Gstlal F2F – June 5th-9th

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Travel Info:

Hotels:

Hotel Block @ The Graduate:

  • If you’d like to stay in the hotel block we have set aside, book your hotel room here
  • This hotel is on the edge of downtown with many food options
  • 0.6 mi/11min walk to Whitmore Lab

Hyatt Place State College

  • In Downtown with many food options
  • 0.5 mi/10min walk to Whitmore Lab (where we will meet)

Scholar State College by Hilton

  • Downtown with many food options
  • 0.5 mi/10min walk to Whitmore Lab

Hampton Inn State College

  • Outside of town
  • 1.5 mi to Whitmore

Country Inn and Suites

  • Outside of downtown
  • 2.1 mi to Whitmore

Airbnb

  • There are many Airbnb options this time of year
  • Check distance to Whitmore. Many are outside of the downtown area.

Airports:

SCE (State College Airport)

  • Will have to be picked up and/or uber to downtown State College
  • Can rent a car if desired.
  • Will have to get a connection through PITT, PHIL, Chicago, etc

Pittsburgh and Philadelphia

  • May be able to get direct flight
  • Rent a car for 2-3 hour drive to State College
  • Or catch a Megabus to State College Walmart parking lot (then uber to hotel)

Tentative Schedule:

Every morning: bagels, fruit, coffee

All other meals will not be provided.

We will meet everyday in 113 McAllister - just across the street from Davey Lab, and the HUB.

Monday: Path to GWTC-4

9:00-9:30am Bagels + Coffee

10:00 - 11:30am Offline workflow status +path forward (Divya, Rachael, Cody)

11:30am - 12:00pm Re-whitening dag: status, dev tasks (Becca)

12:00-1:30pm Lunch

1:30-2:00pm Online Rerank status + differences from online (Divya, Prathamesh)

2:00-5:00pm Wishlist rerank feature implementation discussion (all)

Evening: TBD Dinner

Tuesday: Path to GWTC-4 - sprints

9:00-9:30am Bagels + Coffee

9:30am - 12:00pm Assign tasks, breakout into groups

12:00-1:30pm Lunch

1:30 - 5:00pm Continue breakout groups, end of day regroup updates

Evening: TBD Dinner

Wednesday: Rapid PE + Ops

9:00-9:30am Bagels + Coffee

9:30am - 10:00am Pastro + Discussion (Anarya)

10:00am - 11:00am Rapid PE + Discussion (Caitlin, Vinaya)

11:00am - 12:00pm Status of Ops + Discussion (Senior students)

12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch

1:30pm - 3:00pm Break

3:00pm - ?? Dinner + Drinks @ Becca/Divya house

Thursday: Documentation/Long Term Development

10:00am - 10:30am Bagels + Coffee

10:30am - 11:30am Long Term Dev Presentations

11:30am - 12:00pm Review of existing documentation, make a plan for moving forward

12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch

1:30pm - 5:00 pm Break-out documentation/long term dev sprint groups

Evening: TBD Dinner

Friday: Code Sprint

9:30am - 12:00pm Code Sprints

12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch

1:30 - 5:00pm Code Sprints

Evening: