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

[Peter Cock]

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
>
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> From: Nomi Harris <nlharris at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 6:50 PM
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>
> 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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