www.arareko.net

"I wouldn't go there if I were you. They steal from the store and they smell and they wear rags and even piss right outside their tents. I tell you, it's like a leper colony, that place."

- Yosemite Lodge bellman trying to dissuade a girl from visiting Camp 4, 1962

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Microblogging the ISMB: A New Approach to Conference Reporting

Here is an interesting experiment that Neil et al. worked on during our attendance to ISMB 2008 in Toronto:

The International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) has become an important communication hub for bioinformaticians, and the core element of the Conference—presentations of peer-reviewed papers—is now only one of many activities. Presentation of timely journal publications (the Highlights sessions), Special Sessions organized by experts in the respective fields, Tutorials, and Special Interest Group meetings should attract attendees who might otherwise prefer smaller, more focused meetings. In addition to these formal activities, an important aspect is the informal communication between participants. This year, about 1,600 participants attended the meeting in the conference center under the CN Tower in Toronto…

PLoS Computational Biology: Microblogging the ISMB: A New Approach to Conference Reporting