Cycle 4 Funding: Performance optimisation (Sinha)

[jdswinbank]

Issue to track progress of Cycle 4 funding request which was approved in #390 .

• Project Description
• Awarded Amount: $10,200 (US)
• Period of Performance: 2024-05-01 through 2025-04-30
• Finance Committee Contact: @jdswinbank
• COTR: TBD

[manodeep]

Thanks John!

I have created opencollective accounts both for my consulting biz and for myself - is there a preference for which one I should be submitting the invoices from?

I am currently finishing up a couple of projects and so won't be able to begin until late-May/early-June. Presumably that also helps if selecting the COTR takes a bit longer than expected.

[manodeep]

@jdswinbank The period of performance has a typo - end date should (presumably) read as 2025-04-30 (and not 2024-04-30)

[jdswinbank]

I have created opencollective accounts both for my consulting biz and for myself - is there a preference for which one I should be submitting the invoices from?

Not from our side! I guess it might have tax implications or something for you, though...

I am currently finishing up a couple of projects and so won't be able to begin until late-May/early-June. Presumably that also helps if selecting the COTR takes a bit longer than expected.

👍

[AnaGabela]

Hi,
Let's get you started on getting a new contract with NumFocus because I think that's gonna take them a little while. Here are the instructions:

Go to https://numfocus.org/rocket
Click on Independent Contractor Registration
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Project: Astropy
Grant: NASA
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Start Date: May 1, 2024-April 30, 2025
Description: Performance optimisation
Project Contact name: Astropy Finance Committee
Project Contact email: [email protected]
Payment method: ACH, Wire Transfer, PayPal
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Please let me know that you have submitted the form so we can keep track of it.

[manodeep]

Thanks @AnaGabela! The description (and potentially the dates) looks like a copy-paste from a different proposal - do you want me to put "Performance optimisation" in the description (and the end-date as Apr 30, 2025)?

[AnaGabela]

Oops... my mistake!
Yes please make the corrections!!

Thanks!

[manodeep]

Done!

[manodeep]

I have started working on the project. Here is the viewable work log that contains the time-log, the initial list of performance issues and my day-to-day work notes.

@jdswinbank @AnaGabela It would be good to have the COTR assigned - presumably I can talk to them about how to identify which issues/modules would benefit the most from a performance boost. (I can make some choices but those may not necessarily be of greatest community benefit)

[AnaGabela]

@manodeep yes we are looking for a COTR for this project. Can you give me some suggestions on who could take this role?
Thanks!

[manodeep]

Thanks, Ana! I don't know the constraints for a COTR - is there a list of potential COTR members? If it helps, I have worked with TomR and Brigitta (but I am unsure if either would be eligible + interested)

[AnaGabela]

Thanks Manodeep, we will discuss onMOnday with the finaance committee and let you know.

[AnaGabela]

Hi.. I just confirmed and @eteq will be the COTR for this project. Feel free to discuss how you will communicate.
Let me know if you have any questions.

[manodeep]

Thanks Ana!

[manodeep]

@AnaGabela I just submitted the invoice for my work done up to Aug. Please let me know if everything looks okay!

[AnaGabela]

@manodeep we just approved it and should all be good now.

[manodeep]

Fantastic - thanks!

[manodeep]

Update: Apologies for the delays at my end but because of life circumstances and starting a new full-time job, I have not been able to spend time on the project since ~Oct. Things should settle down in the next ~2 months and I can work on this again (during non-working hours).

If someone else wants to pick up on the work in the meantime, I am also happy to do a handover. The next steps that I had outlined was about adding function attributes to the C functions and compiling + testing - so should be straightforward for someone familiar with the build system.

[eteq]

Thanks for the update @manodeep ! I suspect no one else will have the bandwidth so you should continue as planned here when you find the time unless we explicitly hear that someone else is going to do it.