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Hackweek Schedule

Schedule for snowex-hackweek during July 12 to 16, 2021:

Time Zones

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.

DAY 1

Monday July 12

9:00 to 10:00 AM: Introductory Session

10:00 to 10:20 AM: Break

10:20 AM to 11:05 AM: GitHub, Git, JupyterHub

Link to video

Lead Instructor: Joachim Meyer

  • connecting to our shared JupyterHub environment

  • Git/GitHub review

  • learn how to clone tutorials into your working environment

11:05 to 11:30 AM: Break

11:30 AM to 12:15 PM: SnowEx Mission Overview and Datasets

Link to video

Lead Instructors: Megan Mason, Carrie Vuyovich, HP Marshall

  • Welcome by the NASA SnowEx Team Lead (HP Marshall)

  • Overview of SnowEx datasets (Megan Mason and Carrie Vuyovich)

    • sampling design and naming convention

    • methods for data extraction

    • data manipulation and analysis, cal/val

    • creating basic plots

12:15 to 12:30 PM Break

12:30 - 1:50 PM Projects: Introductions and Pitching

Lead Instructors: Anthony Arendt and Charley Haley

1:50 to 2:30 PM: Project Team Breakouts

  • meeting with project teams to get your questions answered


DAY 2

Tuesday July 13

9:00 to 9:30 AM: Project Team Building

Lead Instructors: Charley Haley and Naomi Alterman

Link to video

  • guidance on how to foster an inclusive, fun and productive project team

  • recommended best practices for effective collaboration

  • options for addressing challenges

9:30 to 10:00 AM: GitHub, Git, JupyterHub

Link to video

Lead Instructor: Joachim Meyer

  • recap of material we did not cover on Day 1

10:00 to 10:15 AM: Break

10:15 to 11:00 AM: Vector and Raster Data Analysis: Part 1

Link to video

Lead Instructors: David Shean and Scott Henderson

  • fundamentals of integrating vector and raster data

  • comparing with in situ data

  • projections, regridding, sampling and spatial queries

11:00 to 11:30 AM: NSIDC Data Access

Link to video

Lead Instructor: Amy Steiker

11:30 AM to 12:00 PM: Break

12:00 to 1:00 PM: Databases

Link to video

Lead Instructor: Micah Johnson

  • fundamentals of databases and SQL

  • connecting to the database via QGIS and a Python script

  • performing spatial and temporal queries

  • creating map visualizations of available datasets

  • extract data to a flat file

1:00 PM and later: project work

Helpers available for consultation as needed

2:30 to 3:00 PM: Virtual Happy Hour (optional)

Lead Facilitator: Charley Haley


DAY 3

Wednesday July 14

9:00 to 10:30 AM: Vector and Raster Data Analysis, Part 2

Link to video

Lead Instructors: Scott Henderson and David Shean

10:30 to 11:00 AM: Virtual Coffee Gathering (optional)

Lead Facilitator: Charley Haley

11:00 to 11:45 AM: LiDAR (Parallel Session 1A)

Link to video

Lead Instructors: Clare Webster and Ben Smith

11:00 to 11:45 AM: Thermal IR (Parallel Session 1B)

Link to video

Lead Instructors: Jessica Lundquist and Steven Pestana

12:45 - 1:30 PM: Snow Microstructure (Parallel Session 2A)

Link to video

Lead Instructors: Mike Durand

12:45 - 1:30 PM: GPR (Parallel Session 2B)

Link to video

Lead Instructors: Dan McGrath, Tate Meehan, and Ryan Webb

1:30 PM and later: project work

Helpers available for consultation as needed


DAY 4

Thursday July 15

9:00 to 10:30 AM: Machine Learning

Link to video

Lead Instructors: Ibrahim Olalekan Alabi and Evi Ofekeze

11:00 AM to 12:30 PM: Microwave Radar (Parallel Session 1A)

Link to video

Lead Instructors: Dylan Boyd, Batu Osmanoglu, HP Marshall, Jack Terricone, Scott Henderson

11:00 to 11:45 AM: Modeling (Parallel Session 1B)

Link to video

Lead Instructors: Melissa Wrzesien and Brendan McAndrew

12:00 to 12:30 PM: Camera Data (Parallel Session 1B)

Link to video

Lead Instructors: Cassie Lumbrazo and Katie Breen

1:30 PM and later: project work

Helpers available for consultation as needed


DAY 5

Friday July 16

9:00 to 10:00 AM: Project work / open office hours

Join us in the main zoom room if you have any questions!

10:30 to 11:15 AM: Open Source Software

Link to video

Lead Instructors: Jessica Scheick, Joachim Meyer and Micah Johnson

11:30 AM to 12:00 PM: Evaluation Form

12:30 - 3:00 PM Project Presentations

3:00 - 3:10 PM Closing