Hi Jens, everyone, i think that is a great idea. I've also met some students who were interested in learning how to use the Einstein Toolkit but were a bit shy to write to the entire list. So partnering "newbies" with a tutor or arrange for a monthly "how-to" hang-out could be a good way to lower that threshold. I'd be happy to help with that, but how about getting students (like Jens) or young postdocs involved? That would be a good learning exercise for both sides.
cheers, Helvi On 2017-10-18 22:17, Jens Mahlmann wrote: > Dear all, > > regarding the outreach and visibility topic I have one suggestion > concerning the hurdles of getting started with the Einstein Toolkit. > Already two times this year I met people who were rather interested in > the ET but did not know how to get started. > > The initial hurdle of starting with the ET could be lowered, if one > offered for example the contact to a "starting buddy" who agrees to > Skype for example 2 times 30 minutes with somebody who wants to get > started and provides appropriate slides/scripts/examples/tasks to kick > off - also, this might take away the fear to contact the community > with further questions. Alternatively, in a lighter and more > standardized version of this, one could offer a monthly Hangout giving > a "How to get started" presentation and leaving room for Q&A. In any > case, I would be on board for any of these points. > > For tonight my very best from Valencia > > Jens Mahlmann > > On 10/18/2017 07:37 PM, David Radice wrote: > >> Hi Hevli, >> >> let me add, as an example of NS merger simulations done with the ET, >> our (Princeton/Parma/Frankfurt groups) simulations with the WhiskyTHC >> code, which includes microphysical nuclear EOS and neutrinos: >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhS77N0tyEA [2] >> >> Ref. https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.02426 [3] >> >> Cheers, >> >> David >> >>> On Oct 18, 2017, at 6:38 AM, helvi witek <hwi...@icc.ub.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> let me pick up on our discussion on the visibility of the Einstein >>> Toolkit within the LIGO/VIRGO Scientific collaboration, our >>> scientific community in general and the public that we had during the >>> workshop last week. >>> >>> In the end of the week we are opening our traveling exhibition >>> "Unraveling the dark universe" and, as probably many of you these >>> days, we will have a number of outreach talks about gravitational >>> waves. In this context I was looking for animations produced with the >>> toolkit, in addition to the BBH material that I already had from the >>> SXS collaboration, to give more credit to it. >>> >>> I noticed a few things that we could improve >>> - update the gallery on the website. At the moment the only >>> animation of an event is that by Barry for GW150914. It would be nice >>> to have more of a collection for the other events, and in particular >>> for GW170817. As first step we could collect links to the youtube >>> channels of different groups. >>> - that brings me to a second suggestion: should we bundle those >>> animations, e.g., in a ET youtube channel? At the moment, a quick >>> search leads to filmed talks and lectures (which is important, too, >>> of course), but try the same for SXS and you'll get a list of >>> animations by the collaboration. A first step to give more visibility >>> to the toolkit could be to add the logo to the credits. >>> >>> This is essentially to spark some discussion, and if there is >>> interest, we can follow up on it in one of the next calls. >>> >>> cheers, >>> Helvi >>> >>> =========================================== >>> Dr. Helvi Witek >>> Marie-Curie Research Fellow >>> Dep. Fisica Quantica i Astrofisica & ICCUB >>> Universitat de Barcelona >>> =========================================== >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Users mailing list >>> Users@einsteintoolkit.org >>> http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/users [1] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> Users@einsteintoolkit.org >> http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/users [1] > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/users > [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhS77N0tyEA > [3] https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.02426 > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@einsteintoolkit.org > http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/users -- =========================== Dr. Helvi Witek Marie-Curie Research Fellow Dep. Fisica Quantica i Astrofisica Universitat de Barcelona =========================== _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@einsteintoolkit.org http://lists.einsteintoolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/users