Submitted. Looking forward to making it to JuliaCon this year, speaker or otherwise!
On Monday, February 23, 2015 at 9:46:57 PM UTC-5, Jiahao Chen wrote: > > On behalf of the JuliaCon 2015 Program Committee, it is my pleasure to > announce that the *Call for Participation **for JuliaCon 2015 is now > open.* > > Venue: MIT Ray & Maria Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, > Massachusetts 02139. > > *Call for Participation closes: April 8, 2015, 11:59pm EDT* > *Estimated notification: April 18, 2015* > *JuliaCon dates: June 24 - 28, 2015* > > JuliaCon proposal submission form: link <http://goo.gl/forms/NH6Kkr6n9Y>. > JuliaCon website: juliacon.org (to be updated shortly) > JuliaCon program committee email: [email protected] <javascript:>. > > JuliaCon 2015 is looking for Julia users like you to speak! We’re looking > for talks and workshops about using Julia, whether that means writing a > Julia package or doing your research using Julia. > > *Who will decide the program?* > > The JuliaCon program committee is composed of entirely of volunteer > organizers and can be reached at [email protected] <javascript:> > with any questions or comments. Please limit your submissions to no more > than 3 proposals. > > If you’re having trouble deciding on a topic, please send us an email; > we’re happy to help. > > *What kinds of presentations are we looking for?* > > We are looking for speakers for three types of presentations: regular > talks, lightning talks, and workshops. The types of presentations differ in > the amount of time allotted. > > - Each regular talk will receive *35 minutes* of presentation time and *5 > minutes* for Q&A. > - Each lightning talk will receive *8 minutes* to speak and *2 minutes* > for Q&A. > - Workshops are larger blocks of time which are useful for tutorials, > in-depth presentations of deeper ideas, and hackathons. Each workshop slot > will be given *up to 3 hours*. Please note in your proposal how much > time your workshop will require. > > Speakers are expected to bring their own laptops to connect to the > projectors. > > *What will the audience be like?* > > The audience will be users of Julia, and come from widely varying > backgrounds and interests. They range from professional programmers who > enjoy new languages to professors who use Julia as a tool in their work. > While many Julia users are very comfortable with math and statistics, the > only thing you can consistently assume is that they’ve written some Julia > code before. > > JuliaCon 2015 will also feature a tutorial for new users. > > *What topics are you looking for?* > > As long as it’s about Julia or using Julia, it’s on topic. We’re looking > for talks about work that you’ve already done or have made significant > progress on. Demos are welcome. > > Last year, there were many talks about specific Julia packages. This is a > great way to advertise a package you wrote (or love to use). We want to > know what your package does, how it does it, and how did using Julia affect > your package, for better or worse. > > See the video recordings from last year at juliacon.org to get a feel for > what people presented and what the audience expected. > > If you want to speak but are having trouble coming up with a topic, the > best topics are centered on your experience using Julia. Besides creating > or maintaining a package, your experience teaching Julia or using Julia in > your work or research would also be interesting. We are specifically > interested in your experience with Julia in a classroom setting. > > If you’re looking for presentation ideas, consider talks about: compilers, > runtimes, parallelism, experiences teaching Julia, scientific computing, > and/or visualization. > > *Do you have any tips for filling out the submission form?* > > *Biography:* > > This will be listed on the website when the speakers are announced. This > is a good place to mention if you’ve created a Julia package or maintain > one. > > *Title:* > > Make your title reflect your topic (rather than being clever) Please > reserve “Julia In Production” style titles for experience reports of using > Julia at companies, not research. (customer-facing, revenue-generating, > etc). However, we still do want to hear about using Julia for research, > just don’t use the word production in the title. > > *Abstract:* > > The abstract is a summary of what you wanted to do, what you ended up > doing, the results you obtained, and what you learned from the experience. > This will be listed on the website if your talk is accepted. > > *Special notes:* > > Please note in your submission if: > > - You do not want your presentation recorded and posted on the > JuliaCon website. We plan to record all presentations by default. > - You need additional resources beyond the standard video projector > and laser pointer. (We expect speakers to bring their own laptops unless > you ask for one.) > - You require travel funding to attend JuliaCon. > > > *Support for Speakers* > > Travel funding and conference fee waivers may be available for a limited > group of speakers. Please note in your submission if you will be unable to > attend JuliaCon without funding. > > We look forward to receiving your proposals and seeing you at JuliaCon > 2015 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. > > Yours faithfully, > > Jiahao Chen > JuliaCon 2015 Program Chair > Staff Research Scientist > MIT CSAIL >
