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Phyloinformatics Summer of Code 2011 - Call for student applications
by Hilmar Lapp 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

*** Please disseminate widely at your local institutions, *** *** including posting to message and job boards, so that *** *** we reach as many interested students as possible. *** PHYLOINFORMATICS SUMMER OF CODE 2011 http://informatics.nescent.org/wiki/Phyloinformatics_Summer_of_Code_2011 The Phyloinformatics Summer of Code program provides a unique opportunity for undergraduate, masters, and PhD students to obtain hands-on experience writing and extending open-source software for evolutionary informatics under the mentorship of experienced developers from around the world. The program is the participation of the US National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) as a mentoring organization in the Google Summer of Code(tm) (http://code.google.com/soc/ ). Students in the program will receive a stipend from Google (and possibly more importantly, a T-shirt solely available to successful participants), and may work from their home, or home institution, for the duration of the 3 month program. Each student will have at least one dedicated mentor to show them the ropes and help them complete their project. NESCent is particularly targeting students interested in both evolutionary biology and software development. Initial project ideas are listed on the website. These range from visualizing viral epidemics to 3D protein structure evolution, rich annotation for TreeBASE content, exposing phenotype observations to the Encyclopedia of Life, to enhancing R packages for phylogenetic analysis. All project ideas are flexible and many can be adjusted in scope to match the skills of the student. We also welcome novel project ideas that dovetail with student interests. TO APPLY: Apply online at the Google Summer of Code website (http://socghop.appspot.com/ ), where you will also find GSoC program rules and eligibility requirements. Each organization has a slightly different application format, and ours is at http://bit.ly/PhyloSoC2011-apptemplate. The 12- day application period for students opens on Monday, March 28th, and runs through Friday, April 8th, 2011. INQUIRIES: phylosoc {at} nescent {dot} org. We strongly encourage all interested students to get in touch with us with their ideas as early on as possible. Working closely with potential mentors to develop your project proposal greatly increases your chance for acceptance. Do not underestimate the amount of time it takes to develop a competitive proposal. 2011 NESCent Phyloinformatics Summer of Code: http://informatics.nescent.org/wiki/Phyloinformatics_Summer_of_Code_2011 Google Summer of Code FAQ: http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/faqs --------- Karen Cranston and Hilmar Lapp National Evolutionary Synthesis Center http://nescent.org -- =========================================================== : Hilmar Lapp -:- Durham, NC -:- informatics.nescent.org : ===========================================================

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Reminder: Deadline for full talk abstracts for Conference on Informatics for Phylogenetics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (iEvoBio)
by Hilmar Lapp 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

This is a reminder that the deadline for submitting abstracts for full talks to the 2011 conference on Informatics for Phylogenetics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (iEvoBio) is Friday, March 25, 2011, which is just two days away. Please see http://bit.ly/iEvoBio2011_CfA for the full Call for Abstracts and author instructions. As another reminder, full talks are only 1 of 5 kinds of contributed content that iEvoBio will feature. The other 4 are: 1) Lightning talks (5 mins long), 2) Challenge entries, 3) Software bazaar demonstrations, and 4) Birds-of-a-Feather gatherings. The Call for Challenge entries is also open (see http://ievobio.org/ challenge.html). Tentative submission deadlines are listed on the conference website (http://ievobio.org/program.html#dates). More details about the program and guidelines for contributing content are available at http://ievobio.org. You can also find continuous updates on the conference's Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/ iEvoBio, and there is an announcement-only Google group at http://groups.google.com/group/ievobio-announce . You can use the group's RSS feed (linked from its URL), or join the group to receive announcements by email. iEvoBio is sponsored by the US National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) in partnership with the Society for the Study of Ecolution (SSE) and the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB). Additional support has been provided by the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). The iEvoBio 2011 Organizing Committee: Rob Guralnick (University of Colorado at Boulder) (Co-chair) Cynthia Parr (Encyclopedia of Life) (Co-chair) Dawn Field (UK National Environmental Research Center) Mark Holder (University of Kansas) Hilmar Lapp (NESCent) Rod Page (University of Glasgow)

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Deadline extension for full talk abstracts for Conference on Informatics for Phylogenetics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (iEvoBio)
by Hilmar Lapp 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

The deadline for submitting abstracts for full talks to the inaugural conference on Informatics for Phylogenetics, Evolution, and Biodiversity (iEvoBio) has been extended by one week to Friday, March 25, 2011. We hope that this will give those interested in contributing sufficient time to do so. Please see http://bit.ly/iEvoBio2011_CfA for the full Call for Abstracts and author instructions. We still expect to be able to notify accepted talks in time for the early registration deadline of iEvoBio (and Evolution). More details about the program and guidelines for contributing content are available at http://ievobio.org. You can also find continuous updates on the conference's Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/ iEvoBio, and there is a Google group you can join at http://groups.google.com/group/ievobio-announce to receive announcements. iEvoBio is sponsored by the US National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) in partnership with the Society for the Study of Ecolution (SSE) and the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB). Additional support has been provided by the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). The iEvoBio 2011 Organizing Committee: Rob Guralnick (University of Colorado at Boulder) (Co-chair) Cynthia Parr (Encyclopedia of Life) (Co-chair) Dawn Field (UK National Environmental Research Center) Mark Holder (University of Kansas) Hilmar Lapp (NESCent) Rod Page (University of Glasgow)

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