*Bump*
On Friday, May 2, 2014 11:36:29 AM UTC-7, G. Patrick Mauroy wrote: > > Any update on agenda and hotel? >> > > It is a travel red period, flights are quickly booking up and becoming > expensive, probably the same with hotel rooms. > I would like to make arrangements soon should I decide to make it. > > For what is worth, here is a quick overview of what I am interested in as > a brand new potential user considering Julia for upcoming bigger-data > prototyping needs where I expect something like R to choke. > In such a conference, along with getting to know the community in person, > I would want to learn what it takes to get going seriously and feel > confident the language is *mature enough* to get going productively. > Topics/sessions I would love to attend and learn are (sorry for probably > stating the obvious and also missing important points too): > > - Background on "why Julia" and architecture, explaining all the > strengths, would be a good introduction even though most people showing up > would probably know a fair amount about it. > - Current functional status & road map emphasizing strengths -- and > being honest with some weak points too! > - Stable version upgrade process: how to keep the latest *stable > versions* of all packages in sync. > - 101 "hello world" practical tutorial session hitting all the basics > of what one would need to know to be productive with basics like loading > delimited ascii data, simple crunching like linear regression as a simple > enough example, plotting, reporting (IJulia?). In my opinion, comparing > several Julia approaches/packages with non-Julia ways like R & > Matlab/Octave would also be very beneficial as many new folks would > probably be able to relate at least to one of those standard languages. > - Some more advanced specialized sessions on miscellaneous *key*packages > -- e.g., DataFrames, plotting like Winston, Gadfly, IJulia, > interface data with databases. > - I am sure many users would love to attend more advanced specialized > sessions -- e.g., LP & IP optimization, statistical methods. > - Some sessions on success stories would also be interesting and > motivating. > - Tricks & tips on how to get the most out of Julia, in particular but > not necessarily limited to performance. > - IDE's (current in pipeline) would also be an interesting topic. Any > chance for an Eclipse plugin? > > Thanks. > > Patrick > >