[Scipy-organizers] Mini-Symposium Topic Suggestions?

Brett Murphy bmurphy at enthought.com
Fri Nov 8 13:04:24 EST 2013


If I had to choose between Geophysics and trying Boeing's suggestion, I
would prioritize the Boeing one. My 2 cents.

-- Brett


Brett Murphy
Enthought, Inc.
bmurphy at enthought.com
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On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Katy Huff <katyhuff at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks so much for all of this input, everyone!
>
> @mattturk : I also think HEP might have some significant participation. I
> would be curious about the depth of the networks you're aware of. If we end
> up doing an HEP , I may call on you to help us flesh out the field of
> contributors.
>
> @brettmurphy : I think you're right. Especially in the context of a GIS
> main theme, attendees are likely to have simultaneous domain interest in
> geophysics.
>
> @Jonathan : Thanks for this data! This is perfect. I had either forgotten
> or completely missed that we collected this. This will be very helpful in
> guiding our choices. I really appreciate it.
>
> @kylemandli & @andyterrell : Excellent thoughts! I think you're absolutely
> right that an industrial track would be great. If we do this, I will
> definitely call on you to help us flesh out the field of contributors via
> any contacts you have in the domain.
>
> Another suggestion, by Serge, was a "digital humanities" mini symposium.
> Strangely enough, by virtue of being at Berkeley where the D-Lab is
> located, I do know a number of people in various humanities who are using a
> scipy type stack. What do people think about this?
>
> Excellent work, folks! Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. I really
> appreciate all of your input. I think we'll have an excellent program this
> year.
>
> !!
> Katy
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Andy Ray Terrel <andy.terrel at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I think the Industrial use of Python is a much needed complement to
> > the conference.
> >
> > I would actually propose a system where folks can put forward their
> > own domain mini-symposium ideas.  Since we will have an extra day, we
> > need to figure out how we are going to expand in this realm vs more
> > talks vs more bofs.
> >
> > -- Andy
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Kyle Mandli <kyle.mandli at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Contacts of mine from Boeing proposed a mini-symposia on
> > > engineering/manufacturing or industrial use of Python.  They also
> > > volunteered to coordinate the mini-symposia inviting in other from
> > > industry.  Here's the text of the email:
> > >
> > > "We would like to propose a mini-symposia on Engineering/Manufacturing
> > > or Industrial use of Python for SciPy2014. Matt, Trevor, and I
> > > (Nicholas) would be willing to help coordinate this effort, and
> > > present some of our ideas/work/etc. The goal for us would be to
> > > attract other python developers from industry to participate."
> > >
> > > Matt and Nicholas both participated in SciPy last year and found it to
> > > be a rewarding experience and would like to be able to provide a
> > > larger footprint for people in their line of work.  Looking at the
> > > list that Jonathan posted, this would fit under aerospace but I think
> > > their intention was to address in the manufacturing idea in much
> > > broader context.
> > >
> > > Kyle
> > >
> > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 5:08 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
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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