Data Challenge II

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Data Challenge II
Logo by Stefano Ciprini
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Communication and organisation

• Where to get help
• Where to find out known bugs with the software
  and current releases
• How to communicate your analysis results to
  others how to find out the analyses performed
  by others.
• We want people to be able to share tips, ideas,
  analysis results, code etc with one another

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Mailing lists

• If you have problems installing or running any of
  the analysis software, please send an email to
• helpsoftlist_at_glast.stanford.edu
• If you have something of general interest to
  communicate, please send an email to
• dc2list_at_glast.stanford.edu
• We will send announcements of new software
  releases and general DC2 topics to
• dc2list_at_glast.stanford.edu
• You are probably already on the dc2list mailing
  list (did you get an announcement announcing the
  availability of the software and data just before
  this workshop). Please encourage your colleagues
  to join this mailing list if they could not make
  this workshop, but wish to participate in DC2.

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The Workbook is your friend
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Bugs

• If something doesnt seem to work you can go to a
  webpage listing known bugs to find out if this
  issue has already be raised (and/or addressed).

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Sharing your results

• Confluence page DC2 Analysis results
• Based on analysis topics
• Post results and discussions on specific analysis
  topics
• Find out who else is working (or interested in
  working) on each topic)
• This will only work if people sign up on these
  pages. Please sign up for topics you are
  interested in pursuing!!
• Also listed are the science groups that may
  discuss each topic in their meetings.

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DC2 Analysis Results
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Sharing tips code issues

• Two levels, bugs
• tool gtblah crashes
• Data seem corrupted/wrong
• For these, send mail to helpsoftlist
• Or general issues
• How do I change the colour scale in tool gtblah?
• What is the best time binning for GRB080304222?
• I see this weird bump in the spectrum for object
  x how do I determine if it is real? Does anyone
  else see this
• It would useful to have a tool that gave exposure
  for a position and time interval.
• Written cool script/code and want to share
• Use the DC2 users forum

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DC2 Users Forum
Categories News LAT data issues GBM Data
Issues Science Tools Issues Blazar issues Diffuse
Issues GRB issues Pulsar issues
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DC2 Communication

• We will send regular updates on DC2 status to
  dc2list_at_glast.stanford.edu.
• We will try to have general vrvs meetings every
  2-3 weeks.
• It is likely that many of the science groups will
  be discussing issues related to DC2 in their
  group meetings. This will be a place to find more
  detailed discussions.
• DC2 closeout provisionally scheduled for May
  16-18
• Any other suggestions?