Fwd: [discuss] 2019 John Hunter Excellence in Plotting Contest

[E. Madison Bray]

In case anyone is interested, it's time again for the John Hunter
Excellence in Plotting Contest.

I think some Sage users/developers must make some interesting plots
with Sage and it's a good opportunity to showcase if so. Cash prizes
for 1st through 3rd place.

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Date: Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 11:53 PM
Subject: [discuss] 2019 John Hunter Excellence in Plotting Contest
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Hello all, My apologies to those of you getting this on multiple lists.


In memory of John Hunter, we are pleased to be reviving the SciPy John
Hunter Excellence in Plotting Competition for 2019. This open
competition aims to highlight the importance of data visualization to
scientific progress and showcase the capabilities of open source
software.

Participants are invited to submit scientific plots to be judged by a
panel. The winning entries will be announced and displayed at the
conference.

John Hunter’s family and NumFocus are graciously sponsoring cash
prizes for the winners in the following amounts:

1st prize: $1000

2nd prize: $750

3rd prize: $500


Entries must be submitted by June, 8th to the form at
https://goo.gl/forms/cFTB3FUBrMPfQ7Vz1

Winners will be announced at Scipy 2019 in Austin, TX.

Participants do not need to attend the Scipy conference.

Entries may take the definition of “visualization” rather broadly.
Entries may be, for example, a traditional printed plot, an
interactive visualization for the web, or an animation.

Source code for the plot must be provided, in the form of Python code
and/or a Jupyter notebook, along with a rendering of the plot in a
widely used format. This may be, for example, PDF for print,
standalone HTML and Javascript for an interactive plot, or MPEG-4 for
a video. If the original data can not be shared for reasons of size or
licensing, "fake" data may be substituted, along with an image of the
plot using real data.

Each entry must include a 300-500 word abstract describing the plot
and its importance for a general scientific audience.

Entries will be judged on their clarity, innovation and aesthetics,
but most importantly for their effectiveness in communicating a
real-world problem. Entrants are encouraged to submit plots that were
used during the course of research or work, rather than merely being
hypothetical.

SciPy reserves the right to display any and all entries, whether
prize-winning or not, at the conference, use in any materials or on
its website, with attribution to the original author(s).


SciPy John Hunter Excellence in Plotting Competition Co-Chairs

Hannah Aizenman

Thomas Caswell

Madicken Munk

Nelle Varoquaux

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