ET Workshop Spring 2012

Spring Einstein Toolkit Workshop 2012

We prepared a flyer, which can be printed or otherwise distributed.

Initial Announcement

The Einstein Toolkit (http://einsteintoolkit.org) will host its spring workshop 2012 following the April APS meeting in Atlanta, GA, from Tuesday, April 3rd 4pm to Friday April 6th noon.

This workshop is targeted at new and potential new users of the relativity infrastructure. It will provide a general introductions into numerical relativity (although some previous knowledge would be beneficial) and in code development within large collaborations. Hands-on sessions will help to familiarize attendees with the Einstein Toolkit. Participants are asked to bring their own laptops. We would like to invite especially students from physics and computer science to participate.

The number of attendees is limited, and while registration is free, it is required. We anticipate to be able to support a small number of participants financially, by covering parts/all of their travel, hotel and meal cost. Preference will be given to students.

In order register, write an email to workshop@einsteintoolkit.org, specify:

• your name, affiliation and title
• your estimated arrival and departure time/date
• whether you apply for support (and if so, state if you are undergraduate / graduate student / postdoc)
• your special needs

Detailed workshop information can be found at https://docs.einsteintoolkit.org/et-docs/ET_Workshop_Spring_2012.

The Einstein Toolkit Consortium.

Spacetime Coordinates and Contact Information

Dates	Tues, 3. April @ 4pm -- Fri, 6. April @ noon
Location	Georgia Tech Student Center, Georgia Tech, Atlanta
Contacts	Workshop email list: workshop@einsteintoolkit.org, emergencies: Frank Löffler (knarf@cct.lsu.edu, +1-225-202-1752) or Tanja Bode (tanja.bode@physics.gatech.edu, +1-814-360-2715)
Hotel	A small block of rooms are reserved at the Hampton Inn Atlanta - Georgia Tech, 244 North Ave NW (404-881-0881). The group rate is $117 per night plus tax (appr. 16%, resulting in a ~$136 rate) and includes a hot breakfast and high speed wireless access. A group web page is available to book online, or you can reserve by phone at 404-881-0881 and ask for the "Einstein Toolkit Workshop" rate. Attendees have until 20. March to reserve. In addition, a small block of rooms are reserved at the Hotel Midtown Atlanta. The group rate is $89 per night for single occupancy, including breakfast and high-speed internet. For an additional person, add $10 (to cover breakfast costs). Though less convenient to either the APS meeting or this workshop, both can be conveniently reached by transit from the Midtown MARTA station a block away. Reservations at this rate can be done by phone only at 404-873-4800.
Transportation - Hotel	The best way to get to the hotels from the airport (or elsewhere) is by taking MARTA's red or gold rail line, which costs $2.50 one-way. The Hotel Midtown Atlanta is a block away from Midtown station. For the Hampton Inn, get off at the North Avenue station. It should take approximately 20 minutes to either station. From North Ave station, walk west for ~0.5 miles or transfer to MARTA bus route 26 to the stop immediately in front of the Hampton Inn.
Transportation - Workshop	The student center is a 5-minute (~1/3 mile) walk [1] from Hampton Inn. From the Hotel Midtown Atlanta, Georgia Tech campus (specifically the student center) can be easily reached by taking the Georgia Tech Trolley (free) from the Midtown MARTA station to its end station.
Transportation - From the APS (Hyatt)	The Workshop is a 1.5 mile walk from the Hyatt where the APS is taking place. The most convenient way to reach the Workshop location on Tuesday is to take MARTA Bus Route 1 from Spring St [2] (a block away from the Hyatt) directly to the workshop hotel.

Participant List

The current participant list as of 19. March 2012 follows, in alphabetical order. Please indicate whether you have already arranged for lodgings so that others looking for hotel roommates may most easily find them. This page is editable in general (though IPs are logged), so please manage your own lodging status.

Name	Affiliation	Lodgings Arranged
Majd Abdelqader	Queens University
Rafael Arañha	Georgia Tech	N/A
Grayson Carroll	Belmont University
Roseanne Cheng	UNC-Chapel Hill
Brett Deaton	Washington University	X
Tehani K. Finch	Howard University
Gary Forrester	UMass Dartmouth	X
Brian Friesen	University of Oklahoma	X
Scott Hawley	Belmont University
Matt Kinsey	GaTech	N/A
Hari Krishnan	LSU	X
Sean McWilliams	Princeton
Prabath Peiris	RIT
Larne Pekowsky	Georgia Tech	N/A
Christian Reisswig	Caltech
Ian Ruchlin	RIT
Carl Rodriguez	CIERA, Northwestern University
Petr Tsatsin	Florida Atlantic University
Alex Vañô Viñuales	University of the Balearic Islands	Share desired, 31. March - 6. April (ok to share only 3.-6. April) (alex.vano@uib.es)
Andrew Vu	Emory University	N/A
Konstantin Yakunin	Florida Atlantic University / ORNL

Below are the ET volunteers who will be presenting or heading parts of the sessions.

Name	Affiliation	Lodgings
Tanja Bode	Georgia Tech	X
Dennis Castleberry	LSU	X
Peter Diener	LSU	X
Josh Faber	RIT
Roland Haas	Caltech	X
Frank Löffler	LSU	X
Bruno Mundim	RIT

In-Workshop Details

Information for participants, useful during the workshop.

Schedule

Schedule