ICESat-2 Hackweek 2022

21 March - 25 March Zoom
A fully virtual workshop

About The ICESat-2 Hackweek 2022

The ICESat-2 Hackweek is a 5-day collaborative learning experience designed to coalesce people and resources around exploring, creating, and promoting effective computation and analysis workflows for the large and complex data returned by the ATLAS sensor on board NASA's ICESat-2 satellite. We will bring together data managers, maintainers, and users to teach each other about open science practices and software during tutorials and contribute to centrally accessible, shareable tools during project work. Our vision includes creating an inclusive, open space that fosters networking, innovation, and sharing ideas.

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Information for Applicants

Applications closed for 2022

Meet the team

The people on this page have helped organize the hackweek. You'll find a few specializations listed per person if you're wondering who to reach out to during the event!
Jessica Scheick
Research Assistant Professor
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Anthony Arendt
Senior Data Science Fellow
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Charley Haley
Social Strategist and Collaboration Architect
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Scott Henderson
Research Scientist
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Jane Koh
Program Manager
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Don Setiawan
Research Software Engineer
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Naomi Alterman
Education Consultant
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Joachim Meyer
Graduate Student
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Nicoleta Cristea
Research Scientist
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Axel Schweiger
Project Coordination Lead
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Aimee Barciauskas
Data Engineer
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Ben Smith
Research Scientist
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Romina Piunno
Graduate Student
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Daniel Shapero
Senior Research Scientist
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Zachary Fair
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Philipp Arndt
Graduate Student
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Wei Ji Leong
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Tyler Sutterley
Senior Research Scientist
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Tasha Snow
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Mikala Beig
Data support specialist
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Hannah Besso
Graduate Student
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Zheng Liu
Senior Research Scientist
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Ian Joughin
Senior Principal Engineer
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Kelsey Bisson
Research Assistant Professor
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Wilson Sauthoff
Graduate Student
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Schedule

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.

9:00 - 10:00

Welcome to ICESat-2 Hackweek

Zoom

Getting to know each other and setting the stage for our work together.

10:00 - 10:30

Overview of ICESat-2 Mission

Zoom
Tutorial Lead(s)
Tom Neumann

10:30 - 10:45

Movement and coffee break

10:45 - 11:30

Getting Started on Technology

Zoom

Still having trouble with getting any technology going? We’re here to help you debug!

Resource(s)

11:30 - 12:00

Project Ideation

Zoom

A chance to learn about existing project ideas and pitch new ones.

12:00 - 1:00

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00

Formation of Hacking Projects

Zoom

Time to breakout into small groups and find out which project is the best fit for you.

2:00 - 3:00

Project Set up and Logistics

Zoom

Meet your teammates, figure out how/when you want to meet and communicate.

9:00 - 10:00

About ICESat-2 Data

Zoom

A description of ICESat-2 data products, where to find information and how to access data.

Tutorial Lead(s)

10:00 - 10:30

Best Practices for Effective Teamwork

Zoom

This tutorial focuses on the social and organizational aspects of working together effectively in groups.

Tutorial Lead(s)
Resource(s)

10:30 - 10:45

Movement and coffee break

10:45 - 12:00

ICESat-2 Data Access

Zoom

Learning how to access ICESat-2 data using web mapping interfaces and programmatic methods.

Resource(s)

12:00 - 12:45

Lunch

12:45 - 2:00

Object Oriented Programming for Collaborative Development in Python

Zoom

An introduction to writing well-formed modular code to facilitate collaborative programming. - icepyx - working together

Tutorial Lead(s)
Resource(s)

2:00 - 3:00

Project Hacking Time

Zoom

Placeholder for project hacking time whenever works best for your group!

9:00 - 9:30

Geospatial Transformations

Zoom

We’ll learn some of the fundamentals of coordinate reference systems with a focus on those used for ICESat-2 data products.

Resource(s)

9:30 - 10:30

Data Integration - Tools and Techniques

Zoom

In this tutorial we’ll describe how to acquire other satellite and in situ data for comparison with ICESat-2.

Resource(s)

10:30 - 10:45

Movement and coffee break

10:45 - 11:45

Data Visualization

Zoom

Approaches for visualizing ICESat-2 data for quick exploratory analysis as well as for creating publication graphics.

Resource(s)

11:45 - 12:30

Lunch

12:30 - 1:30

Cloud Computing Tools

Zoom

Helping you navigate the various sources and platforms for working with data hosted in the cloud.

Tutorial Lead(s)
Resource(s)

1:30 - 2:00

Detailed Dives

Zoom

We’ll invite participants to co-lead short tutorials going deeper on topics of interest.

2:00 - 3:00

Project Hacking Time

Zoom

Placeholder for project hacking time whenever works best for your group!

9:00 - 10:00

Data Integration - Slide Rule with Raster Data

Zoom

Here we’ll show some case studies of working with ICESat-2 data and comparing it with Greenland velocity data.

Resource(s)

10:00 - 10:15

Movement and coffee break

10:15 - 11:15

Flexible schedule time

Zoom

We’ll fill this time in as we get closer to it. It may include additional content, an opportunity to share code, or something else.

11:15 - 12:15

Data Integration - Advanced Analyses

Zoom

In this tutorial we’ll integrate ICESat-2 data with airborne products, terminus position and other datasets.

Tutorial Lead(s)
Resource(s)

12:15 - 1:00

Lunch

1:00 - 1:30

Detailed Dives

Zoom

1:30 - 3:00

Project Hacking Time

Zoom

Placeholder for project hacking time whenever works best for your group!

9:00 - 10:00

Project work

Zoom

10:00 - 10:15

Movement and coffee break

10:15 - 10:30

Hackweek evaluation

Zoom

We will invite you to complete an evaluation survey so that we can learn how to continue to improve hackweeks in the future.

Tutorial Lead(s)

10:30 - 12:15

Project Presentations

Zoom

12:15 - 1:00

Lunch

1:00 - 2:00

Project Presentations and Hands-on code sharing

Zoom

Now that we’ve shared our presentations, lets share our code in a centralized location!

Tutorial Lead(s)

2:00 - 2:10

Wrap up and gratitude

Zoom

Our Sponsors

eScience Institute
NASA ICESat-2 Mission
Amazon Web Services