Count me in as well. Been wanting to tour that building for some time now. Plus, awesome cause. :)
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Jay Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > This is absolutely brilliant. Programmer here saying count me in! > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hey everybody, >> >> Me and Ian had a meeting yesterday with Brian Szklarczuk (who I've CC'ed >> on this email). Brian works at the National Microbiology Laboratory on >> Arlington Street doing a variety of different things. >> >> Some scientists there have developed a project called ALPHA. It's >> designed to be a middleware product that can handle large datasets, and >> has been used for tracking outbreaks like SARS. They're interested in >> doing more with this product, and that's where we come in. >> >> What we'd like to do is have a seminar at the laboratory. It'd consist >> of free pizza, some talks, including a talk about the product and also >> cool bioinformatics talk (like 3d modelling viruses, and other nifty >> stuff like that), a tour of the portions of the lab that we're allowed >> to see, and they've even promised to bring out a hazmat suit that people >> can try on! Did I mention free pizza? >> >> The seminar would have no strings attached, but the idea would be to >> generate interest in ALPHA. With enough interest, we'd plan an actual >> workshop/hack-a-thon day where people could get their hands dirty and >> try using it to solve some kind of problem. My suggestion was that we >> use it to track a zombie apocalypse, and everybody seemed to think that >> could be a fun project. >> >> In my opinion, this would be a lot of fun. It'd also be a great way to >> make new contacts, to put something cool on your resume, to get to see >> one of the coolest buildings in Winnipeg, and, of course, to show >> everybody how awesome SkullSpace is. >> >> Any thoughts? Opinions? Concerns? Feel free to respond to the list, and >> please include Brian in your responses since I don't believe he's >> subscribed. If things go well, we'll pick a date in probably late >> November and promote it jointly with the Laboratory. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Ron >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAlB29YMACgkQ2t2zxlt4g/QQvwCgiNp9tnjBTa5pSExAHAfFZih0 >> 95QAoMde7TUJ4oRP7RmlgzSk7LAwqnaN >> =ijo8 >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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