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2nd Network of BioThings Hackathon
What: 2nd Network of BioThings Hackathon (#networkofbiothings)
When: November 7-9, 2014
Where: This hackathon will be held at:
- UC San Diego on the 5th floor of the CALIT2 building. http://www.calit2.net/about/info/ucsd/
Why: Despite the massive amount of biomedical literature, only a small amount is available in a form that is readily computable. This hackathon will help develop a comprehensive Network of BioThings (proteins, genes, pathways, mutations, drugs, diseases) extracted from scientific research articles and integrated with public biomedical data (see blog post http://goo.gl/i91ngK). During this hackathon, we will (1) identify motivating use cases, (2) define a shared, sustainable, multi-component infrastructure to build the NoB, and (3) implement common data representations, ontology-based programmatic interfaces, and develop cool applications. We will do this in an open, scalable, responsive manner so that it becomes a major asset for hackers and biomedical researchers worldwide.
This Hackathon will feature
- networking and mentoring with leading researchers and experts
- prizes for most significant contributions
Who: We’re looking for:
- Hackers and Mentors
- Biologists, Text Miners and Data Wranglers
- Ontologists, Terminologists, and Data Linkers
- Semantic Web novices and experts
- Systems and Network Biologists
- Crowdsourcing experts and functional game designers
- Skills in Large Text/Data Indexing, Facet Search and Browse, and REST APIs
- Domain experts to advise on motivating use cases
Come join us for networking, designing, and coding culminating in prize-winning pitches and demos!
Location: Location: 5th floor of the CALIT2 building, UCSD http://www.calit2.net/about/info/ucsd/
Registration: $40 per in-person participant; free for remote participants - (registration not yet open) - Max 60 participants - first come first served! Scholarships: Scholarships are available! Please contact us - students, minorities and women are especially encouraged to apply.
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###Schedule
Friday, November 7 6-10pm : Welcome social / project team formation
Saturday, November 8 9am-? : Hacking !
Sunday, November, 9 9am-10:30: Final hacking / presentation preparation
10:30:11:30 Pitches and Demos
11:45: Prize announcements
The (#networkofbiothings) is broad and wide-ranging set of ideas. We welcome any project that a) is awesome and b) can be linked back to the core, high-level mission of generating new biological and medical knowledge. To help spur ideation, a few broad areas of particular interest include:
- Automated hypothesis generation/testing
- Network data visualization
- Crowdsourcing systems for annotation and information extraction
- Representation and integration of the human variome
Please visit and contribute to the specific list of project ideas.