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[ANN][X-Post] SciPy India conference in Dec. 2009
by Kadambari Devarajan 05 Oct '09

05 Oct '09

Greetings, The first "Scientific Computing with Python" conference in India ( http://scipy.in) will be held from December 12th to 17th, 2009 at the Technopark in Trivandrum, Kerala, India (http://www.technopark.org/). The theme of the conference will be "Scientific Python in Action" with respect to application and teaching. We are pleased to have Travis Oliphant, the creator and lead developer of numpy (http://numpy.scipy.org) as the keynote speaker. Here is a rough schedule of the conference: Sat. Dec. 12 (conference) Sun. Dec. 13 (conference) Mon. Dec. 14 (tutorials) Tues. Dec. 15 (tutorials) Wed. Dec. 16 (sprint) Thu. Dec. 17 (sprint) The tutorial sessions will have two tracks, one specifically for teachers and one for the general public. There are no registration fees. Please register at: http://scipy.in The call for papers will be announced soon. This conference is organized by the FOSSEE project (http://fossee.in) funded by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development's National Mission on Education (NME) through Information and CommunicationTechnology (ICT) jointly with SPACE-Kerala (http://www.space-kerala.org). Regards, Kadambari Devarajan. -- Check out my blog at http://kadambarid.livejournal.com

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Tender to Setup a State Data Center And Some Questions [x-posting]
by Sebin Jacob 05 Oct '09

05 Oct '09

Is it that, implementations of technology are reserved for mega corporates? The Govt. of Kerala's tender notice to setup a data center facilitating e-governance has raised some eyebrows. Here is Kenney Jacob's apprehensions on it. Tender to Setup a State Data Center And Some Questions<http://www.kenneyjacob.com/2009/10/03/tender-to-setup-a-state-data-center-a…>regards, Sebin -- Understanding is a three-edged sword: your side, their side, and the truth

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US Visa application not possible if you use free software!
by Nagarjuna G. 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

US Visa application not possible if you use free software! Read my protest, and letter to the US ambassador. http://gnowgi.org/ -- Nagarjuna G. http://www.gnowledge.org/

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