UW Hackweek 2022

XX Month - XX Month Seattle, WA
An awesome learning event.

About UW 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

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Information for Applicants

UW Hackweek 2022 will take place in October 2022 (virtual or in-person TBD). Applications have not yet opened, but should be anticipated in September 2022.

Schedule

All times listed below are UTC -7 (Pacific Daylight Time). You might want to consult this Time Zone Map to figure out times in your location.

8:30 - 9:30

Introductory Session

Welcome and getting to know each other.

Tutorial Lead(s)

9:00 - 10:00

CryoCloud

Getting connected to our shared computational resources.

Tutorial Lead(s)
Tasha Snow

10:00 - 10:30

BREAK

10:30 - 11:00

Best Practices for Collaborative Development

Tutorial Lead(s)

11:00 - 12:00

ICESat-2 Mission Overview and Data

Summary of ICESat-2 datasets, algorithms and science applications.

Tutorial Lead(s)
Ben Smith

12:00 - 13:00

LUNCH

13:00 - 17:00

OPEN PROJECT WORK

8:30 - 10:00

Cloud data access and data formats

Approaches for accessing and subsetting ICESat-2 data in a cloud environment.

Tutorial Lead(s)
Amy Steiker

10:00 - 10:30

BREAK

10:30 - 11:30

Open source development / Object Oriented Programming

Best practices for collaborative coding and object oriented programming.

Tutorial Lead(s)
Romina Piunno

11:30 - 12:00

Group STAND-UP

Demonstration of a daily stand-up as part of your project collaboration.

Tutorial Lead(s)

12:00 - 13:00

LUNCH

13:00 - 17:00

OPEN PROJECT WORK

8:30 - 9:15

Applications: atmosphere

Applications of ICESat-2 data to atmospheric sciences.

Tutorial Lead(s)
Zheng Liu

9:30 - 10:15

Applications: bathymetry

Applications of ICESat-2 data to bathymetric sciences.

Tutorial Lead(s)
Jonathan Markel

10:00 - 10:30

BREAK

10:30 - 11:15

Applications: Land Ice

Applications of ICESat-2 data to studies of land ice.

Tutorial Lead(s)
Tian LI

11:15 - 12:00

Group STAND-UP & OPEN PROJECT WORK

12:00 - 13:00

LUNCH

13:00 - 17:00

OPEN PROJECT WORK

8:30 - 9:15

Applications: inland hydrology

Applications of ICESat-2 data to inland hydrology.

Tutorial Lead(s)
Shamsudeen Yekeen

9:30 - 10:15

Applications: sea ice

Applications of ICESat-2 data to sea ice.

Tutorial Lead(s)
Younghyun Koo

10:00 - 10:30

BREAK

10:30 - 11:15

Applications: snow depth

Applications of ICESat-2 data to snow studies.

Tutorial Lead(s)
Karina Zikan

11:15 - 12:00

Group STAND-UP & OPEN PROJECT WORK

12:00 - 13:00

LUNCH

13:00 - 17:00

OPEN PROJECT WORK

8:30 - 9:30

Openscapes Mentor Breakfast

Exploring mentor training opportunities in collaboration with NASA Openscapes Champions program.

Tutorial Lead(s)

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!
Anthony Arendt
Senior Data Science Fellow
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Charley Haley
Social Strategist and Collaboration Architect
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Don Setiawan
Research Software Engineer
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Jessica Scheick
Research Assistant Professor
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Joachim Meyer
Senior Research Scholar
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Naomi Alterman
Education Consultant
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Scott Henderson
Research Scientist
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