Activities and Outtings


About

Dates: June 7-10, 2022
Location: Atlantic City, NJ
House Info: We have (yet another) giant house in the city (https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/52006759)


Past Events

VIS Summer Camp 2016 in Eugene, Oregon
VIS Summer Camp 2017 in Park City, Utah
VIS Summer Camp 2018 in Denver, CO
VIS Summer Camp 2019 in Nashville, TN
VIS Summer Camp 2021 in Minneapolis, MN

Logistics

Travel to Atlantic City, NJ: We recommend that you arrive on June 7th (Tuesday), any time in the afternoon (we don't know when the check-in time is, but we're guessing some time around 3-4pm). You should plan on leaving on the 10th (Friday), also some time in the morning or early afternoon. The general schedule is that we'll have a social meet-and-greet on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday are full workshop days. On Friday we'll use the morning to clean up and checkout (we assume check-out is around noon).

Travel to camp house: On your own

Address:
17 North Texas Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401



Food: There are restaurants everywhere in Atlantic City.

Rooming Situation: There are 9 bedrooms and 14 beds. Depending on how many people show up we might need to ask folks to share a room.

Cost: NSF will be paying for the house. Depending on the budget other expenses might be covered as well.


Schedule

"Sessions" approximately distribute time into 3 chunks (AA,BB,CC)

In addition, you will decide the content for Wednesday's Unconf. Bring ideas!

*** Disclaimer: The schedule is subject to change ***

Day/Time Activity
Tuesday (Jun 7) Afternoon: Arrive!
Hangout and Reminiscence!!
Check-in time: ??
Wednesday (Jun 8)
8:30AM - 9:30AMBreakfast + opening remarks/ground rules
9:30AM - 12:00PMWhat did you learn since last year?
12:00PM - 2:00PMLunch
2:00PM - 3:10PMSession 1 12-minute talks (Talks 1-4)
50 minutes presentation, 30 minutes QA and discussion
3:40PM - 6:00PMSession 2 12-minute talks (Talks 5-10)
50 minutes presentation, 30 minutes QA and discussion
6:00PM - 6:30PMUnconf Setup and Planning
6:30PM - Dinner
Thursday (Jun 9)
8:30AM - 9:30AMBreakfast + Morning Reflections
9:30AM - 11:00AMUnconf #1 (5,70,15)
11:00AM - 12:30PMUnconf #2 (5,70,15)
12:30PM - 2:00PMLunch
2:00PM - 3:30PMUnconf #3 (5,70,15)
3:30PM - 5:00PMUnconf #4 (5,70,15)
5:00PM - 6:00PMLong Break + Collect Feedback and Thoughts on Future Summer Camps
6:00PM - Dinner
Friday (Jun 10)
8:00AM - 9:30AM Breakfast
10:00AM - Clean up and Leave
Check-out time: ??

Campers

Name Affiliation
Remco Chang Tufts
Kristi Potter National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
Joshua Levine Arizona
Arvind Satyanarayan MIT
Lace Padilla UC Merced
Daniel Haehn UMass Boston
Chris Bryan Arizona State
Morteza Karimzadeh Colorado Boulder
Federico Iuricich Clemson
Yeaseul Kim Wisconsin Madison
Emily Wall Emory
Cindy Xiong UMass Amherst
Wenjin Zhou
New Camper!
UMass Lowell
Dominik Moritz CMU
Carlos Scheidegger
Sends Regrets
R Studio
Carsten Görg
??
Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus