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1 {% extends "index.html" %} |
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2 {% load i18n %} |
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3 {% block siderbar %} |
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5 {% endblock %} |
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6 {% block centercontent %} |
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7 <div class="post"> |
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8 <div class="title"> |
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9 <h2><a href="scope">Scope of the conference:</a></h2> |
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12 <p><strong>Scipy.in </strong>is a conference providing opportunities to spread the use of |
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13 the Python programming language in the Scientific Computing community in |
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14 India. It provides a unique opportunity to interact with the "Who's who" |
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15 of the Python for Scientific Computing fraternity and learn, understand, |
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16 participate and contribute what is happening in the realms of Scientific |
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17 Computing using Python. Attendees of the conference and participants of |
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18 the sprints planned will be able to access and review the tools |
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19 available, apart from learning domain-specific applications and how the |
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20 tools apply to a plethora of application problems.<br> |
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22 One of the goals of the conference is to combine education, engineering, |
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23 and science with computing through the medium of Python and thereby |
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24 extrapolate on how powerful Scientific Computing is in various fields |
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25 and among different communities.</p> |
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31 <h2><a name="theme">Theme</a></h2> |
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32 </div> |
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34 <p>Theme for Conference talks - <strong>"Scientific Python in Action"</strong> with respect to Application and Teaching</p> |
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39 <h2><a name="venue">Venue:</a></h2> |
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42 <p>This conference is organized by <a href="http://fossee.in">"Free/Open source Software in Science and Engineering Education" (FOSSEE)</a> project under the <a href="http://www.sakshat.ac.in/">National Mission on Education (NME)</a> through Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) jointly with <a href="http://fossee.in">SPACE-Kerala </a>. SPACE-Kerala is helping coordinate and organize the conference.<br /> |
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43 The conference is proposed to be held at the Technopark in Trivandrum, keeping in mind accessibility, the number of attendees and the location, among other aspects to be considered.</p> |
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48 <h2><a name="date">Dates</a></h2> |
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51 <p>Its a 6-day program between December 12--17, 2009, comprising of 2 days of conference, 2 days of tutorials with 2 parallel tracks (one specifically for teachers and the other for the general |
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52 public), and 2 days of Sprints.</p> |
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53 <table cellspacing="5"> |
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54 <tr> <td align=center>Date</td><td>Activity</td> </tr> |
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55 <tr > <td align=right>Saturday, Dec. 12 2009</td><td>Conference</td> </tr> |
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56 <tr> <td align=right>Sunday, Dec. 13 2009</td><td>Conference</td> </tr> |
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57 <tr> <td align=right>Monday, Dec. 14 2009</td><td>Tutorials</td> </tr> |
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58 <tr> <td align=right>Tuesday, Dec. 15 2009</td><td>Tutorials</td> </tr> |
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59 <tr> <td align=right>Wednesday, Dec. 16 2009</td><td>Sprint</td> </tr> |
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60 <tr> <td align=right>Thursday, Dec. 17 2009</td><td>Sprint</td> </tr> |
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