This is a friendly reminder that applications for
Python in Astronomy 2018 close this week. The application form
is open until 23:59UTC on Dec 9, 2017.
Python in Astronomy 2018 will be held 30 Apr - 4 May
2018 at the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the
Flatiron Institute in New York, NY. Thanks to generous support
from the Flatiron Institute, there is no conference fee, and
there will be limited travel support available.
The application form is at:
https://goo.gl/forms/AGuoU8mUFv3WJ8Qn2
More information about the conference, and links to past years,
is available at:
http://openastronomy.org/pyastro/2018/
Finally, a brief excerpt from the description of the conference:
In addition to sharing information about state-of-the art Python
Astronomy packages, the workshop will focus on improving
interoperability between astronomical Python packages, mentoring
open-source contributors, and developing educational materials
for Python in Astronomy. The meeting is therefore not only aimed
at current developers and users, but also educators or others
who are interested in being involved in these efforts.
Participant selection will be made with the goal of enhancing
the Python in Astronomy community and we particularly encourage
requests to attend from junior astronomers and people who are
new to contributing to open source software. Effort will also be
made to select participants who have a demonstrated potential to
contribute meaningfully to the Python in Astronomy
infrastructure via providing educational materials,
documentation, and/or coding. This conference is neither
intended to be an introduction to Python nor only for
expert-level Python developers.