BOINC workshop: 24-27 July 2018

In July another BOINC workshop is being held in Oxford (United Kingdom). It will be a 4-days event organised by Professor David Wallom, Marius Millea, David Anderson, Bruce Allen and Andy Bowery.

The workshop overview:

• 24 July – Research results from projects
  The first day will be science focused with as key question: How have we been using BOINC to produce cutting edge research?

• 25 July – Technology
  The second day will be technically focused where the future development roadmap and key component development are being discussed.

• 26 July – Hackfest
  The third day can be as technical as the contributors would like, which is a hands-on development day.

• 27 July – Social
  The final day will be BOINC strategy focussed, bringing the community with free discussion and debate on working together for the betterment of BOINC forum.

The event is free to attend and the registration can be completed here.

The organisers are looking for attendees to participate in the organisation of the event, through contributions to talks during these days, and will reach-out to people interested in the coming weeks.

This link brings you to the original page on the BOINC forum.

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