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

Christine Simpson csimpson at astro.columbia.edu
Mon Sep 12 13:02:40 PDT 2011


I'm interested, depending on time.

On Mon, 2011-09-12 at 13:43 -0600, Hao Xu wrote:
> I am interested.
> 
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         I'm interested.
>         
>         
>         On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Sam Skillman
>         <samskillman at gmail.com> wrote:
>         > interested.
>         >
>         > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Eve Lee
>         <elee at cita.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>         >>
>         >> I'm interested depending on location/time and probably
>         limited by the
>         >> amount of funding.
>         >>
>         >> Best Regards,
>         >>
>         >> Eve
>         >>
>         >> On 09/12/2011 03:28 PM, j s oishi wrote:
>         >>>
>         >>> 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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>         >>>>>>>>
>         >>>>>>>
>         >>>>>>> --
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