[Users] Mar 23, 2023 ET Telecon Minutes

[Zach Etienne]

Hello all,

As an experiment, I fed Zoom transcripts from our meeting into ChatGPT to
create meeting minutes. The following is an edited version of what it spit
out. My conclusion is that we're not ready for humans to be replaced by
bots for this task.

Attendees: Beyhan, Zachariah, Roland, Samuel, Leo, Steve, Yosef

Topic: Upcoming ET Release
    Summary of discussion: During the Einstein Toolkit telecon, the group
discussed release issues, with particular emphasis on the Elliptica reader.
Beyhan asked about the validation test required for the reader, which has
not been used in any publication. Roland emphasized the need for a
validation test to ensure the reader works for the Einstein Toolkit, and
suggested a low-resolution simulation test. Samuel suggested that the
person proposing the inclusion should do the validation test. Leo suggested
completing the test Roland mentioned before including the reader. The
deadline for reviews is next week.

Topic: Progress on Various Thorns
    Summary of discussion: We discussed the FUKA reader, particle_tracer
updates, and new features for the TwoPunctures thorn. We also discussed
compatibility issues with Kuibit on Python 3.8 seem to be resolved.

Topic: Achieving Compatibility and Support for Ancient Clusters
    Summary of discussion: During the Einstein Toolkit telecon discussion,
Roland Haas mentioned the challenges of achieving compatibility and support
for ancient clusters, and the need to accept different versions of quibet
on different supported clusters. Leo discussed issues with the NRPyElliptic
unit test and modified the test file to improve tolerances, but faced
difficulties with the test suite ignoring the updated values.

Topic: Release name: The group also discussed candidates for the upcoming
release name, including Feynman for future quantum computing in the toolkit
and Schwarzschild for a solution to the Einstein equations. No decision was
made on this topic.

Topic: Next meeting. Peter will be Chair.

-Zach

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Zachariah Etienne
Assoc. Prof. of Physics, U. of Idaho
Adjunct Assoc. Prof. of Physics & Astronomy, West Virginia U.
https://etienneresearch.com
https://blackholesathome.net
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