OctConf 2019
Meeting
We are happy to announce the upcoming Octave Conference 2019 to be held at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland, from March 12th until March 15th.
The Local Organising Committee is happy and proud that CERN will host this event for at least two reasons:
- Octave 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 two-day plus two-half-day event will be an opportunity for sharing experiences, planning the future of Octave and promoting its use among the scientific community and beyond.
Our scientific committee is working out the details of the programme, which will include: a presentation by Octave's creator and main maintainer John W. Eaton in the CERN Main Auditorium (Monday afternoon), several interesting talks about applications of Octave to various scientific domains, code sprints, and a session to promote the open-source supported by public institutions as a model for free and successful development. The call for contributions and abstract will be open soon.
The key members of the Octave development team will participate in the conference, both from oversea and from Europe. You can find updated information on the programme in this Wiki page and we are filling the [ Indico] timetable.
Key info
Dates
The conference will take place on Week 11, from March 12th until March 15th 2018.
Location
Octconf 2019 will take place at CERN (European Center for Nuclear Research).
Registration
The conference fee is 20CHF and registration is required. Please use the CERN conference manager Indico to register.
Conference activities
The conference will be based around workshops, unconference, and code sprints, with a plenary speaker on the first three days.
Abstract submission
During the second day we will have Octave users presenting their applications
These applications should answer the questions "How to do X in GNU Octave?"
Applications will be reviewed and selected
Applications will be published in an open access digital conference proceedings
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- Submission guidelines
- Use this [YOURFULLNAME_dynamic_submission_template.m template] to submit and application
- Send your submission to (e-mail)
- check your application before submission using (code to check submission)
- Submission maximum length?
Committees
Scientific committee
Duties: Recruit invited speakers, finalize the programme schedule, review and select presentations, review and select posters, chairing during conference.
Members:
Use the maintainers mailing list to communicate with these people.
Hosting committtee
Duties: Arrange and reserve rooms, catering, social event, and other logistics for the conference.
Members:
- Andrea Latina
- John Evans
- Melissa Gaillard
Schedule
| Time | Monday 12.03 (Opening/Users/Devs) |
Tuesday 13.03 (Users/Devs) |
Wednesday 14.03 (Devs) |
Thursday 15.03 (Closing/Devs) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Morning |
Selected presentations: How to do X with GNU Octave? |
Developers sessions 1 | Developers sessions 4 | OctConf 2020 planning and Closing | |
Noon |
John's Talk and Lunch |
Plenary talk: users and Lunch |
Developers sessions 2 and Lunch |
Developers session 5 and Lunch |
Farewell lunch |
Afternoon |
GSoC students or Developers session 0 (plans, views, perspectives) |
GNU Octave for SME (rebrand: Hands on Tutorials) |
Developers session 3 | Visit to CERN | |
Evening |
Free Evening | Social event | |||
Accommodation
The conference will take place in the CERN's main site (Meyrin). You can try your luck and search for an accommodation in one of the CERN Hostels.
Should the CERN hostels be full, or should you prefer to stay in Geneva, we advise you to consult your favourite on-line booking portal (www.booking.com, www.tripadvisor.com, www.trivago.com, www.expedia.com etc.) and to contact the hotel directly in order to identify the lowest tariff available for CERN users and collaborators (preferential tariffs may apply in some cases).
Hotels in the vicinity of "Gare Cornavin" (Geneva's main railway station), or along "Route de Meyrin", are particularly recommended. Tram number 18 links Gare Cornavin to CERN in 20' (see timetable on the TPG's webpage).
Notice that, by staying in hotel, youth hostel or at a campsite, you are entitled to receive a personal and non transferable Geneva Transport Card for free, which will allow you to use the whole public transportation system of Geneva for the length of your stay for free. This includes buses, trams, trains, and yellow taxi-boats - Mouettes. Just ask for it upon arrival on the reception.
Travelling
Please read the information in the CERN instructions.