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Seungwoo Hwang • July 16, 2007
Events: The 2nd International BioWiki Contest
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In this contest, each participant will develop a wiki-based web site that will serve as a useful knowledge source for a biological subject of his/her choice. Web sites created from previous contests are shown at http://biowiki.net/index.php/Biowiki_Site_List as examples.

LOCALE
This is an online contest. All contest activities (registration, submission, and award notification) take place in the internet. In addition to the online processes, a presentation and an announcement of the event will also be given during the 3rd ISCB Student Council Symposium at Vienna, Austria on 2007/07/21. Evaluation will also be done during the 6th International Conference on Bioinformatics (INCOB 2007) at Hong Kong on 2007/08/31.
IMPORTANT DATES

Registration: 2007/07/21 - 2007/08/20

Final Result Due: 2007/08/26

Award Notification: After 2007/08/31
AWARDS
The following three prizes will be awarded:

1st place (1 team): $500 USD

2nd place (1 team): $300 USD

3rd place (3 teams): $200 USD per team

Prizes will be paid through wire transfer.
EVALUATION
The evaluation will be done on-site at the 6th International Conference on Bioinformatics (INCOB 2007) by a panel of experts from eight countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The evaluation result will be announced on-line.

SPONSOR
This contest is organized by APBioNet (Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network) and KOBIC (Korean Bioinformation Center, http://www.kobic.re.kr). KOBIC provides funds and computing infrastructure for this contest.

CONTACT
Jong Bhak, Ph.D. jong[at]kribb.re.kr
Seungwoo Hwang, Ph.D. swhwang[at]kribb.re.kr

CONTEST URL
http://biowiki.net/index.php/Current_Contests