[SciPy-User] Maybe some of you would like to participate

[gintare statkute]

Dear members,

I subscribed recently to these groups and want to offer a brief
introduction, hoping some of you will share my interest.



*Academic Common Extensions (ACE)*

In my contacts with academic developers I have come across many different
initiatives from researchers  and developers at academic institutions who
implement an OpenSocial container for a range of academic projects. Many of
these share common ground among each other or across the OpenSocial spec,
and this aspect of shared functionality in a certain industry is itself
again common for different domains. My objective with ACE is to explore what
common solutions I can create that facilitate these common functionalities
as Common Extensions.



E.g. Typically academic initiatives will facilitate academic profiles,
publications, research funding activities, academic applications,
application citations (citation standard as an extension of gadget/widget
xml), etc.



*My background*

I have 10 years Java server side and web application development experience
(Yale University, hedge fund, in-game advertising and Microsoft) and
recently got involved with OpenSocial. SciVerse is an extension of Shindig
for Elsevier products (roughly 25% of the worlds Science, Technology and
Medical (STM) publications, the world’s largest citation and abstract
database with a user base of 15 million global researchers).



So with this perspective I hope to get involved in some of the discussion
and I would be very excited to hear from people with interest in this angle.

* *

*Cheers,*

*Remko Caprio*

* *

*Apps for Science Challenge* - Elsevier offers $35,000 in prizes and
challenges software

developers to collaborate with librarians and researchers to develop the
best apps

and enhance customer experience. See for more details and eligibility
http://AppsForScience.com <http://appsforscience.com/>.



[image: leaderboard.gif] <http://appsforscience.com/>



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