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[[File:octconf2017.jpg|thumb|left|500px|Participants OctConf 2017 first day]]
OctConf 2017 will take place at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland for three days from March 20 through March 22.  
 
We are happy to announce the upcoming Octave Conference 2017 to be held at [http://home.cern CERN], near Geneva, Switzerland, from March 20th until March 22nd. The Local Organising Committee is happy and proud that CERN will host this event for at least two reasons: Octave [2] is a fundamental tool of analysis and research for hundreds of CERN scientists; Octave and CERN share and promote the same values of openness, cooperation, diversity, quality and commitment.
 
The three-day event will be an opportunity for sharing experiences, planning the future of Octave and promoting its use among the scientific community and beyond. There will two open sessions on Monday and Tuesday showcasing Octave and some interesting and successful Octave stories.
To register officially, please use the CERN conference manager [https://indico.cern.ch/event/609833/ Indico].
To register officially, please use the CERN conference manager [https://indico.cern.ch/event/609833/ Indico].
In addition, *please* add your name to the Participants section of this page so we can plan appropriately.
In addition, *please* add your name to the Participants section of this page so we can plan appropriately.
We are hopeful that the key members of the Octave development team will make it, both from oversea and from Europe. You can find more updated information on the programme in the [https://indico.cern.ch/event/609833 CERN's OctConf webpage] and in here.
'''Dates''': The conference will run for three days from Monday, March 20th through Wednesday, March 22nd.


== Location ==
== Location ==


=== Geneva, Switzerland ===
=== Venue ===
The upcoming Octconf 2017 will take place at [http://home.cern/ CERN] (European Center for Nuclear Research)
The upcoming Octconf 2017 will take place at [http://home.cern/ CERN] (European Center for Nuclear Research)


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Founded in 1954, the CERN laboratory sits astride the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva. It was one of Europe's first joint ventures and now has 22 member states.
Founded in 1954, the CERN laboratory sits astride the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva. It was one of Europe's first joint ventures and now has 22 member states.


=== Social activities ===
=== Travelling ===
The information below is taken from [http://visit.cern/exhibitions/how-get-cern CERN instructions].
Please check that link for further details.
 
[http://visit.cern/sites/visits.web.cern.ch/files/files/exhibitions/access-map.pdf How to get to CERN infographics]
 
    CERN Reception - Meyrin
 
    CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research
    385 route de Meyrin
    CH-1217 Meyrin - Geneva
    Switzerland
 
* GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 46.2314284
 
Longitude: 6.0539718
 
 
==== By train ====
Coming from the Geneva railway station at Cornavin
 
Tram - Take the number 18 tram to "CERN" which is the final stop at the CERN entrance.
 
Ticket costs 3 CHF full-fare / 2 CHF reduced-fare (Ticket "Tout Genève" on the ticket machine).
 
See the [http://www.tpg.ch/ TPG] web site for full details.
 
==== By car ====
 
* From Switzerland
 
Follow signs for "Aéroport", "Lyon" and "Meyrin".
 
Once you are in Meyrin, follow signs for "St. Genis" (which is just beyond the border, in France).
 
Before reaching St Genis, the CERN site is on your left on "Route de Meyrin", just before you reach the border.
 
* From France (département of Ain)
 
Follow signs for "Gex" or "St. Genis".
When you reach the border, CERN is on your right immediately after passing through customs.
 
See [http://visit.cern/exhibitions/how-get-cern-car Parking] for parking information.
 
==== By plane ====
Coming from the Geneva International Airport at Cointrin
 
Taxi - approximately 35CHF.
 
Bus - First take a public transport ticket from the machine you will find at the exit to the baggage collection hall, just before customs control. Then:
 
Option 1: Take bus Y direction "CERN" and get off at the CERN stop opposite the large Globe and the CERN site.
 
Option 2: Take bus 23, 28 or 57 and get off at the stop "Blandonnet" and then catch the Tram number 18, final stop "CERN".
 
See the [http://www.tpg.ch/ TPG] web site for full details.
 
== Dates ==


Two social events have been foreseen, besides the coffee and the lunch breaks:
The conference will run for three days from Monday, March 20th through Wednesday, March 22nd.
* A unique visit to [http://visit.cern/tours CERN]
* A [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fondue Fondue] dinner down-town Geneva


== Suggestions for Sessions ==
== Suggestions for Sessions ==
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=== Schedule ===
=== Schedule ===
During the daytime: CERN offers many areas where people can socialize and/or discuss, informally. For instance, the CERN main restaurant is open until 23:00 (11:00 PM).
During the daytime: CERN offers many areas where people can socialize and/or discuss, informally. For instance, the CERN main restaurant is open until 23:00 (11:00 PM).
The [https://indico.cern.ch/event/609833/timetable/#20170320 indico timetable] will be used as the official schedule. This one here should mirror that one.


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       <tr>
         <td>9:00-9:30</td>
         <td>9:00-9:30</td>
         <td>Registration - IT Amphitheatre Coffee Area, CERN</td>
         <td>Open Slot</td>
         <td>GSoC project: Exponential Integrators<br/>(Chiara Segala)</td>
         <td>Open Slot</td>
         <td rowspan="2">Unconference</td>
         <td rowspan="2">Unconference</td>
       </tr>
       </tr>
       <tr>
       <tr>
         <td>9:30-9:40</td>
         <td>9:30-10:00</td>
         <td>Welcome to CERN and Conference info</td>
         <td>Open Slot</td>
         <td rowspan="2">SOCIS project: Improve iterative methods for sparse linear systems<br/>(Cristiano Dorigo)</td>
         <td>Open Slot</td>
       </tr>
       </tr>
       <tr>
       <tr>
         <td>9:40-10:10</td>
         <td>10:00-10:15</td>
         <td>Octave for N dimensions and microscope image processing (Carnë Draug / David Miguel Susano Pinto)</td>
         <td><strong>Coffee</strong></td>
         <td rowspan="6">Visit to CERN sites</td>
         <td><strong>Coffee</strong></td>
 
        <td><strong>Coffee</strong></td>
       </tr>
       </tr>
       <tr>
       <tr>
         <td>10:10-10:30</td>
         <td>10:15-10:50</td>
         <td>Octave for Particle Accelerator Performance Optimization<br/>(Andrea Latina)</td>
         <td>Open Slot</td>
         <td rowspan="2"><strong>Discussion and Coffee</strong></td>
        <td>Open Slot</td>
         <td rowspan="4">Unconference</td>
       </tr>
       </tr>
       <tr>
       <tr>
         <td>10:30-11:00</td>
         <td>10:50-11:25</td>
         <td><strong>Coffee</strong></td>
         <td>[https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/XREFpublish.html publish] your code with Octave (Kai T. Ohlhus)</td>
        <td>Open Slot</td>
       </tr>
       </tr>
       <tr>
       <tr>
         <td>11:00-11:30</td>
         <td>11:25-12:00</td>
         <td>[https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/interpreter/XREFpublish.html publish] your code with Octave (Kai T. Ohlhus)</td>
         <td>GSoC project: ode15{i,s}<br/>(Francesco Faccio)</td>
         <td rowspan="2">Support of free software in public institutions: the KiCad case (Javier Serrano)<br/> KiCad demo (Tomasz Wlostowski) </td>
         <td>Open Slot</td>
    </tr>
      </tr>
       <tr>
       <tr>
         <td>11:30-12:00</td>
         <td>12:00-12:30</td>
         <td>Open slot</td>
        <td><strong>Discussion</strong></td>
         <td><strong>Discussion</strong></td>
       </tr>
       </tr>
       <tr>
       <tr>
        <td>12:00-12:45</td>
         <td><br/>12:30-14:00<br/><br/></td>
        <td><strong>Discussion and Group Photo</strong></td>
        <td>GSoC project: ode15{i,s} and The future of the Neural Network package<br/>(Francesco Faccio)</td>
    </tr>
      <tr>
         <td><br/>12:45-14:00<br/><br/></td>
         <td><strong>Lunch</strong></td>
         <td><strong>Lunch</strong></td>
         <td><strong>Lunch</strong></td>
         <td><strong>Lunch</strong></td>
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       </tr>
       <tr>
       <tr>
         <td>14:00-14:30</td>
         <td>14:00-14:35</td>
         <td rowspan="2">25 Years of Octave: Recent Developments and Future Directions<br/>(John W. Eaton)</td>
         <td rowspan="3">Open Slot (Pleanry session: CERN main auditorium)</td>
         <td>Technical overview of user code parallelization (Olaf Till)</td>
         <td rowspan="3">Open Slot (Pleanry session: CERN main auditorium)</td>
         <td rowspan="3">Unconference</td>
         <td rowspan="3">Visit to CERN sites</td>
       </tr>
       </tr>
       <tr>
       <tr>
         <td>14:30-15:00</td>
         <td>14:35-15:10</td>
        <td>8/16-bit simulation with GNU Octave (Andreas Stahel)</td>
       </tr>
       </tr>
       <tr>
       <tr>
         <td>15:00-15:30</td>
         <td>15:10-15:45</td>
      <td>Open Slot</td>
      <td>Current Status of Octave Forge (Oliver Heimlich)</td>
       </tr>
       </tr>
       <tr>
       <tr>
         <td>15:30-16:00</td>
         <td>15:45-16:00</td>
         <td><strong>Coffee</strong></td>
         <td><strong>Coffee</strong></td>
         <td><strong>Coffee</strong></td>
         <td><strong>Coffee</strong></td>
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       </tr>
       <tr>
       <tr>
         <td><br/><br/>16:00-17:30<br/><br/><br/></td>
         <td><br/><br/>16:00-18:00<br/><br/><br/></td>
         <td rowspan="2"><strong>Code Sprint</strong></td>
         <td><strong>Code Sprint</strong></td>
         <td rowspan="2"><strong>Code Sprint</strong></td>
         <td><strong>Code Sprint</strong></td>
         <td><strong>Organization of OctConf2018</strong>, Closing, and Farewell</td>
         <td><strong>Organization of OctConf2018</strong></td>
       </tr>
       </tr>
       <tr>
       <tr>
         <td>17:30-18:30</td>
         <td>18:00-19:00</td>
        <td rowspan="2">Fondue night (alternative 1)</td>
        <td rowspan="2">Fondue night (alternative 2)</td>
        <td rowspan="2">Closing and Farewell</td>
       </tr>
       </tr>
       <tr>
       <tr>
         <td><br/><br/>19:30-21:30<br/><br/></td>
         <td>19:00-20:00</td>
        <td>Fondue night</td>
       </tr>
       </tr>
     </table>
     </table>
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     </tr>
     <tr>
     <tr>
       <td>VSDP – A GNU Octave/MATLAB<sup>&reg;</sup> toolbox for verified semidefinite-quadratic-linear programming</td>
       <td>Fast approximation of complicated simulators</td>
      <td>[[User:KaKiLa |JuanPi Carbajal]]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>VSDP: Verified SemiDefinite Programming</td>
       <td>[[User:Siko1056|Kai T. Ohlhus]]</td>
       <td>[[User:Siko1056|Kai T. Ohlhus]]</td>
     </tr>
     </tr>
     <tr>
     <tr>
       <td>Characterization of high-Tc granular superconductors in a magnetic fields</td>
       <td></td>
       <td>Michele Manzini</td>
       <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td></td>
      <td></td>
    </tr> 
    <tr>
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      <td></td>
    </tr>
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      <td></td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
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      <td></td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
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      <td></td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
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      <td></td>
      <td></td>
     </tr>
     </tr>
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      <td></td>
      <td></td>
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   </table>
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* [[User:KaKiLa|JuanPi Carbajal]]
* [[User:KaKiLa|JuanPi Carbajal]]
* [[User:Francesco Faccio|Francesco Faccio]]
* [[User:Francesco Faccio|Francesco Faccio]] (need funding for travel)
* [[User:jwe|John W. Eaton]]
* [[User:jwe|John W. Eaton]] (need funding for travel)
* [[User:JordiGH|Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]]
* [[User:rik|Rik]] (need funding for travel)
* [[User:Doug|Douglas Stewart]]
* [[User:Doug|Douglas Stewart]]
* [[User:Siko1056|Kai T. Ohlhus]]
* [[User:Siko1056|Kai T. Ohlhus]]
* [[User:Oheim|Oliver Heimlich]] (Tuesday–Wednesday)
* [[User:Oheim|Oliver Heimlich]] (probably only 2 days, waits for permission from wife)
* [[User:Carandraug|Carnë Draug]]
* [[User:Carandraug|Carnë Draug]] (likely to attend but unsure. Will only be able to confirm the week before)
* [[User:Andy1978|Andreas Weber]]
* [[User:Andy1978|Andreas Weber]] (likely to attend but have to wait for the final okay from employer)
* Valentin Ortega
 
* Andrea Latina
== Funding ==
* Andreas Stahel
* [[User:CdF|Carlo de Falco]]
* Cristiano Dorigo
* Michele Ginesi
* Chiara Segala
* [[User:pantxo|Pantxo Diribarne]] (likely to attend, probably one day only)
* Marco Caliari (arrival in Monday afternoon)
* Anna Ferrarini
* Elisa Frison
* Sara Stillavati
* Olaf Till
* Philip Nienhuis


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