[Biopython-dev] Biopython Project Update 2015; was BOSC 2015 Call for Abstracts

Peter Cock p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com
Thu Mar 5 19:18:33 UTC 2015


Who is thinking about attending BOSC 2015 and might like to
present the traditional "Biopython Project Update" short talk
this year?

Thanks,

Peter

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Shameless advert as BOSC co-chair: please come to give a talk
> or poster at BOSC in Dublin this summer (and maybe stay on for
> the full ISMB 2015 conference too?)
>
> Peter
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Nomi Harris <nlharris at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 6:50 PM
> Subject: [Bosc-announce] BOSC 2015 Call for Abstracts
> To: bosc-announce at mailman.open-bio.org, members at open-bio.org, GMOD
> Announcements List <gmod-announce at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Cc: BOSC 2014 <bosc at open-bio.org>
>
>
> Call for Abstracts for the 16th Annual Bioinformatics Open Source
> Conference (BOSC 2015)
> A Special Interest Group (SIG) of ISMB/ECCB 2015
>
> Dates: 10-11 July, 2015
> Location: Dublin, Ireland
> Web site: http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2015
> Email: bosc at open-bio.org
> BOSC announcements mailing list:
> http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/bosc-announce
>
> Important Dates:
> March 24, 2015: Registration opens for ISMB and BOSC
> (https://www.iscb.org/ismb2015-registration)
> April 3, 2015: Deadline for submitting BOSC abstracts
> May 3, 2015: Notification of accepted talk abstracts emailed to authors
> July 8-9, 2015: Codefest 2015, Dublin
> (http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/Codefest_2015)
> July 10-11, 2015: BOSC 2015, Dublin (http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2015)
> July 10-14, 2015: ISMB/ECCB 2015, Dublin
>
> The Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) covers the wide range
> of open source bioinformatics software being developed, and
> encompasses the growing movement of Open Science, with its focus on
> transparency, reproducibility, and data provenance. We welcome
> submissions relating to all aspects of bioinformatics and open science
> software, including new computational methods, reusable software
> components, visualization, interoperability, and other approaches that
> help to advance research in the biomolecular sciences. We particularly
> wish to invite those who have not participated in previous BOSCs to
> join us this year!
>
> Two full days of talks, posters, panel discussions, and informal
> discussion groups will enable BOSC attendees to interact with other
> developers and share ideas and code, as well as learning about some of
> the latest developments in the field of open source bioinformatics.
> BOSC is sponsored by the Open Bioinformatics Foundation, a non-profit,
> volunteer-run group dedicated to promoting the practice and philosophy
> of Open Source software development and Open Science within the
> biological research community.
>
> We invite you to submit one-page abstracts for talks and posters. As
> mentioned, any topics relevant to open source bioinformatics and open
> science are welcome. Here are some potential session topics (but
> please don't feel limited to these!):
>    Open Science and Reproducible Research
>    Standards and Interoperability
>    Data Science
>    Visualization
>    Translational Bioinformatics
>    Bioinformatics Open Source Libraries and Projects
>
> If your company or organization is interested in being a sponsor for
> BOSC 2015, please contact us! Sponsors in 2014 included Google, Eagle
> Genomics, GigaScience, and Curoverse--we thank them for their support.
>
> BOSC 2015 Organizing Committee:
> Nomi Harris and Peter Cock (co-chairs), Raoul Jean Pierre Bonnal, Brad
> Chapman, Robert Davey, Christopher Fields, Sarah Hird, Karsten Hokamp,
> Hilmar Lapp.
> http://www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2015
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