[Scipy-organizers] Mini symposia

Fri Feb 14 14:08:55 EST 2014

Great! Maybe we can make sure there is an appropriate description of the
themes somewhere on the site that makes it clear where we want fields like
this to go and it'll be much clearer!

On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Kristen Thyng <kthyng at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the explanation, Katy. I see what you mean, and that makes
> sense. I agree that this sort of community (ocean/atmos/etc) is getting a
> lot of time at the conference, which, of course, I think is great :)
>
> Kristen
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Katy Huff <katyhuff at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sounds great!
>> Katy
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Jonathan Rocher <jrocher at enthought.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry Katy, my email was probably not worded correctly. I am not
>>> complaining and was just asking what conclusion was reached. What you are
>>> describing sounds excellent. And like you say, now we will need to make
>>> abstracts rain in. I will drum up all the people I know. Agreed with Andy
>>> too that a bof could serve as a catalyst for getting them all in the same
>>> room.
>>>
>>> Peace and love :)
>>> Jonathan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Katy Huff <katyhuff at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There was a lot of discussion. Much of it was between Serge and myself,
>>>> but some was on the list and some was on the associated github issue.
>>>> Indeed, Kristen helped us arrive at a main theme name that would do more to
>>>> include things like Atmospherics and Meteorology and Oceanography and
>>>> whatnot. We decided this:
>>>>
>>>> This year we have two special main themes:
>>>>
>>>>    - "Geospatial Data and Science" and
>>>>    - "Scientific Computing Education."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Additionally, there are six domain-specific mini-symposia:
>>>>
>>>>    - "Geophysics,"
>>>>    - "Astronomy and Astrophysics,"
>>>>    - "Bioinformatics",
>>>>    - "Imaging, Vision, and Visualization,"
>>>>    - "Digital Social Science,"
>>>>    - and "Engineering".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Much of the logic came from the survey you sent from last years
>>>> conference, Jonathan. We didn't want to have too many of the same symposia
>>>> twice in a row and the AOS/Meteorology symposium seemed popular enough that
>>>> it should be considered as a main theme.  Finally, GIS people felt left out
>>>> last year, so we thought the main Geospatial Data and Science theme would
>>>> actually *highlight* people in Atmospherics and Oceanography. We also
>>>> thought that geophysics would help to completely cover people in
>>>> atmospherics and whatnot who don't think of themselves as a geospatial
>>>> science. So... your field seems really heavily covered by the themes (all
>>>> told your field will probably have to come up with ~50 abstract
>>>> submissions). I'm a little surprised you guys want a domain symposium
>>>> too...? You can't have the whole conference!
>>>>
>>>> I don't know... there is also the "general" track if that kind of work
>>>> doesn't qualify as "Geospatial Science"?
>>>>
>>>> Katy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Jonathan Rocher <
>>>> jrocher at enthought.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I did hope for a Atmospheric and Oceanic science symposia as well (and
>>>>> just advertized for SciPy at the Python symposium as AMS<http://annual.ametsoc.org/2014/index.cfm/programs-and-events/conferences-and-symposia/fourth-symposium-on-advances-in-modeling-and-analysis-using-python/>).
>>>>> I must have missed the discussion, I am sorry. What has been decided for
>>>>> the mini-symposia? Did we do a poll again this year?
>>>>>
>>>>> I will post something on pyAOS.org to encourage people to submit to
>>>>> these alternate tracks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for following this better!
>>>>> Jonathan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Katy Huff <katyhuff at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Honestly, I do think it's too late. We did hope, just as you're
>>>>>> suggesting,
>>>>>> that the Geospatial Data in Science one would provide a home for a
>>>>>> lot of
>>>>>> oceanography and atmospherics stuff. Maybe some atmospherics will end
>>>>>> up
>>>>>> geophysics too, as you suggest. Sorry!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Kristen Thyng <kthyng at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Hey folks,
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I imagine it is too late to ask this, but is there room in the
>>>>>> schedule for
>>>>>> > an atmospherics/oceanography mini symposium? I think it was
>>>>>> well-attended
>>>>>> > last year and that there would still be interest. If not, we'll
>>>>>> probably
>>>>>> > choose one of the others to be a part of (geophysics, or generally
>>>>>> in the
>>>>>> > geospatial theme).
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Kristen
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > --
>>>>>> > Kristen M. Thyng
>>>>>> > Postdoctoral Research Associate
>>>>>> > Department of Oceanography
>>>>>> > Texas A&M University
>>>>>> > http://kristenthyng.com
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>>>>>
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>>>>> Scientific software developer
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>>> Jonathan Rocher, PhD
>>> Scientific software developer
>>> Enthought, Inc.
>>> jrocher at enthought.com
>>> 1-512-536-1057
>>> http://www.enthought.com
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> --
> Kristen M. Thyng
> Postdoctoral Research Associate
> Department of Oceanography
> Texas A&M University
> http://kristenthyng.com
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