Meeting agenda

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2017-11-27

• [EB] [HV] Review of Cosmo/Particle WG
• [MZ] [BG] European ET workshop 2018

2017-11-20

• [RH] [SB] ET tutorial using jupyter: https://www.einsteintoolkit.nationaldataservice.org
• [RH] update mailing list to mailman 3.1
• [RH] RNSID review
• [GDA] Next ET Workshop
• [GDA] Review of ET Facebook page, who else should post?
• [GDA/ZE] First review of new WG: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qiNeVgPlleg6Mjq9WI3iS--IA5o1FbpywAcq1Do_9xI/edit
• [GDA] Review of working groups

2017-11-06

• [RH] status update on the ET tutorial machine [1]
• [RH] status update on the ET Jenkins server and failing tests
• [RH] working groups [2]
• [RH] rework tutorials using methods of software carpentry [3]
• standing item: unanswered emails on list

Meeting minutes are here.

2017-10-30

• [GA] Discussion of the EU ET Workshop -- what worked? what could be improved? where do we archive the google doc and photos etc? planning for next meeting?
• [GA] Working groups: proposed template and groups discussed at the workshop: look at first two pages of https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j12IEY8kH6R33qfXpD5BaDDXLEYdNceEqf9crLupsPs/edit
• [IH] Volunteers to answer unanswered questions on the ET list:
  • Is there any document of TwoPuncture's code?
  • About the thorn Einstein exact
• [HW] code optimization using pop-coe services (https://pop-coe.eu/services)
• [GA] Potential NSF funding opportunity: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18505/nsf18505.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
• [MZ] Change the behaviour of "copy" in CarpetLib/src/operators.hh?

Meeting minutes are here.

2017-10-23

• [ES] Introduce Nix https://nixos.org package manager for building Cactus dependencies
• [EB] Discuss the new ET video channel and how to incorporate it in einsteintoolkit.org
• [GA] Help with code optimization from Prace (email from Helvi)
• [HW] ET "starting body" for new users
• [GA] Discussion of the EU ET Workshop -- what worked? what could be improved? where do we archive the google doc and photos etc?
• [GA] Working groups: proposed template and groups discussed at the workshop: look at first two pages of https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j12IEY8kH6R33qfXpD5BaDDXLEYdNceEqf9crLupsPs/edit
• [GA] Trailer from EdFest: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qiyebml11nqr3r0/EdFest%20Trailer%202017.mp4?dl=0

Meeting minutes are here.

2017-10-16

[This will likely overlap with a LIGO/Virgo announcement]

2017-10-09

no meeting

02-Oct 2017

• [RH] update on Euro ET workshop in Mallorca, Oct 11-14, http://grg.uib.es/EinsteinToolkit2017/
• [RH] thorns for inclusion: GiRaFFE, RNSID. Review status?
• [RH] Jenkins status update
• [RH] Comet lustre data corruption update
• [RH] Next ET release date

Meeting minutes are here.

25-Sep 2017

• The cactusmaint@cactuscode.org email address is the one all users are directed to on cactuscode.org, and it seems to not work. Do we want to fix it, or just steer users to users@einsteintoolkit.org?
• Please send to Gabrielle Allen any pictures or movies that can be used for Edfest. A first version of the movie is here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mpmcwmw6ewdklkf/EdFest.mp4?dl=0
• First working group added to wiki, along with policies, procedures -- suggest that the first meeting of each month includes a review of milestones. I didn't get to work on the others from the SI2 proposal this week :(.

Meeting minutes are here.

18-Sep 2017

• Progress on new tutorial machine setup

Meeting minutes are here.

11-Sep-2017

• Demo of the RunView tool by Anna Neshyba and David Koppelman. This tool uses PAPI and CactusTimers to generate a graphical output (html) of Cactus performance.
• Is it time for a new release of Cactus? The lack of new releases led at least one online user to conclude that Cactus was a dead project. Perhaps we should have a new Cactus release with each release of the ET?
• Creation of a popular book about the science done by the Einstein Toolkit (Steven) -- I was thinking about ways to improve the visibility of the platform and attract new users and/or funding. Coincidentally, I've recently had some experience figuring out how to publish books on various platforms. These days it's fairly straightforward to publish books with no cost as paperback and ebook, or even hardcover. I was thinking that many of the people working on the ET could write a chapter, and I could handle the publishing. One can configure any level of profit for such endeavors, and I would like to suggest zero, since there are probably legal issues with the toolkit actually making money from such a thing. Does this sound like something people would be interested in?
• switch ExternalLibraries over to github: svn checkout https://github.com/rhaas80/GSL

Meeting minutes are here.

28-Aug-2017

• Status update on KNL
• update on Euro ET workshop in Mallorca, Oct 11-14, http://grg.uib.es/EinsteinToolkit2017/
• status of servers at LSU
  • continued use of svn
  • switch ExternalLibraries over to github: svn checkout https://github.com/rhaas80/GSL

Minutes: http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/pipermail/users/2017-August/005739.html

21-Aug-2017

• Progress on tutorial machine at NCSA
• Comments/discussion on updates to the Working Group Document (including procedures) (Gabrielle) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j12IEY8kH6R33qfXpD5BaDDXLEYdNceEqf9crLupsPs

Minutes: http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/pipermail/users/2017-August/005739.html

14-Aug-2017

• Report on ET workshop survey (Nasir Eisty)
• NSF SI2 Project posted (Gabrielle Allen) https://figshare.com/articles/Einstein_Toolkit_Community_Integration_and_Data_Exploration/5306587
• Template for working groups: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j12IEY8kH6R33qfXpD5BaDDXLEYdNceEqf9crLupsPs/edit?usp=sharing
• Discuss new code contributions
  • RNSID

07-Aug-2017

• Report from summer school and workshop:
  • Summer school recordings etc. are here: https://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/NCSAETK2017/setup
• Introduce working groups
• Discuss new code contributions
  • GiRAFFE
  • RNSID
• DataVault updates

Minutes: http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/pipermail/users/2017-August/005706.html