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From: Warren Weckesser
Date: Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 5:30 PM
Subject: [pydata] SciPy 2012 - The Eleventh Annual Conference on
Scientific Computing with Python
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SciPy 2012, the eleventh annual Conference on Scientific Computing
with Python, will be held July 16–21, 2012, in Austin, Texas.
At this conference, novel scientific applications and libraries
related to data acquisition, analysis, dissemination and visualization
using Python are presented. Attended by leading figures from both
academia and industry, it is an excellent opportunity to experience
the cutting edge of scientific software development.
The conference is preceded by two days of tutorials, during which
community experts provide training on several scientific Python
packages. Following the main conference will be two days of coding
sprints.
We invite you to give a talk or present a poster at SciPy 2012.
The list of topics that are appropriate for the conference includes
(but is not limited to):
new Python libraries for science and engineering;
applications of Python in solving scientific or computational problems;
high performance, parallel and GPU computing with Python;
use of Python in science education.
Specialized Tracks
Two specialized tracks run in parallel to the main conference:
High Performance Computing with Python
Whether your algorithm is distributed, threaded, memory intensive or
latency bound, Python is making headway into the problem. We are
looking for performance driven designs and applications in Python.
Candidates include the use of Python within a parallel application,
new architectures, and ways of making traditional applications execute
more efficiently.
Visualization
They say a picture is worth a thousand words--we’re interested in
both! Python provides numerous visualization tools that allow
scientists to show off their work, and we want to know about any new
tools and techniques out there. Come show off your latest graphics,
whether it’s an old library with a slick new feature, a new library
out to challenge the status quo, or simply a beautiful result.
Domain-specific Mini-symposia
Mini-symposia on the following topics are also being organized:
Computational bioinformatics
Meteorology and climatology
Astronomy and astrophysics
Geophysics
Talks, papers and posters
We invite you to take part by submitting a talk or poster abstract.
Instructions are on the conference website:
http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2012/talks.php
Selected talks are included as papers in the peer-reviewed conference
proceedings, to be published online.
Tutorials
Tutorials will be given July 16–17. We invite instructors to submit
proposals for half-day tutorials on topics relevant to scientific
computing with Python. See
http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2012/tutorials.php
for information about submitting a tutorial proposal. To encourage
tutorials of the highest quality, the instructor (or team of
instructors) is given a $1,000 stipend for each half day tutorial.
Student/Community Scholarships
We anticipate providing funding for students and for active members of
the SciPy community who otherwise might not be able to attend the
conference. See
http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2012/student.php
for scholarship application guidelines.
Be a Sponsor
The SciPy conference could not run without the generous support of the
institutions and corporations who share our enthusiasm for Python as a
tool for science. Please consider sponsoring SciPy 2012. For more
information, see
http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2012/sponsor/index.php
Important dates:
Monday, April 30: Talk abstracts and tutorial proposals due.
Monday, May 7: Accepted tutorials announced.
Monday, May 13: Accepted talks announced.
Monday, June 18: Early registration ends. (Price increases after this date.)
Sunday, July 8: Online registration ends.
Monday-Tuesday, July 16 - 17: Tutorials
Wednesday-Thursday, July 18 - July 19: Conference
Friday-Saturday, July 20 - July 21: Sprints
We look forward to seeing you all in Austin this year!
The SciPy 2012 Team
http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2012/organizers.php
