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Talk proposal: PyTransit #22

Open hpparvi opened 10 months ago

hpparvi commented 10 months ago

Name of software library or topic

PyTransit

URL to software repository

https://github.com/hpparvi/PyTransit

Name of person who will give the talk

Hannu Parviainen

Brief abstract

PyTransit is a fast and versatile exoplanet transit modelling package that has been under continuous development since 2009. The package offers an extremely fast numerical transit model, RoadRunner, that can use any radially symmetric function to model stellar limb darkening while still being faster to evaluate than the analytical transit model for quadratic limb darkening. In addition, PyTransit is designed to make the modelling of heterogeneous light curves easy, such as when combining observations from space- and ground-based telescopes observed in different cadences and passbands.

hpparvi commented 10 months ago

Also, I'd prefer to give the talk either in late 2023 or early 2024.

jrenaud90 commented 9 months ago

Hi, @hpparvi! Thank you for your submission. We would love to have you speak at an upcoming exoVAST talk. If you'd like to give it in 2023 then we have 1 spot open during our last session on Dec. 6th at 11am US Eastern. Otherwise, I will need to follow-up with you about what dates are available in 2024.

A note about the format: Your talk will be one of two 20 minute talks with time for questions afterwards. One of the goals of exoVAST is to create a new series of tutorial/informational videos for tools hosted on EMAC that may not already have one. We plan to upload these talks to YouTube and link them to your resource on EMAC so that potential users can get an introduction. I know 20 minutes is not enough time to give a comprehensive tutorial on your resource, but if possible: we are recommending ~half the talk dedicated to the science / history (likely similar to a talk you have given in the past) and the other ~half a small demonstration of your resource. This could just be how to run one small aspect of it, how to install it, anything that you think may, 1) help other scientists be able to use your tool and/or 2) get them excited to check it out. I know live demos can be fraught with problems, so you are welcome to simply have images on a slide show walking through a demo rather than actually running any code.

I know this is a non-traditional format so I would be happy to talk to you more about it! If you are game, then I just need the information found at the end of this message (and which dates you could speak on).

Thank you, Joe

~exoVAST Speaker Form Speaker Name and Affiliation: Speaker Pronouns: Short Speaker Bio: Talk Title: You are okay with the talk being recorded and uploaded to the VAST/EMAC YouTube: ~

jrenaud90 commented 4 months ago

Hi @hpparvi would you be interested in giving a talk at our next exoVAST on March 6th at 11am US EST, 16:00 UTC?

hpparvi commented 4 months ago

Sorry, I’d be happy to, but I’m attending an in-person conference on that day. Please keep me in the loop if you have free slots in the future.

jrenaud90 commented 4 months ago

~No worries! Would you be interested in the same time on the first Wednesday of April or May?~

We currently have ~April 3rd and~ June 5th available @hpparvi !

Cheers, Joe