Hi everyone, I am just starting out as faculty in the region as well (at Fudan University, in Shanghai), so I am happy to get to know the broader community here.
1) I will definitely spread the word about the school around here. 2) I could potentially be interested in hosting the school here, in Shanghai, although I would have to figure out what possibilities there are for funding, space, &c &c. I just moved here < 2 weeks ago, so all is very fresh and unknown. Cheers Luis -- Luis Pedro Coelho | Fudan University | http://luispedro.org PS: https://ilovesymposia.com/2018/08/30/summer-school-announcement-2nd-advanced-scientific-programming-in-python-aspp-asia-pacific/ says that the deadline for applications is in 2017, which I assume is a typo. On Wed, 12 Sep 2018, at 5:34 AM, Juan Nunez-Iglesias via discuss wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'd like to issue two relevant requests to this discussion: for similar > reasons to those specified in Anelda's original post on this thread, I have > tried to bring the Advanced Scientific Programming in Python (ASPP) summer > school, which has had 11 yearly iterations in Europe, to the Asia Pacific > region. Think of ASPP as SWC++, one to several years later, trying to get > self-taught (or SWC-taught) Python scientific programmers to a more advanced > level, with testing, profiling, advanced NumPy, etc. > > Last January we had the first iteration in Melbourne. We had a limited window > in which to advertise, and Australia is hard to get to anyway, so we only had > a couple of non-Australian applications and zero non-Australian(-based) > participants. So I would like to make two requests: > > (1) Could you advertise the next iteration, in Canberra, January 20-27, 2019, > in whatever networks you have in the Asia Pacific region? (I believe Belinda > Weaver might have already sent to this list — thanks Belinda! — but I'm not > sure whether it made it *out* of this list.) Details at > https://scipy-school.org. Japan in particular is a demographic I'd like to > reach since researchers there might have the funds to make it to Australia. > (The course itself is free, courtesy of CSIRO and ANU this year, but students > are responsible for their own travel and accommodation.) > > (2) If anyone is interested or knows someone who is interested in hosting the > 2020 school in a non-Australian institute in the Asia Pacific region, please > get in touch! I would very much like to take it out of Australia which is > such a challenge to get to, not just with distance but with restrictive > immigration rules. Last January three of our lecturers almost didn't make it > because of visa rules. > > Thank you, > > Juan. > > PS: I wrote a bit more about the history of the school here: > https://ilovesymposia.com/2018/08/30/summer-school-announcement-2nd-advanced-scientific-programming-in-python-aspp-asia-pacific/ > > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2018, at 12:14 PM, Tom Kelly wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> Thanks for the encouraging responses. The Japanese community has been >> welcoming but they're difficult to track down, even those able to >> communicate in English prefer to write in Japanese (including organising >> events and societies). The language barrier is as much a challenge as the >> different working culture. >> >> My main contact with them has been through the @Tokyo_R_Community (they post >> on Twitter in Japanese) that holds meetings every month or so. >> Unfortunately, Dav will miss the next one (Oct 20; Nov 10) but I encourage >> anyone coming to Japan to check it out. This meeting includes graduate >> students, academics (postdocs and assistant professors), and data scientists >> in industry (including those transitioning to R from other tools). Beginners >> to R and foreigners are welcome. They can also put you in contact with >> groups in other parts of Japan. While they meet as R users, many use other >> tools (e.g., Python, C++, STAN, Git, etc) so I think they'd be a good >> starting point to get momentum with SWC/DC in Japan. They're mainly Data >> Scientists, Statisticians, and Bioinformaticians so I'm not so sure about >> the actual "Tech scene" in Tokyo (although there may be some overlap). >> >> I'm currently working at a national research institute (The RIKEN Centre for >> Integrative Medical Sciences). While I've got a very encouraging boss (who >> even came to see my talk at TokyoR in her own time), it's not a University >> and I have limited time for teaching. We have discussed running internal >> workshops for our postdocs, collaborators, and the students we host but this >> would likely include specialised tools in our field. I'm still interested in >> being involved in SWC but I would likely need to do this in my own time. Due >> to Japanese working culture, we would likely need to hold a workshop over >> the weekend unless we can get support of a university or institute. RIKEN >> does outreach events for the public but we haven't hosted a workshop of this >> nature before. >> >> I may also be able to round up some people from the research institutes and >> universities that I collaborate with. However, I mainly work with wet-lab >> biologists and most of the bioinformatics researchers at my institute are >> foreigners with limited Japanese skills. Therefore I think it's beneficial >> to reach out to groups such as TokyoR, if you know of any others that would >> be great to hear about. Nagoya and Ishikawa are quite far from Yokohama but >> it may be good to hear what they're planning to do there. >> >> I think the language issue is very important and it would be helpful to have >> a Japanese translation of the core lessons. My Japanese skills are still >> limited but I'm organising a team to translate the lesson materials. We're >> currently discussing this with those involved in the Spanish and French >> lessons to get their advice: >> >> https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tdb042c4bc0ecf365/carpentry-lessons-material-in-multiple-spoken-languages >> >> Sorry for a lot of details but I hope that helps to hear what I'm involved >> with. Dav, it would be great to meet while you are here and hear from you're >> experiences in Japan (and elsewhere). I've taught quite a few workshops in >> Australia and New Zealand but I'm relatively new to Japan. I'll contact you >> directly to discuss a time to meet. >> >> Kind Regards, >> >> Tom Kelly >> >> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 12:08 AM Dav Clark <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Thanks for re-activating this thread Tom! >>> >>> In my work as a research consultant, I've been heading out to Japan >>> quarterly to work with an educational company there. Just this week, we >>> actually started talking to folks in the national government about working >>> on technology and methodology in education. >>> >>> *I'll be staying in Yokohama from the 25th and heading out Oct 1*. I'd love >>> to meet with folks about open computational science training if others are >>> available. Certainly, there are good opportunities for collaboration on >>> classroom education at scale that I can share. >>> >>> I know Yan Fan at Code Chrysalis recently created a minor tweet-storm about >>> making it easier for women to get involved in tech in the Tokyo area. I'd >>> love to hear about ways to connect with academic and non-academic folks >>> working on better open analytics training. >>> >>> Best, >>> Dav >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 10:15 AM Chris <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> __ >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> When I first joined The Carpentries to help with Library Carpentry >>>> efforts, we had several threads with people in Japan about starting up The >>>> Carpentries in libraries. 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