yt development workshop, October 16-17, 2014
In conjunction with the Blue Waters Advanced User workshop, we are pleased to invite people who are interested in participating in development of the yt project (yt-project.org) to a two-day hands-on development workshop, focusing on parallel and in situ analysis, stabilizing existing data format frontends, and expanding the capabilities of yt to take advantage of supercomputing resources.
Registration
The registration page is now available for registration.
Accommodations
1200 W. University Ave., Urbana
Use the group name "Blue Waters Workshop" when making your reservations.
The Hampton Inn is within walking distance (less than 1 block) of NCSA and offers free parking.
Check the online Champaign County Visitors Guide for information on Urbana-Champaign accommodations.
Location
Room 1030
NCSA Building
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL 61801
Parking at NCSA
Metered parking is available near the NCSA Building on Clark Street, in the parking garage just north of NCSA, and on other surrounding streets. Rates are $1.00/hour, and all meters accept quarters, dimes, nickels and dollar coins. While you can park all day in the garage, time limits for surrounding streets are usually two hours. There is no attendant in the parking garage, but you do have the option to pay for metered parking in the parking structure by credit card by calling 1-866-234-PARK (7275); the garage is location 4801. For more information, go to paybyphone.com.
Agenda (Subject to Change)
Thursday
Get-to-know-you, deep dive into the code base, breakout groups
Friday
Strategic planning for future direction of code, breakout groups, show-and-tell
