Hackweek Schedule
Note: Although the schedule is fairly set, we will still be making occasional updates to it, so please check back!
You may wish to view our Google Calendar for the event.
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.
Monday June 8
9:00 to 10:30 AM: Introductory Session
Lead Instructors: Anthony Arendt and Charley Haley
- Icebreaker
- Provide overall schedule
- Help people get connected
- Explain how will this be different from an in-person event
- Technology overview and check-in on accessibility
- Code of conduct and setting norms of positive learning environments
- Introduction to open-source and open science
- Slides for this talk
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM: ICESat-2 Mission: Satellite, Sensor, and Data
Lead Instructor: Axel Schweiger
Video recording of this session
- Welcome by the NASA Cryosphere Program Manager (Thorsten Markus)
- intro to the ICESat-2 mission (Tom Neumann)
- instrument design, measurement principles, ground tracks
- Slides for this talk
- ICESat-2 data products (Ben Smith)
- overview of product levels, names and potential science uses
- release schedule and products yet to be posted
- Slides for this talk
Tuesday June 9
10:00-11:00 AM: Office hours
- have questions? Need help with the materials so far? Come chat with an instructor during office hours!
Wednesday June 10
Hackweek activities will be cancelled in honor of the Strike for Black Lives and ShutDownSTEM Calls to Action. Wednesday's events have been rescheduled for Thursday, June 11.
Thursday June 11
9:00 to 10:30 AM: Git and GitHub
Lead Instructor: Fernando Perez
Video recording of this session
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Clone this intro-git repository to your local directory to follow along during the tutorial.
11:00 to 12:30 AM: Jupyter and iPython
Lead Instructor: Fernando Perez
Video recording of this session
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Clone this intro-jupyter repository to your local directory to follow along during the tutorial.
12:30 to 1:00 PM: Office hours
- have questions? Need help with the materials so far? Come chat with an instructor during office hours! And of course get in touch on Slack too - we know the continuous sessions could make for a long day, so be sure to take care of yourself and don't feel like you need to attend every moment!
Friday June 12
9:00 to 11:00 AM: overview of python / numpy / pandas / matplotlib / geospatial data processing
Lead Instructor: David Shean
Video recording of this session
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Clone this geospatial-analysis repository to your local directory to follow along during the tutorial.
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core Python tools we will be using throughout the Hackweek
- simple examples using data from the GLAS instrument
11:30 to 12:30 PM: Introduction to ICESat-2 Sea Ice and Land Ice Products and Data Access
Video recording of this session
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Sea ice products: overview of products, algorithms, and parameters for sea ice investigations (Lead Instructor: Alek Petty)
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slides for the sea ice lesson
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Land ice products: overview of products, algorithms, and parameters for land ice investigations (Lead Instructor: Ben Smith)
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ICEsat-2 data access: basic data explore and visualization in OpenAltimetry (Lead Instructors: Jessica Scheick and Amy Steiker)
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slides for the data access lesson
1:00 to 2:00 PM: Introduction to Projects
Lead Instructor: Axel Schweiger
- expectations and how to hack
- how will we break up into project groups on Monday
- overview of existing list of projects
- Examples of 2019 Hackweek Projects
Monday June 15: Hack-day #1
| Time | Activity | Lead |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 to 10:00 AM | tutorial session: Programmatic ICESat-2 data access | Jessica Scheick and Amy Steiker |
| 10:30 to 11:30 AM | tutorial session: Introduction to HDF5 and ICESat-2 data files | Fernando Paolo |
| 11:45 AM to 12:45 PM | project formation | Anthony Arendt |
| 1:30 to 3:00 PM | hacking (instructors available) |
Hacking can continue into other times depending on team availability.
Video recording of data access session
Video recording of data files session
Tuesday June 16: Hack-day #2
| Time | Activity | Lead |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-10:00 AM | tutorial session (concurrent) Land ice applications | Ben Smith |
| 9:00-10:00 AM | tutorial session (concurrent) Sea ice applications | Ellen Buckley |
| 10:15-11:00 AM | tutorial session: Science data generation | Johan Nilsson |
| 11:15-11:45 AM | Virtual stand-up | Charley Haley |
| 12:30 - 2:30 PM | hacking (instructors available) |
Hacking can continue into other times depending on team availability.
Video recording of land ice applications session
Video recording of sea ice applications session
Video recording of Science Data Generation session
Wednesday June 17: Hack-day #3
| Time | Activity | Lead |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-10:30 AM | Machine learning | Yara Mohajerani and Shane Grigsby |
| 11:00-11:30 AM | Virtual stand-up | |
| hacking (instructors available) | 11:30 - 2:00 PM PDT |
Video recording of Machine Learning session
Thursday June 18: Hack-day #4 and Presentations
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:00-11:30 AM | hacking (instructors available) |
| 12:00 - 2:00 PM | group presentations (via Zoom) |