Cytoscape Developer Retreat 2008
Toronto - July 16th - 19th, 2008 [http://www.eventbrite.com Registration Coming Soon]
Theme for 2008: Developer and user community outreach
On 16th – 19th July 2008 we will be hosting the 6th Annual Cytoscape Retreat at the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Canada.
This year’s meeting is particularly exciting since it is the first time it will be held in Canada and will be purely user and developer community focused. It is also close to the major international computational biology conference, Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) and the International Yeast Meeting, to be held in Toronto in July. We expect close to 100 participants interested in biological pathway and network analysis. Social activities around the meeting are also scheduled.
Cytoscape is jointly developed by the groups of Benno Schwikowski (Pasteur Institute, Paris), Trey Ideker (University of California San Diego), Chris Sander (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), Lee Hood (Institute of Systems Biology, Seattle), Annette Adler (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara), Gary Bader (University of Toronto) and Bruce Conklin (Gladstone Institute UCSF, GenMAPP). These groups are dedicated to maintaining and developing Cytoscape and providing support to the user community.
The organization committee this year is:
- Gary Bader
- Chris Workman
- Francis Ouellette
If you have any comments or questions about the retreat, please send e-mail to [mailto:gary.bader@utoronto.ca Gary Bader].
Preliminary Schedule
Technical session
The technical session will mainly be informal and technically focused with all major Cytoscape team members gathered together to set new directions for Cytoscape, plan new features and collaboratively work on designing code.
TUESDAY July 15th |
Arrival Day |
Pre-meeting core developer Cytoscape 3.0 design discussions (if required) |
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Social event in evening for early arrivals (Social event A) - TBD nearby pub |
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WEDNESDAY July 16th |
CCBR Red Room |
9am-5pm |
Technical brainstorm, software design session.BRAudience: Mainly Cytoscape software developers |
7pm |
Dinner event at local restaurant (Social event B) |
User session
The user session is geared towards all users of Cytoscape, including researchers and plugin developers. These sessions will showcase work users are doing with Cytoscape, provide tutorial opportunities and provide a forum for user feedback on Cytoscape features, bugs and development plans.
THURSDAY July 17th |
CCBR Red Room |
9am-5pm |
Application showcase day.BRAudience: All Cytoscape users and developersBRDevelopers will showcase interesting new features they are building for CytoscapeBRUsers will present interesting new uses of Cytoscape |
7pm |
User community dinner at local restaurant (Social event C) |
FRIDAY July 18th |
CCBR Red Room |
9am-noon |
User tutorials (morning parallel session)BRRed RoomBRAudience: All Cytoscape users and developersBR |
9am-noon |
Developer tutorials (morning parallel session)BR6th Floor Conference RoomBRAudience: All Cytoscape users and developersBR |
Noon-1:30 |
Lunch, pick up in Black Room |
1:30pm-5pm |
User brainstorm and user meetingBRRed RoomBRIdentify usability issues, request new features |
6pm |
Wine and cheese (Social event D) |
7:30pm |
Social event e.g. city tour, museum (Social event E). Dinner on own. |
SATURDAY July 19th |
CCBR Red Room |
9am-5pm |
Feature prioritization for Cytoscape 3.0BRAudience: Users and developers interested in Cytoscape developmentBRThis is a great chance to influence the development direction of Cytoscape.BRExpect lots of technical discussion. |
6pm |
Dinner on own |
Location
The Cytoscape retreat will be held at the [http://rrs.osm.utoronto.ca/map/f?p=110:4:9399106623511446478::::P4_BLDG_KEY:160 Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research (CCBR)], which can be seen at the lower right side of the [http://rrs.osm.utoronto.ca/map/ University of Toronto campus map] or on [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=160+College+St,+Toronto+ON&om=1 Google Maps].
The address is:
- 160 College St., Toronto, near the corner of University Ave and College St.
[http://tdccbr.med.utoronto.ca Further information about the CCBR]
The Cytoscape retreat will be held in the following conference rooms:
The Red Room (2nd floor) - Main location for Cytoscape retreat
The Black Room (2nd floor) - Break out room and food
The 6th floor conference room - Break out room
Building security:
- The CCBR building requires a security card to access before 8am and after 6pm, and all day on weekends. Retreat representatives will be available to let people into the building on the weekend.
Travel and Accommodation
We recommend Toronto International Airport (YYZ) or if you live in Canada or the US, Toronto City Centre Airport (YTZ) serviced by [http://www.flyporter.com/ Porter Airlines]. They are both provide easy access to the city, with numerous shuttles, taxis, car services and public transportation options.
July is a big conference month in Toronto. We highly recommend making your hotel reservations ASAP! Try hotels.com or check out the options listed at the [http://www.iscb.org/ismb2008/general_info.php ISMB 2008] or [http://www.yeast-meet.org/ International Yeast Meeting 2008] conference websites. These conferences are happening just after the Cytoscape retreat at nearby city locations.