[GTOC9] - Next Steps

[Dario Izzo]

Deal all,

while we all are  frantically watching the leaderboard and the fierce battles happening to get the best possible final rank, let me take a few seconds of your time to remind you of the next events.

After the competition is finished (1st May) I would like to receive a paper describing the teams methods and thoughts on the problem by the following week (8 May). The paper must be in the latex format here described (http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/publications/ActaFutura/ see the downloadable template under Submission guidelines).

This will allow me to try and get the papers of the teams participating to the workshop in the conference proceedings.

I will also accept later papers (from all teams) for inclusion in the special issue of Acta Astronautica and/or online distribution.

Also, during the first week of May, I need to finalize the final workshop schedule (I obtained several concessions to be late, but the organizers are now demanding more info).

For that I would need to know how many teams are intending to participate to the final workshop. For the time being I received confirmation from NUDT and Tsinghua-LAD who will be there if all goes weel with visas applications.

So, to recap, ideally all team leaders should you send me (by the competition end) a mail (use my dario.izzo _AT__ esa.int address) in the format below:

Subject: [GTOC9] - After-the-deadline Plans TEAMNAME

1) We do (do not) intend to submit a paper by the 8th of May.

2) We do (do not) intend to submit a paper at a later stage for the Acta Futura Special Issue

3) We do (do not) intend to participate to the final workshop in Japan.

Good luck to all for the last 5 days which, I am sure, will be breathtaking ....

Dario

P.S. I am so addicted to watch the leaderboard that I will need some rehabilitation once this is over ;)

[Christopher L Ranieri]

Dario,

 

We will not be able to provide a paper for the May 8^th deadline. 

We may consider a paper for the special issue, depending on the deadline for it to be submitted. 

We will not be able to attend the conference in Japan. 

 

Thanks for organizing the competition.  It is a very good problem this year. Sorry we cannot participate more but we need more lead time for us to take part in official workshops or journals.

 

Chris

 

______________________________________

Dr. Chris Ranieri

Manager – Flight Design and Optimization Section

Flight Mechanics Department

Phone (310) 336-3496; Fax (310) 336-5827

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christophe...@aero.org

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[Dario Izzo]

Chris,

thanks for letting me know, I am sorry to hear that you confirm not to be able to attend. I understand the short time and see how this can be a problem for some of the teams.

For all the others teams, please do not use this google group to communicate your workshop / paper participation. Use my use my dario.izzo _AT__ esa.int mail address.

Dario

 

[Ingo Althöfer]

Was the GTOC-9 server slow and finally blocked in the last 10 minutes?

Questions over questions...
Ingo.

[Petropoulos, Anastassios E (392M)]

Dario communicated with me that he is trying to fix it/reset it - midnight oil for him too!