events planning

[lucaferranti]

December / January

• something related to advent of code
• Since Juliacon submission deadline is on December 18th January 15th, if someone else is submitting, we could have a pizza evening to finalize our submissions or similar support group event

Development series

• November 2022: first episode: basic julia package structure and development workflow, environments, testing documentation etc.
• Future episodes ideas
  • leftovers from first episode (e.g. not sure we can get much into documenter etc.)
  • debugging (Debugger.jl, Infiltrator.jl, etc.)
  • profiling and performance tips enhancement
  • parallel programming
  • working with Pluto.jl
  • ???

cc @FabsOliveira @trappmartin

[henry2004y]

Are we going to have something in Jan 2023?

[lucaferranti]

Hi, I have been a little busy this month and didn't manage to organize it :(

I dont know if we can arrange something for January anymore, but maybe if we aim for february and start planning now? What do you think?

cc @FabsOliveira

[FabsOliveira]

Hi guys, Sorry I left the ball drop on this. I am applying to an ERC grant and it has sucked all of my time. But the deadline is now on the 02.02, so things should ease then. Let’s make a Feb event. @ferranti ***@***.***>, maybe we could wrap up what you prepared? Otherwise, what could we do? Best, F. Fabricio Oliveira
 Associate Professor Systems Analysis Laboratory
 Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis
 Aalto University, School of Science ***@***.******@***.***> gamma-opt.aalto.fi<https://gamma-opt.aalto.fi/> Otakaari 1 F, Room Y219, Espoo PO Box 11100, FI-00076 AALTO Finland From: Luca Ferranti ***@***.***> Date: Thursday, 26. January 2023 at 17.01 To: julia-users-helsinki/julia-users-helsinki.github.io ***@***.***> Cc: Oliveira Fabricio ***@***.***>, Mention ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [julia-users-helsinki/julia-users-helsinki.github.io] events planning (Issue #4) Hi, I have been a little busy this month and didn't manage to organize it :( I dont know if we can arrange something for January anymore, but maybe if we aim for february and start planning now? What do you think? cc @FabsOliveira<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FFabsOliveira&data=05%7C01%7Cpinheif2%40aaltofi.mail.onmicrosoft.com%7C7e2e61dc3c6a442f813608daffae3a97%7Cae1a772440414462a6dc538cb199707e%7C1%7C0%7C638103421009603798%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=dvsoMTczfiR1Mt4e6qoEmUE8H2wBUxWp8AF8SoQzBlo%3D&reserved=0> — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fjulia-users-helsinki%2Fjulia-users-helsinki.github.io%2Fissues%2F4%23issuecomment-1405139935&data=05%7C01%7Cpinheif2%40aaltofi.mail.onmicrosoft.com%7C7e2e61dc3c6a442f813608daffae3a97%7Cae1a772440414462a6dc538cb199707e%7C1%7C0%7C638103421009603798%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=xG5a1UZOPjgR%2F1MLs11XtDFla9PjIwzYrhwXZeFcsxo%3D&reserved=0>, or unsubscribe<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnotifications%2Funsubscribe-auth%2FADZS7QFI5QSEB6Y2Y5FTGQ3WUKGUVANCNFSM6AAAAAASMCRE6Y&data=05%7C01%7Cpinheif2%40aaltofi.mail.onmicrosoft.com%7C7e2e61dc3c6a442f813608daffae3a97%7Cae1a772440414462a6dc538cb199707e%7C1%7C0%7C638103421009603798%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5lfKLXibyfCTh3JEZvPLDIrg7x2RfswIFhDgrtzBOFo%3D&reserved=0>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[lucaferranti]

Let’s make a Feb event.[@ferranti](https://github.com/ferranti) @.***>,

You tagged someone else :P, I guess when replying by email github can get tricked by tags.

maybe we could wrap up what you prepared? Otherwise, what could we do?

we could continue with the package development series. iirc, last time we simply went through the general package structure,

some more or less related follow-up themes

• documentation
• debugging tips
• profiling
• working with Pluto
• metaprogramming

other ideas?

[FabsOliveira]

Hi all, Sounds great. Shall we pencil in the date then? Feb 22nd at 15.30h? Best, F. Fabricio Oliveira
 Associate Professor Systems Analysis Laboratory
 Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis
 Aalto University, School of Science ***@***.******@***.***> gamma-opt.aalto.fi<https://gamma-opt.aalto.fi/> Otakaari 1 F, Room Y219, Espoo PO Box 11100, FI-00076 AALTO Finland From: Luca Ferranti ***@***.***> Date: Monday, 30. January 2023 at 18.49 To: julia-users-helsinki/julia-users-helsinki.github.io ***@***.***> Cc: Oliveira Fabricio ***@***.***>, Mention ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [julia-users-helsinki/julia-users-helsinki.github.io] events planning (Issue #4) Let’s make a Feb ***@***.***(https://github.com/ferranti) @.***>, You tagged someone else :P, I guess when replying by email github can get tricked by tags. maybe we could wrap up what you prepared? Otherwise, what could we do? we could continue with the package development series. iirc, last time we simply went through the general package structure, some more or less related follow-up themes · documentation · debugging tips · profiling · working with Pluto other ideas? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fjulia-users-helsinki%2Fjulia-users-helsinki.github.io%2Fissues%2F4%23issuecomment-1408969912&data=05%7C01%7Cpinheif2%40aaltofi.mail.onmicrosoft.com%7Cdbcb446ec6944790387708db02e1ed17%7Cae1a772440414462a6dc538cb199707e%7C1%7C0%7C638106941586712764%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=msulAMof4Qe3H7VMlDET9bDi9ml0NY5iLwdqnBYLNyY%3D&reserved=0>, or unsubscribe<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnotifications%2Funsubscribe-auth%2FADZS7QHOQYVXQCEYDL64UUDWU7WITANCNFSM6AAAAAASMCRE6Y&data=05%7C01%7Cpinheif2%40aaltofi.mail.onmicrosoft.com%7Cdbcb446ec6944790387708db02e1ed17%7Cae1a772440414462a6dc538cb199707e%7C1%7C0%7C638106941586712764%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=wqkpcUq18SML5zDGyYjP8jQ3Bx4mt5dqudp4oREwa9E%3D&reserved=0>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[lucaferranti]

Yes, let's start updating the website!

Any suggestions on what of the topics above to go through?

[trappmartin]

I think debugging and general performance tips (https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/performance-tips/) is always a good topic.

[lucaferranti]

maybe preparing a session about debugging/profiling/optimizing requires a little more preparation work though? We would probably need some meaty enough code examples to have a meaningful demo?

Do you have some example / materials in mind you could use?

Otherwise we could leave that for March so we have more time for preparing it?

[trappmartin]

I think a friend of mine has potentially some old material. I’ll ask, but I’m fairly busy this and next week so probably anyhow good to do it in March instead. Best, Martin Martin Trapp https://trappmartin.github.io Sent from Proton Mail for iOS Am Montag, 6. Februar 2023 um 14:47, Luca Ferranti ***@***.***> schrieb:

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maybe preparing a session about debugging/profiling/optimizing requires a little more preparation work though? We would probably need some meaty enough code examples to have a meaningful demo? Do you have some example / materials in mind you could use? Otherwise we could leave that for March so we have more time for preparing it? — Reply to this email directly, [view it on GitHub](#4 (comment)), or [unsubscribe](https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AB42Y44FEDBYFN4WK4MPQZ3WWDXFTANCNFSM6AAAAAASMCRE6Y). You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[lucaferranti]

I have old (but not too old) material about metaprogramming which I could reuse this month, so I'd suggest the following:

1. this month metaprogramming 101
2. next month @trappmartin can give the optimization / performance session (I dont want to monopolize the stage :P )

what do you think?

[henry2004y]

what do you think?

Sounds great! Personally I would also like to learn when metaprogramming is advantegeous over other approaches for the same tasks. I heard the advice "avoid it if you can" from Steven Johnson's JuliaCon talk.

[lucaferranti]

I heard the advice "avoid it if you can" from Steven Johnson's JuliaCon talk.

that's indeed a very nice talk where indeed he says that 90% of the time you dont need metaprogramming, but for the 10% when you need it, you really need it!

[lucaferranti]

sooo @FabsOliveira and others, let's start brainstorming to get this back on track after summer break!

some ideas

• greetings from Juliacon: since I'm going to juliacon, I can summarize highlights etc. when I come back (Olli of course welcome to help)
• code optimization: @trappmartin are you still up for this?
• Julia on supercomputers: @jaantollander gave a similar talk at CSC and has been workin on this, he mentioned via email he would be keen on talking about this
• Pluto for teaching: I've been tweaking a lot with Pluto for my own teaching, so I can share my insights on how to use it for nice teaching material, how to build a website like the computational thinking class at MIT and similar. I am also going to Pluto devs meeting in Austria next week, so can also ask someone there if they want to give a talk
• Package development series: We started this after christmas, but if I recall correctly we only went through basic libraries structures, could continue with other topics, e.g.
  • debugging (Debugger, Infiltrator, vscode debugger etc.)
  • debugging 2 (cthulhu, jet, julia compiler internals)
  • developing and hosting documentation
• some sort hackathon

these more "lecture style" talks are ok, but would be nice to also have some social activity, e.g. for the first "back from summer" could have a dinner at fatlizard like the first time or similar. Depending on the weather, also some outdoor activities (nothing fancy, could be as simple as playing some mölkky)

comments

[lucaferranti]

@FabsOliveira @trappmartin what do you think about having the "Greetings from JuliaCon" thing on 30.8?

[trappmartin]

Hi there,
I will probably not find the time to do the code opt thing. I will have to think about what I could do in the future.

The "Greetings from JuliaCon" thing on 30.8 sounds great to me.

And thanks for reanimating this thread!