Hello, William Stein, Fernando Perez, and I are founding a non-profit foundation for mathematical and scientific research computing. Our purpose is to ensure unrestricted access to the best computational tools for research and education in mathematics, science, and engineering. Our aim is to do this primarily by fostering existing efforts and communities. The foundation will initially focus on Python, rather than other languages for scientific computing such as R or Scilab. Despite this initial focus on Python, the foundation's mission will not be merely to promote the use of Python in science.
Please join us for our first event on June 25th at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) in Berkeley, CA. The workshop is free and lunch is provided. In order to make sure that we have enough food, we are requiring anyone who wants to attend to RSVP by the end of the day Wednesday, June 23rd by sending an email to jarrod.millman+orcp2...@gmail.com. For more details, please see: http://drupal.mscomp.org/orcp2010 Thanks, Jarrod -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/
