[Scipy-organizers] a clarification and a question regarding talk/poster submission

[Serge Rey]

Hi Mellissa,

Thanks for your interest in the conference. Answers to your queries follow
below.

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 11:53 AM, Mellissa Cross <cros0324 at umn.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> First, the clarification:  on the talk/poster submission guideline page
> <http://scipy2015.scipy.org/ehome/115969/259289/?&>, two parts to
> submission are described:  the Brief Abstract, and the Detailed Abstract.
> On the actual eSelect submission page, however, there is a box for "Talk /
> Poster Abstract", and underneath that is a box for "Talk / Poster Long
> Description".  Does the Brief Abstract correspond to abstract and the
> Detailed Abstract correspond to long description?
>

Yes, your interpretation is correct.


>
> And the question:  one of my abstracts deals with a plotting package I
> designed to use matplotlib to create this
> <
> http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v3/n11/images_article/ncomms2222-f2.jpg
> >
> style
> of plot, which is used heavily in my discipline (paleoclimatology, study of
> past climates) to visualize data in context of other regional and global
> datasets, and would be of interest to other disciplines that have similar
> plotting needs.  Should I submit to the Vision, Visualization, and Imaging
> track, since there is the data visualization element, or the General
> track?  Any advice would be appreciated.
>
>
You can indicate the specific track you feel your work fits best with. If
you are unsure, it would be fine to specify General. We can always move
accepted talks around as the program starts to solidify and we see
 clusters of related themes.


> Thank you!
> Mellissa Cross
>
> Let us know if you have any questions at all.

Best,

Serge (SciPy 2015 program co-chair)

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Sergio (Serge) Rey
Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning
GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation
Arizona State University
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