PACE Hackweek 2024

4 August - 8 August
UMBC, Baltimore, MD
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About PACE Hackweek

Hackweeks are participant-driven events that strive to create welcoming spaces for participants to learn new things, build community and gain hands-on experience with collaboration and team science. PACE Hackweek 2024 will take place in August 2024 (in-person). Applications are closed.

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Schedule

All times listed below are UTC -4 (Eastern Daylight Time). You might want to consult this Time Zone Map to figure out times in your location.

7:30 - 8:30

Breakfast

Breakfast @ True Grits

8:30 - 9:00

Warm-up

Welcome, introductions, housekeeping

Presenter(s)
Anna Windle

9:00 - 9:45

Science Lecture

PACE Mission Overview

Presenter(s)
Jeremy Werdell

9:45 - 10:00

Break

10:00 - 10:50

Coding Tutorial 1

Overview of CryoCloud JupyterHub

Presenter(s)
Tasha Snow

11:00 - 11:50

Coding Tutorial 2

Orientation to Earthdata Cloud Access

Presenter(s)
Anna Windle
James Allen

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

Lunch @ True Grits

13:00 - 13:20

Lecture

Best Practices for Collaborative Development

Presenter(s)
Kelsey Bisson

13:20 - 14:45

Group Project Work

14:45 - 15:00

Break

15:00 - 17:00

Group Project Work

17:00 - 18:00

Dinner

Dinner @ True Grits

18:00 -

Evening Activity

Bob Ross Paint Night

Presenter(s)
Carina Poulin

7:30 - 8:30

Breakfast

Breakfast @ True Grits

8:30 - 9:00

Warm-up

Announcements, Group checkins

9:00 - 9:45

Science Lecture

OCI Oceans

Presenter(s)
Ivona Cetinić
Amir Ibrahim

9:45 - 10:00

Break

10:00 - 12:00

Group Project Work

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

Lunch @ True Grits

13:00 - 13:45

Coding Tutorial 1

Multidimensional data visualization

Presenter(s)
Carina Poulin

14:00 - 14:45

Coding Tutorial 2

Matchups of in situ data with satellite data

Presenter(s)
Anna Windle

14:45 - 15:00

Break

15:00 - 17:00

Group Project Work

17:00 - 18:00

Dinner

Dinner @ True Grits

18:00 -

Evening Activity

Fireside chat with NASA program managers

7:30 - 8:30

Breakfast

Breakfast @ True Grits

8:30 - 9:00

Warm-up

Announcements, Group checkins

9:00 - 9:45

Science Lecture

OCI Atmospheres

Presenter(s)
Andy Sayer
Lorraine Remer

9:45 - 10:00

Break

10:00 - 12:00

Group Project Work

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

Lunch @ True Grits

13:00 - 13:45

Coding Tutorial 1

Collaboration via Git and GitHub

Presenter(s)
Eli Holmes

14:00 - 14:45

Coding Tutorial 2

Using the SeaDAS command line tools (OCSSW)

Presenter(s)
Carina Poulin

14:45 - 15:00

Break

15:00 - 17:00

Group Project Work

17:00 -

Dinner

Crab Feast Dinner @ Patapsco Valley State Park

7:30 - 8:30

Breakfast

Breakfast @ True Grits

8:30 - 9:00

Warm up

Announcements, Group checkins

9:00 - 9:45

Science Lecture

PACE Polarimetry

Presenter(s)
Kirk Knobelspiesse

9:45 - 10:00

Break

10:00 - 12:00

Group Project Work

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

Lunch @ True Grits

13:00 - 13:45

Coding Tutorial 1

Parallel and Larger-than-Memory Computing

Presenter(s)
Ian Carroll

14:00 - 14:45

Coding Tutorial 2

Machine Learning with Satellite Data

Presenter(s)
Sean Foley

14:45 - 15:00

Break

15:00 - 17:00

Group Project Work

17:00 - 18:00

Dinner

Dinner @ True Grits

18:00 -

Evening Activity

PACE Nerd Night

7:30 - 8:30

Breakfast

Breakfast @ True Grits

8:30 - 9:00

Warm up

Announcements, Group checkins

9:00 - 9:45

Science Lecture

Earth System Modeling and Assimilation

Presenter(s)
Cecile Rousseaux

9:45 - 10:00

Break

10:00 - 12:00

Group Project Work

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch

Lunch @ True Grits

13:00 - 13:45

Coding Tutorial

Environments and Containers for Reusable Projects

Presenter(s)
Patrick Gray

14:00 - 17:00

Project Presentations

17:00 - 18:00

Dinner

Dinner @ True Grits

18:00 -

Evening Activity

PACE Trivia

Meet the team

The people on this page have helped organize the hackweek. You'll find a few specializations listed per person if you're wondering who to reach out to during the event!
Anna Windle
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Ian Carroll
Research Scientist
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Jeremy Werdell
Research Scientist
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Carina Poulin
Scientific Designer
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Amir Ibrahim
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Andy Sayer
Senior research scientist
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Cecile Rousseaux
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Eli Holmes
Research Scientist
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Guoqing Wang
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Ivona Cetinić
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James Allen
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Kelsey Bisson
Program Scientist
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Kirk Knobelspiesse
PACE Polarimeter Lead
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Lorraine Remer
Research Professor
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Meng Gao
Data Scientist
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Patrick Gray
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Pengwang Zhai
Associate Professor
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Sean Foley
Data Scientist
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Tasha Snow
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