Fish-PACE Hackweek 2025

20 October 2025 - 24 October 2025
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About Fish-PACE Hackweek

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN. Deadline to apply Sept 15, 2025. Apply Now.

New satellite missions for the ocean environment—NASA's PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) launched in February 2024 and the upcoming GeoXO (Geostationary Extended Observations)—are poised to revolutionize ocean color observation by providing much higher spectral resolution and more frequent, near-real-time data. These advanced missions will significantly enhance our ability to monitor dynamic coastal ecosystems, improving both the accuracy and timeliness of environmental assessments and decision-making. In the Fish-PACE hackweek, you will learn to work with the new PACE hyperspectral data and tackle applications for fisheries and ocean ecosystem research.

Hackweeks are participant-driven events that strive to create welcoming spaces for participants to learn new things, build community and gain hands-on experience with collaboration and team science. During Fish-PACE, we will have a combination of science lectures and coding tutorials and group projects (pitched by participants).

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Schedule

All times listed below are UTC -7 (Pacific Daylight Time). Consult this Time Look Up for times in your location.

7:00 - 10:30

East Project Time

10am to 1:30pm ET

Presenter(s)
Ryan Vandermeulen

7:00 - 7:30

East Project Introduction

Welcome, Introductions, & Housekeeping

7:30 - 8:00

East Project Pitching

1 slide pitch

8:30 - 10:00

East Group Project Brainstorming

10:00 - 10:30

East Tutorial

Fish-PACE Hackweek Collaboration via Git and GitHub

10:30 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 11:30

Science Lecture

PACE Mission Overview

11:30 - 12:15

Science Lecture

Hyperspectral Products for Fisheries Applications

12:15 - 12:30

Break

12:30 - 13:00

Coding Tutorial 1

Orientation for the Hackweek JupyterHub

13:00 - 14:00

Coding Tutorial 2

PACE Data Access

14:00 - 14:30

Break

14:30 - 17:30

West Project Time

2:30pm to 5:30pm PT

Presenter(s)
Eli Holmes

14:30 - 15:00

West Project Introduction

Welcome, Introductions, & Housekeeping

15:00 - 15:30

West Project Pitching

1 slide pitch

15:30 - 17:00

West Group Project Brainstorming

17:00 - 17:30

West Tutorial

Fish-PACE Hackweek Collaboration via Git and GitHub

7:00 - 10:30

East Project Time

10am to 1:30pm ET

Presenter(s)
Ryan Vandermeulen

7:00 - 7:30

East Project Group Check-ins

7:30 - 8:00

East GitHub & JupyterHub Q&A

Help with set-up on our infrastructure

8:00 - 10:30

East Group Work Time

10:30 - 11:00

Break

11:00 -11:45

Science Lecture

Harmful Algal Blooms and Hyperspectral Ocean Color Data

11:45 - 12:15

Break

12:15 - 13:00

Coding Tutorial 1

Satellite Data Visualization

13:00 - 13:15

Break

13:15 - 14:00

Coding Tutorial 2

Matchups of in-situ Data with Satellite Data

14:00 - 14:30

Break

14:30 - 17:30

West Project Time

2:30pm to 5:30pm PT

Presenter(s)
Eli Holmes

14:30 - 15:00

West Project Group Check-ins

15:00 - 15:30

West GitHub & JupyterHub Q&A

Help with set-up on our infrastructure

15:30 - 17:30

West Group Work Time

7:00 - 10:30

East Project Time

10am to 1:30pm ET

Presenter(s)
Ryan Vandermeulen

7:00 - 7:15

East Announcements

7:15 - 10:00

East Group Work Time

10:00 - 10:30

East Mid-Week Group Report Outs

Short report to the East groups

10:30 - 11:00

Break

11:00 -11:45

Science Lecture

Phytoplankton Community Composition from Ocean Color

11:45 - 12:15

Break

12:15 - 13:00

Coding Tutorial 1

Phytoplankton Community Composition (MOANA)

13:00 - 13:15

Break

13:15 - 14:00

Coding Tutorial 2

Intro to the SeaDAS package for ocean color data

14:00 - 14:30

Break

14:30 - 17:30

West Project Time

2:30pm to 5:30pm PT

Presenter(s)
Eli Holmes

14:30 - 14:45

West Announcements

14:45 - 17:00

West Group Work Time

17:00 - 17:30

West Mid-Week Group Report Outs

Short report to the West groups

7:00 - 10:30

East Project Time

10am to 1:30pm ET

Presenter(s)
Ryan Vandermeulen

7:00 - 7:30

East Announcements

Check-Ins and Q&A re project presentations

7:30 - 10:30

East Group Work Time

10:30 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 11:45

Science Lecture

Optical Light Fields and Fish Behavior

11:45 - 12:00

Break

12:00 - 12:45

Coding Tutorial 1

Hypercoast for Visualization

12:30 - 12:45

Break

12:45 - 13:30

Coding Tutorial 2

Simple Machine Learning Tasks with Satellite Data

13:30 - 14:00

Break

14:30 - 17:30

West Project Time

2:30pm to 5:30pm PT

Presenter(s)
Eli Holmes

14:00 - 14:30

West Announcements

Check-Ins and Q&A re project presentations

14:30 - 17:30

West Group Work Time

7:00 - 10:30

East & West Project Time

Teams schedule on their own.

10:30 - 11:00

Break

10:30 - 12:00

East Project Presentations

East teams will present their projects to the entire hackweek.

12:00 - 13:00

Break

13:00 - 14:30

West Project Presentations

West teams will present their projects to the entire hackweek.

14:30 - 15:00

HackWeek Wrap-Up

Presenter(s)
Ryan Vandermeulen
Eli Holmes

Meet the team

We will be filling out the hackweek team over February. Applications to join the organizer, tutorial and project mentor team coming soon!
Wu-Jung Lee PhD
NANOOS-UW PI
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Eli Holmes
NMFS Open Science
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Ryan Vandermeulen
NMFS Satellite Coordinator
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Sunny Hospital
PolarWatch Coordinator
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Cara Wilson
Program Lead, CoastWatch and PolarWatch
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Dale Robinson
West Coast Coordinator, CoastWatch
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