[vtkusers] ANN: SciPy 2012: Conference on Scientific Computing with Python

[Matt McCormick]

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/index.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