Re: [yt-dev] 2nd yt workshop

I'm happy to organize. I'll send out another e-mail in a little bit. On Oct 11, 2012, at 2:22 PM, Matthew Turk wrote:

Hi Nathan,

That would be great if you would be on the LOC. I think UCSC would be a gorgeous venue for a development workshop.

I see three options:

1) December for everything: give everybody a nice, wintertime California visit. (This option is new!) 2) December for low-key meetup like I mentioned earlier for whoever might be in the area or wants to come, with a proper, funded Development workshop on the March dates. 3) March-only.

I think #2 is the easiest.

Let's do a hangout -- would you be willing to organize it?

-Matt

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Nathan Goldbaum wrote:

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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.

From G.S. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subject: Requests for Proposals Fall '12/Winter '13

Dear Astrophysics faculty, staff and students:

We at the University of California High-Performance AstroComputing Center (UC-HiPACC) are issuing our biannual Call for Proposals for the Fall '12/Winter '13 funding period. A goal of HiPACC's small grants program is to support working groups of UC scientists from multiple campuses to pursue joint projects in computational astrophysics, broadly defined. UC-HiPACC funding can also provide limited matching funding for astrocomputer equipment, and provide career-shaping opportunities for students in which they learn from leading faculty members, master skills not taught on their own campus, line up writers for crucial letters of recommendation, and form other contacts and alliances that can powerfully shape their future careers. [https://mail.google.com/mail/u/2/images/cleardot.gif]

The online application is open. Please go to http://hipacc.ucsc.edu/RFP_Fall2012.html for more information on the Call for Proposals.

Following instructions in the above site, proposers may apply for funding in categories 1-4 (small travel grants, working group grants, matching grants for astrocomputing equipment purchases, innovative initiative grants). Applications may also be submitted for the funding of Undergraduate Summer Astrocomputing Projects.

The deadline for applications is November 9, 2012. Applications will not be accepted after this date. Every effort will be made to notify applicants by December 13, 2012.

Please remember that if you have previously received UC-HiPACC funds, you must include a report with your application which documents the benefits that were realized.

If you have any questions about the application process, do not hesitate to contact us at hipacc@ucsc.edu

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. Please forward this announcement to anyone in astrophysics from UC or DOE labs who may be interested.

Best regards,

Joel Primack, UC-HiPACC Director

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:46 AM, John ZuHone wrote:

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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 wrote:

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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 wrote:

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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 wrote:

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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 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 > > 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=dHpZMjc4czJMQ2MtWERReVd... >> >> -Matt >> >> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Matthew Turk >> >> 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=dHpZMjc4czJMQ2MtWERReVd... >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> 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 >>>> >>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> yt-dev mailing list >>>>>> yt-dev@lists.spacepope.org >>>>>> http://lists.spacepope.org/listinfo.cgi/yt-dev-spacepope.org >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> yt-dev mailing list >>>>> yt-dev@lists.spacepope.org >>>>> http://lists.spacepope.org/listinfo.cgi/yt-dev-spacepope.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> yt-dev mailing list >>>> yt-dev@lists.spacepope.org >>>> http://lists.spacepope.org/listinfo.cgi/yt-dev-spacepope.org >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> yt-dev mailing list >> yt-dev@lists.spacepope.org >> http://lists.spacepope.org/listinfo.cgi/yt-dev-spacepope.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > yt-dev mailing list > yt-dev@lists.spacepope.org > http://lists.spacepope.org/listinfo.cgi/yt-dev-spacepope.org > _______________________________________________ yt-dev mailing list yt-dev@lists.spacepope.org http://lists.spacepope.org/listinfo.cgi/yt-dev-spacepope.org

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