SciPy 2018 


SciPy 2018, the 16th annual Scientific Computing with Python Conference will be held this July 9th - 15th in Austin, Texas.  SciPy is a community dedicated to the advancement of scientific computing through open source Python software for mathematics, science, and engineering.  The annual SciPy Conference allows participants from all types of organizations to showcase their latest projects, learn from skilled users and developers, and collaborate on code development.

The full program will consist of two days of tutorials followed by three days of presentations, and concludes with two days of developer sprints on projects of interest to attendees.

Tutorials

 Mon July 9th - Tues July 10th, 2018
Multiple interactive half-day tutorials will be taught by community experts. The tutorials provide conceptual and practical coverage of tools that have broad interest spanning from an introductory to an advanced level. 

General Conference

 Wed July 11th - Fri July 13th, 2018

The SciPy 2018 general conference will be 3 days.  During the presentation days SciPy is proud to host the following event and talk types:

  • Keynotes
  • Expert Panels
  • Short Talks
  • Poster Presentations
  • Birds of a Feather Sessions

Specialized Tracks

This year we are happy to announce two specialized tracks that run in parallel to the general Conference:

  • Computational Science
  • Software and Data Sustainability

Domain-specific Mini-symposia

Introduced in 2012, mini-symposia are held to discuss scientific computing applied to a specific scientific domain/industry during a half afternoon after the general Conference. Their goal is to promote industry specific libraries and tools, and gather people with similar interests for discussions.

Mini-symposia on the following topics will take place this year:

  • Astronomy 
  • Biology/Bioinformatics
  • Data Science
  • Data Visualization
  • Earth, Ocean and Geo Science
  • Image Processing
  • Interfaces and Interoperability with Other Languages
  • Library Science and Digital Humanities
  • Machine Learning
  • Materials Science
  • Political and Social Science

Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) Sessions

Birds-of-a-Feather sessions are self-organized discussions that run parallel to the main conference. The BOFs sessions cover primary, tangential, or unrelated topics in an interactive, discussion setting. This year, some of the BOF sessions will be scheduled and announced ahead of the Conference.

Sprints

 Sat July 14th - Sun July 15th, 2018

A hackathon environment is setup for attendees to work on the core SciPy packages or their own personal projects. The Conference is an opportunity for developers that are usually physically separated to come together and engage in highly productive sessions. It is also an occasion for new community members to introduce themselves and receive tips from community experts. This year, some of the sprints will be scheduled and announced ahead of the conference

We look forward to a very exciting conference and hope to see you all in Austin this summer!