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OctConf 2012 | OctConf 2012 will bring together users and developers for five days in the French Canadian summer. | ||
Please email | Please email Jordi (jordigh@octave.org) with your estimated travel costs if you think you could attend. Also write your name below in the Participants section if you think of attending with high probability. | ||
== Location == | == Location == | ||
Montréal, Québec, Canada. There are a number of venues. There are two possible non-academic venues for having the hacking sessions, and Jordi is also investigating the possibility of having it in an academic setting, perhaps in one of the local universities. | |||
Quick notes about Montréal: a lively city with English and French widely spoken plus many other minority languages. Most business can be conducted in either language. It has four large universities, two Anglophones, McGill, Concordia; and two Francophones: UQAM, and Université de Montréal. The [http://www.crm.umontreal.ca Centre de Recherches Mathematiques] (CRM) is a mathematical centre that brings together researchers from all four universities and many others from Montréal and Canada. | |||
The Montréal summer can be quite hot and humid with some chance of rain. The city has a very serviceable public transportation network of buses and underground trains (metro), so it is quite feasible to get around without renting a car. | |||
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== Dates == | == Dates == | ||
July 16-20, 2012. First two days are intended for newbies and casual users, who may possibly be interested in getting involved in development. Next three days are for code sprints and development. Participants are encouraged to attend for all | July 16-20, 2012. First two days are intended for newbies and casual users, who may possibly be interested in getting involved in development. Next three days are for code sprints and development. Participants are encouraged to attend for all 5 days, but may choose only the first two or last three as convenient. | ||
Possible schedule: | |||
=== Monday === | === Monday === | ||
Introductions, "What is Octave?" talk for a general audience (advertise this a lot in the local scientific computing and engineering communities). Helping with Octave installations, presentations about basic Octave use. | Introductions, "What is Octave?" talk for a general audience (advertise this a lot in the local scientific computing and engineering communities). Helping with Octave installations, presentations about basic Octave use. | ||
=== Tuesday === | === Tuesday === | ||
More advanced Octave use, including calling Octave from C++ code. Minimum C++ knowledge necessary expounded. How to work with development tools (reading the | More advanced Octave use, including calling Octave from C++ code. Minimum C++ knowledge necessary expounded. How to work with development tools (reading the Octave source code, using Mercurial, bug and patch trackers, mailing lists, IRC). | ||
Social event during evening. | Social event during evening. | ||
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Reports. Last code sprint. Farewells. | Reports. Last code sprint. Farewells. | ||
== | == Lodging == | ||
There are several hotels and cheaper lodging in Montréal. Additionally, the universities ([http://www.mcgill.ca/students/housing/summer/ McGill University], [http://www.studioshotel.ca/tarifs.php?lang=en&d=h Université de Montréal]) offer dormitory-style lodgings. The CRM also has [http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/coord/hotels_an.shtml more suggestions]. | |||
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== Participants == | == Participants == | ||
* [http://jordi.inversethought.com Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso] | * [http://jordi.inversethought.com Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso] | ||
* [http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/carbajal/ Juan Pablo Carbajal] | * Joanna Cheng (pending funding and leave) | ||
* [http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/carbajal/ Juan Pablo Carbajal] (pending funding). | |||
* [[User:carandraug|Carnë Draug]] | * [[User:carandraug|Carnë Draug]] | ||
* | * Ben Abbott (possible scheduling conflict) | ||
== Funding == | == Funding == | ||
There | There may be limited funding to cover the travel expenses of selected participants. | ||