[Scipy-organizers] Mini-Symposium Topic Suggestions?

[Katy Huff]

On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Brett Murphy <bmurphy at enthought.com> wrote:

> If I had to choose between Geophysics and trying Boeing's suggestion, I
> would prioritize the Boeing one. My 2 cents.
>

Noted.
:)


>
> -- Brett
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> Brett Murphy
> Enthought, Inc.
> bmurphy at enthought.com
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> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Katy Huff <katyhuff at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks so much for all of this input, everyone!
>>
>> @mattturk : I also think HEP might have some significant participation. I
>> would be curious about the depth of the networks you're aware of. If we
>> end
>> up doing an HEP , I may call on you to help us flesh out the field of
>> contributors.
>>
>> @brettmurphy : I think you're right. Especially in the context of a GIS
>> main theme, attendees are likely to have simultaneous domain interest in
>> geophysics.
>>
>> @Jonathan : Thanks for this data! This is perfect. I had either forgotten
>> or completely missed that we collected this. This will be very helpful in
>> guiding our choices. I really appreciate it.
>>
>> @kylemandli & @andyterrell : Excellent thoughts! I think you're absolutely
>> right that an industrial track would be great. If we do this, I will
>> definitely call on you to help us flesh out the field of contributors via
>> any contacts you have in the domain.
>>
>> Another suggestion, by Serge, was a "digital humanities" mini symposium.
>> Strangely enough, by virtue of being at Berkeley where the D-Lab is
>> located, I do know a number of people in various humanities who are using
>> a
>> scipy type stack. What do people think about this?
>>
>> Excellent work, folks! Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. I really
>> appreciate all of your input. I think we'll have an excellent program this
>> year.
>>
>> !!
>> Katy
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Andy Ray Terrel <andy.terrel at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > I think the Industrial use of Python is a much needed complement to
>> > the conference.
>> >
>> > I would actually propose a system where folks can put forward their
>> > own domain mini-symposium ideas.  Since we will have an extra day, we
>> > need to figure out how we are going to expand in this realm vs more
>> > talks vs more bofs.
>> >
>> > -- Andy
>> >
>> > On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Kyle Mandli <kyle.mandli at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > > Contacts of mine from Boeing proposed a mini-symposia on
>> > > engineering/manufacturing or industrial use of Python.  They also
>> > > volunteered to coordinate the mini-symposia inviting in other from
>> > > industry.  Here's the text of the email:
>> > >
>> > > "We would like to propose a mini-symposia on Engineering/Manufacturing
>> > > or Industrial use of Python for SciPy2014. Matt, Trevor, and I
>> > > (Nicholas) would be willing to help coordinate this effort, and
>> > > present some of our ideas/work/etc. The goal for us would be to
>> > > attract other python developers from industry to participate."
>> > >
>> > > Matt and Nicholas both participated in SciPy last year and found it to
>> > > be a rewarding experience and would like to be able to provide a
>> > > larger footprint for people in their line of work.  Looking at the
>> > > list that Jonathan posted, this would fit under aerospace but I think
>> > > their intention was to address in the manufacturing idea in much
>> > > broader context.
>> > >
>> > > Kyle
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 5:08 PM, Katy Huff <katyhuff at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> Hi all,
>> > >>
>> > >> Every year we have a handful of domain-focused mini-symposia in the
>> > SciPy
>> > >> program. The time has come for Serge and I to decide what domains
>> those
>> > >> mini-symposia should focus on and we'd love your input.
>> > >>
>> > >> Does anyone have any suggestions for our consideration? Mini-symposia
>> > are
>> > >> great for domains with growing SciPy communities that we could
>> > highlight in
>> > >> order to encourage their engagement. Mini-symposia are also great for
>> > >> domains that have such a large SciPy presence already that they may
>> > need to
>> > >> be giving their own special place within the conference (think
>> Astro).
>> > >>
>> > >> I'm not emailing to start a cross domain battle, so I hope everyone
>> can
>> > >> please respect the suggestions of your colleagues! We are genuinely
>> > >> interested in unique ideas and will consider anything you have to
>> > suggest!
>> > >>
>> > >> For your perusal, recent mini-symposia have included :
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>    - 2013 :
>> > >>       - Bionformatics
>> > >>       - Astro
>> > >>       - GIS
>> > >>       - Meteorology/Oceanography
>> > >>       - Medical Imaging
>> > >>    - 2012
>> > >>       - Astro
>> > >>       - Geophysics
>> > >>       - Bioinformatics
>> > >>       - Meteorology
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
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