Hi all, We are extending the deadline of the contest to Friday, June 05. We look forward to receiving your submissions to the contest.
John Hunter Excellence in Plotting Contest Co-Chairs Madicken Munk Nelle Varoquaux On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 12:17 AM Madicken Munk <madicken.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > > My apologies for repeated in-list and cross-list posts! > > > I'd like to remind everybody that the 2020 John Hunter Excellence in > Plotting Contest submission deadline is on June 01 -- only a few days away. > We welcome and look forward to your submissions! > > > In memory of John Hunter, we are pleased to announce the John Hunter > Excellence in Plotting Contest for 2020. This open competition aims to > highlight the importance of data visualization to scientific progress and > showcase the capabilities of open source software. > > Participants are invited to submit scientific plots to be judged by a > panel. The winning entries will be announced and displayed at SciPy 2020 or > announced in the John Hunter Excellence in Plotting Contest website and > youtube channel. > > John Hunter’s family are graciously sponsoring cash prizes for the winners > in the following amounts: > > > - > > 1st prize: $1000 > - > > 2nd prize: $750 > - > > 3rd prize: $500 > > > > - > > Entries must be submitted by June 1st to the form at > https://forms.gle/SrexmkDwiAmDc7ej7 > - > > Winners will be announced at Scipy 2020 or publicly on the John Hunter > Excellence in Plotting Contest website and youtube channel > - > > Participants do not need to attend the Scipy conference. > - > > Entries may take the definition of “visualization” rather broadly. > Entries may be, for example, a traditional printed plot, an interactive > visualization for the web, a dashboard, or an animation. > - > > Source code for the plot must be provided, in the form of Python code > and/or a Jupyter notebook, along with a rendering of the plot in a widely > used format. The rendering may be, for example, PDF for print, standalone > HTML and Javascript for an interactive plot, or MPEG-4 for a video. If the > original data can not be shared for reasons of size or licensing, "fake" > data may be substituted, along with an image of the plot using real data. > - > > Each entry must include a 300-500 word abstract describing the plot > and its importance for a general scientific audience. > - > > Entries will be judged on their clarity, innovation and aesthetics, > but most importantly for their effectiveness in communicating a real-world > problem. Entrants are encouraged to submit plots that were used during the > course of research or work, rather than merely being hypothetical. > - > > SciPy and the John Hunter Excellence in Plotting Contest organizers > reserves the right to display any and all entries, whether prize-winning or > not, at the conference, use in any materials or on its website, with > attribution to the original author(s). > - > > Past entries can be found at https://jhepc.github.io/ > - > > Questions regarding the contest can be sent to > jhepc.organiz...@gmail.com > > > John Hunter Excellence in Plotting Contest Co-Chairs > > Madicken Munk > > Nelle Varoquaux >
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