October 4-6, 2024
Registration is now closed.
The Jackson School of Geosciences invites students to participate in the first Geoscience Hackathon. The hackathon, organized with the UT Open-Souce Program Office (OSPO) support, will take place on October 4-6 at the Perry Castañeda Library.
Hackathons help develop software programming skills, boost creativity, promote collaboration and networking, and provide opportunities to contribute to open-source projects.
The topic of the 2024 hackathon is computational reproducibility. “Geoscience Papers of the Future” (GPF) refer to publications that include links to and descriptions of datasets, software, and workflows used to generate computational results. Hackathon participants will work in teams under the guidance of mentors to translate previously published historically significant papers into the GPF format. A panel of judges will evaluate the team projects and award prizes.
Both undergraduate and graduate students are welcome. Some software programming experience is required. Because of the limited space, preference will be given to students who register early.
Agenda
| Friday, October 4, 2024 | ||
| 9:00-9:15 | Michael Shensky | Welcome from OSPO |
| 9:15-12:00 | Mentors | Presentations on open source in Geosciences |
| 12:00-1:00 | Catered lunch | |
| 1:00-2:30 | Mentors | Presentations on ideas for projects |
| 2:30-3:00 | Coffee break | |
| 3:00-5:00 | Charlie Dey, Students | Splitting into teams |
| Saturday, October 5, 2024 | ||
| 9:00-12:00 | Teams | Work on projects |
| 12:00-1:00 | Catered lunch | |
| 1:00-2:30 | Teams | Work on projects |
| 2:30-3:00 | Coffee break | |
| 3:00-5:00 | Teams | Work on projects |
| Sunday, October 6, 2024 | ||
| 9:00-12:00 | Teams | Wrapping up projects and preparing presentations |
| 12:00-1:00 | Catered lunch | |
| 1:00-2:30 | Teams | Project presentations |
| 2:30-3:00 | Coffee break | |
| 3:00-5:00 | Judges | Announcement of awards |
Sponsors
Organizing Committee
- Cameron Cummins, Graduate Student
- Charlie Dey, Director of Training & Professional Development at the Texas Advanced Computing Center
- Sergey Fomel, Professor
- Alex Marden, GIS and Geospatial Data Coordinator at UT Libraries
- Ifeanyichukwu Nduka, Postdoctoral Fellow
- Angela Newell, Director of the Open Source Program Office
- Michael Shensky, Head of Research Data Services at UT Libraries
- Zoltán Sylvester, Research Professor
Judges
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Victor Eijkhout (Texas Advanced Computing Center)
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Troy Hawkes (Chevron)
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Zhengxue Li (ConocoPhillips)
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Nadine Miner (Sandia National Labs)
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David Tang (ExxonMobil)
Mentors
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Yangkang Chen (Bureau of Economic Geology)
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Sergey Fomel (Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Bureau of Economic Geology)
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Brendon Hall (SFL Scientific)
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Toti Larson (Bureau of Economic Geology)
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Ben Lasscock (TGS)
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Richard Ketcham (Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences)
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Manmeet Singh (Jackson School of Geosciences)
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Zoltán Sylvester (Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Bureau of Economic Geology)
Prizes
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First Place: $200 per team member
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Second Place: $100 per team member
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Audience Choice: $50 per team member