
>>>> It seems like there is a decent amount of interest in a yt
>>>> users/developers workshop sometime early in 2010.  It's important to get
>>>> a good estimate of the number of people who might attend.  If you are
>>>> interested in such a workshop as was described in this thread and
>>>> haven't responded, please do so.
>>>>
>>>> Britton
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:48 AM, David Collins
>>>> <dcollins at physics.ucsd.edu>  wrote:
>>>> I'll probably attend as well.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Brian O'Shea<bwoshea at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Britton,
>>>>>
>>>>> To respond to your email:  I am in principle interested in going to
>>>>
>>>> both
>>>>>
>>>>> workshops, depending heavily on location and timing.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Brian
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Britton Smith
>>>>
>>>> <brittonsmith at gmail.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There has been some discussion on the developers list about holding a
>>>>
>>>> yt
>>>>>>
>>>>>> workshop within roughly the next six months.  Ideally, this workshop
>>>>
>>>> would
>>>>>>
>>>>>> have two parts. The first part would focus on education for users,
>>>>
>>>> from
>>>>>>
>>>>>> basic intro to advanced usage, and perhaps spending time helping
>>>>
>>>> users craft
>>>>>>
>>>>>> specific analysis routines.  The second part would focus on
>>>>
>>>> development,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> where we discuss new features we would like the code to have as well
>>>>
>>>> as
>>>>>>
>>>>>> existing parts that are in need of some work, and then we actually
>>>>
>>>> get down
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to working on these thing and coding.  Since one of the main goals of
>>>>
>>>> yt is
>>>>>>
>>>>>> to blur the lines between user and developer, we would try to aim the
>>>>
>>>> end of
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the users portion at understanding yt internals and how best to work
>>>>
>>>> on the
>>>>>>
>>>>>> code.  The goal here would be to make a natural transition between
>>>>
>>>> the two
>>>>>>
>>>>>> parts to maximize the number of people willing to stick around for
>>>>
>>>> the
>>>>>>
>>>>>> development section.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As it's not yet clear what kind of external funding we can get, we
>>>>
>>>> would
>>>>>>
>>>>>> like to make this as accessible as possible.  This probably means
>>>>
>>>> choosing a
>>>>>>
>>>>>> city that is a major airport hub, like Chicago, Detroit, etc.  The
>>>>
>>>> timing
>>>>>>
>>>>>> would be sometime early next year, currently anywhere between late
>>>>
>>>> January
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and say March.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Before any of this can move forward, we really would like to know how
>>>>
>>>> many
>>>>>>
>>>>>> people are actually interested in such a thing.  If you are at all
>>>>>> interested in participating in a yt users/developers workshop, please
>>>>>> respond to this email in at least the following way:
>>>>>> I am [am not] interested in coming to a users workshop.
>>>>>> I am [am not] interested in coming to a developers workshop.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any and all other comments are also welcome, as to timing, location,
>>>>>> content, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Personally, I think this could really be a great thing, but let's
>>>>
>>>> here
>>>>>>
>>>>>> what you think.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Britton
>>>>>>
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