-----Forwarded Message----- > ======================================================================= > MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT / CALL FOR PRESENTERS > ======================================================================= > BIOCLUSTERS 2004 Workshop > March 30, 2004 > Hynes Convention Center, Boston MA USA > ======================================================================= > > * Speakers Wanted - Please Distribute Where Appropriate * > > Organized by several members of the bioclusters at bioinformatics.org > mailing list, the Bioclusters 2004 Workshop is a networking and > educational forum for people involved in all aspects of cluster and > grid computing within the life sciences. > > The motivation for organizers of this event was the cancellation of the > O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference series and the general > lack of forums for researchers and professionals involved with the > applied use of high performance IT and distributed computing techniques > in the life sciences. > > The primary focus of the workshop will be technical presentations from > experienced IT professionals and scientific researchers discussing real > world systems, solutions, use-cases and best practices. > > This event is being held onsite at the Hynes Convention Center on the > first day of the larger 2004 Bio-IT World Conference+Expo. BioIT-World > Magazine is generously providing space and logistical support for the > meeting and workshop attendees will have access to the expo floor and > keynote addresses. Registration & fees will be finalized in short > order. > > Presentations will be broken down among a few general content areas: > > 1. Researcher, Application & End user Issues > 2. Builder, Scaling & Integration Issues > 3. Future Directions > > The organizing committee is actively soliciting presentation proposals > from members of the life science and technical computing communities. > Interested parties should contact the committee at bioclusters04 at open- > bio.org. > > > Bioclusters 2004 Workshop Committee Members > > J.W Bizzaro – Bioinformatics Organization Inc. > James Cuff - MIT/Harvard Broad Institute > Chris Dwan - The University of Minnesota > Chris Dagdigian – Open Bioinformatics Foundation & BioTeam Inc. > Joe Landman – Scalable Informatics LLC > > The committee can be reached at: bioclusters04 at open-bio.org > > > About the Bioclusters Mailing List Community > > The bioclusters at bioinformatics.org mailing list is a 600+ member forum > for users, builders and programmers of distributed systems used in life > science research and bioinformatics. For more information about the > list including the public archives and subscription information please > visit http://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bioclusters > -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Scalable Informatics LLC email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web: http://scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 612 4615