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author: Katelyn FitzGerald, Teagan King
date: 2024-03-01
tags: tutorial hackathon events
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# 2024 ESDS Annual Event Recap

The [ESDS Events Working Group](https://ncar.github.io/esds/about/#events-working-group)
hosted the 2024 ESDS Annual Event January 18-19th in a hybrid format at the NSF NCAR
Mesa Lab and online.

This blog post shares a brief overview and resources from the event.

## Overview

The two day event consisted of a series of tutorials, office hours, and collaborative
work sessions as well as a talk from our invited speaker to kick off the event. You
can find the [full agenda here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XNZW8NWoF2LaQ4mlo8c06lNnNVJ0ndTG_DfFH8KsatQ/view).

In particular, the goals of the event were to:
* Provide access to introductory and advanced Earth system data science focused tutorials
* Encourage collaboration and open development
* Build a welcoming and inclusive community

## Resources

You can find the [event overview and takeaway slides here](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1S298Owkmf-1XIW9qdtmNmBNzdzx4eT_mRAl8Qj6AzOs/edit?usp=sharing) and all recordings are included on the [event playist on our new ESDS YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuc7P7ox9OMDH7fObktJQ43BVhM2bs5Ft).

Resources from specific events are listed below.

### Invited Talk
Making Datasets Accessible with Pelican - Brian Bockelman ([recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9m2EMQBREQ), [slides](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.25025150.v1))

### Tutorials
Python & Git - Julia Kent, Katelyn FitzGerald, and Cora Schneck ([recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGhYC03ngn8), [slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HrFgZzg08Zb7nyjeLaKBs7sLEBV-MUWCx59YW7T3xhU/edit?usp=drive_link))

Jupyter & Conda at NSF NCAR - Mea Trahan ([recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi8GzKI3QK0), [slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1W2SAG6tDOgYewc0XAlUIRU_La6jON17C4-aXuq8kHGo/edit?usp=sharing))

Xarray - Negin Sobhani ([recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuMRKfctHV4), [slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Us1LwAbQ8aK6ECFAksK2Tz3FpbOLZdkRphJlBxJChkI/edit?usp=drive_link))

Scaling from Single Cored to HPC with Dask - Brian Vanderwende ([recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_twbdxUtvN8), [slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PSuEKiS613mX_NlNonI9MOVI78sr5RAhkv7Hr02DexI/edit?usp=drive_link))

Interactive Unstructured Grids Visualization with UXarray - Orhan Eroglu, Philip Chmielowiec, and Rajeev Jain ([recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOCMSLZrwQs))

3D Visualization with VAPOR - Scott Pearse, Stas Jaroszynski, and Nihanth Cherukuru ([recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkH-gAW-8c0))

### Collaborative Work Time
CUPiD - Teagan King and Mike Levy

Jupyter Notebook Jam Session - Dan Adriaansen

GeoCAT Community Forum - Anissa Zacharias and Katelyn FitzGerald

On-prem Cloud - Nick Cote

Tropical Cyclone Track Extraction from Unstructured Grids - Dave Ahijevych

## Acknowledgements
Thanks to the following individuals who helped make this event happen!

**Events Working Group**: Daniel Adriaansen, Drew Camron, John Clyne, Orhan Eroglu, Katelyn FitzGerald, Falko Judt, Julia Kent, Teagan King, and Mike Levy

**Tutorials**: Julia Kent, Cora Schneck, Katelyn FitzGerald, Mea Trahan, Negin Sobhani, Brian Vanderwende, Orhan Eroglu, Philip Chmielowiec, Scott Pearse, Nihanth Cherukuru, and Stas Jaroszynski

**Collaborative Work Time Hosts**: Mike Levy, Teagan King, Dan Adriaansen, Anissa Zacharias, Katelyn FitzGerald, Nick Cote, and Dave Ahijevych

**Support**: Taysia Peterson and staff from Enterprise Multimedia Services (EMMS)

And thanks to everyone for your participation!