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Astro Hack Week 2015 Wiki

The Astro Hack Week will take place from Sept 28 - Oct 2 at New York University. For more information, see the Hack Week Website.

Quick Info

  • This will take place Mon-Thu in Room 905/907 at the Kimmel Center for University Life (The entrance is in Washington Square South; take the lift to the 9th floor.) Note: On Friday, we will be in a different location, the Graduate Exchange Space of the Bobst Library (on the 10th floor). This is right next to the Kimmel Center: enter from Washington Square South. You will not be able to get through the turnstiles, but the security guard will have a list of names of all participants.
  • Doors open at 8:30am each morning (Monday-Friday), and we will start the morning sessions at 9:00am sharp.
  • Thursday evening (from 6:30 pm) there will be drinks + snacks at the NYU Center for Data Science (726 Broadway). The entrance is right behind the NYU Bookstore (map: http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/886392347). The CDS on the 7th floor.
  • The schedule for Astro Hack Week 2015 can be found on the Programme page
  • If you're around Sunday evening Sept 27, we will have an informal meetup at West 3rd Common map, so plan to come by and say hello!
  • For information on wireless access, you can either use Eduroam, if it's available to you, or we'll give you guest access to the NYU network on the first day.

More Information

This wiki is set up for all participants to use, read and edit. All you need is to sign-in with your GitHub account, and you can click the "Edit" button in the upper-right of the page.

If you are registered for the hack week, please take a minute to do the following:

  • Add your name to the Participants List page
  • Have an idea for a project to collaborate on? Add it to the Hackpad
  • New to hacking? There's some guidance here
  • Have some expertise you'd like to share? Let us know at the Breakouts page
  • Interested in New York night life? Add an idea to the Evening Outings page
  • Follow some of the participants on twitter at #AstroHackWeek

The success of this hack week is up to you: come prepared to collaborate on some awesome new topics!