[Scipy-organizers] Mini-Symposium Topic Suggestions?

[Matthew Turk]

Hi Katy,

On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 6:08 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
>
>

I think the 2013 list is quite good; is the idea to continue growing,
or were there any symposia that didn't work as well as had been hoped?
 The debrief suggests the lowest ranked was Medical Imaging, but
lowest here was 3.73 (out of 5) versus the next highest up of 4.08 for
Astro.  (And I attended the Astro mini-Symp and thought it was quite
good and did a good job of bringing new people to the conference.)

Other ideas that come to mind:

 * Add back on Geophysics
 * HEP
 * Computer Vision

-Matt

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