ANN: SciPy 2014 Conference, July 6th - 12th, Austin, TX!

[Juan Nunez-Iglesias]

I very much intend to go, yes. Who am I seeing there??? =)



On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 4:11 AM, Johannes Schönberger <jsch at demuc.de> wrote:

> Does anyone of you plan to go?
>
> On 16.02.2014, at 10:22, Anthony Scopatz <scopatz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello All!
>
> I am pleased to announce that *SciPy 2014*, the thirteenth annual *Scientific
> Computing with Python conference*, will be held this July 6th-12th in
> Austin, Texas. SciPy is a community dedicated to the advancement of
> scientific computing through open source Python software for mathematics,
> science, and engineering. The annual SciPy Conference allows participants
> from all types of organizations to showcase their latest projects, learn
> from skilled users and developers, and collaborate on code development.
>
> For more information please visit our website:
> https://conference.scipy.org/scipy2014/
>
> This year the conference has been extended to include an additional day of
> presentations. During the presentation days SciPy is proud to host the
> following event and talk types:
>
>    - Keynotes
>    - Expert Panels
>    - Short Talks
>    - Poster Presentations
>    - Birds of a Feather Sessions
>
> The full program will consist of two days of tutorials by followed by
> three days of presentations, and concludes with two days of developer
> sprints on projects of interest to attendees. This year, we are excited to
> present a job fair for the first time!
>
> <https://github.com/scipy-conference/scipy-conference/blob/master/mailings/conference_announcement.rst#specialized-tracks>Specialized
> Tracks
>
> This year we are happy to announce two specialized tracks that run in
> parallel to the general conference:
>
> *Scientific Computing in Education*
>
> Thanks to efforts such as Software Carpentry, the Hacker Within and
> grassroots Python Bootcamps, teaching scientific computing as a discipline
> is becoming more widely accepted and recognized as a crucial task in
> developing scientific literacy. This special track will focus on efforts to
> promote and develop scientific computing education, as well as related
> topics such as reproducibility and best practices for scientific computing.
>
> *Geospatial Data in Science*
>
> Python has become a core component of organiziing, understanding, and
> visualizing geospatial data. This track will focus on libraries, tools and
> techniques for processing Geospatial data of all types and for all purposes
> -- from low-volume to high-volume, local and global.
>
> <https://github.com/scipy-conference/scipy-conference/blob/master/mailings/conference_announcement.rst#domain-specific-mini-symposia>Domain-specific
> Mini-symposia
>
> Introduced in 2012, mini-symposia are held to discuss scientific computing
> applied to a specific scientific domain/industry during a half afternoon
> after the general conference. Their goal is to promote industry specific
> libraries and tools, and gather people with similar interests for
> discussions.
>
> Mini-symposia on the following topics will take place this year:
>
>
>    - Astronomy and astrophysics
>    - Bioinformatics
>    - Geophysics
>    - Vision, Visualization, and Imaging
>    - Computational Social Science and Digital Humanities
>    - Engineering
>
> <https://github.com/scipy-conference/scipy-conference/blob/master/mailings/conference_announcement.rst#tutorials>
> Tutorials
>
> Multiple interactive half-day tutorials will be taught by community
> experts. The tutorials provide conceptual and practical coverage of tools
> that have broad interest at both an introductory or advanced level. This
> year, a third track will be added, which target specifically programmers
> with no prior knowledge of scientific python.
>
> <https://github.com/scipy-conference/scipy-conference/blob/master/mailings/conference_announcement.rst#developer-sprints>Developer
> Sprints
>
> A hackathon environment is setup for attendees to work on the core SciPy
> packages or their own personal projects. The conference is an opportunity
> for developers that are usually physically separated to come together and
> engage in highly productive sessions. It is also an occasion for new
> community members to introduce themselves and receive tips from community
> experts. This year, some of the sprints will be scheduled and announced
> ahead of the conference.
>
> <https://github.com/scipy-conference/scipy-conference/blob/master/mailings/conference_announcement.rst#birds-of-a-feather-bof-sessions>Birds-of-a-Feather
> (BOF) Sessions
>
> Birds-of-a-Feather sessions are self-organized discussions that run
> parallel to the main conference. The BOFs sessions cover primary,
> tangential, or unrelated topics in an interactive, discussion setting. This
> year, some of the BOF sessions will be scheduled and announced ahead of the
> conference.
>
> <https://github.com/scipy-conference/scipy-conference/blob/master/mailings/conference_announcement.rst#important-dates>Important
> Dates
>
>    - March 14th: Presentation abstracts, poster, tutorial submission
>    deadline. Application for sponsorship deadline.
>    - April 17th: Speakers selected
>    - April 22nd: Sponsorship acceptance deadline
>    - May 1st: Speaker schedule announced
>    - May 6th, or 150 registrants: Early-bird registration ends
>    - July 6-12th: 2 days of tutorials, 3 days of conference, 2 days of
>    sprints
>
> We look forward to a very exciting conference and hope to see you all in
> Austin this summer!
>
> The SciPy2014 Organizers
>
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