Good to know. A good article post at Fedora Magazin will be more useful. On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 4:24 PM Ankur Sinha <sanjay.an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/NeuroFedora > > I've recently resurrected the NeuroFedora SIG. Many thanks to Igor and > the others who'd worked on it in the past and have given us a firm base > to build on. > > The goal > --------- > > The (current) goal of the NeuroFedora SIG is to make Fedora an easy to > use platform for neuroscientists. > > Neuroscience is an extremely multidisciplinary field. It brings together > mathematicians, chemists, biologists, physicists, psychologists, > engineers (electrical and others) computer scientists and more. A > lot of software is used nowadays in Neuroscience: > > - data collection, analysis, and sharing > - lots of image processing (a lot of ML is used here, think Data Science) > - simulation of brain networks (https://neuron.yale.edu/neuron/, > http://nest-simulator.org/) > - dissemination of scientific results (peer reviewed and otherwise, > think LaTeX) > > https://github.com/asoplata/open-computational-neuroscience-resources/ > provides a great overview of the computational side of neuroscience. It > isn't just about understanding how the brain functions, we also want to > understand how it processes information---how it "computes". > > (Some of you will already be aware of the Human Brain Project, a > flagship EU project: https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/) > > Now, given that a large proportion of neuroscientists are not trained > in computer science, a lot of time and effort is spent setting up > systems, installing software (often from source). This can be hard for > people not well-versed in build systems and so on. > > So, at NeuroFedora, we will try provide a ready to use Fedora based > system for neuroscientists to work with, so they can quickly get their > environment set up and work on the science. > > > Please join us! > --------------- > > If you are interested in neuroscience, please consider joining the SIG. > Packaging software is only *one* way in which one can contribute. > Writing docs and answering questions about the software in NeuroFedora > are other ways too, for example. > > You can get in touch with us here: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/NeuroFedora#Communication_and_getting_help > > What's in it for you? > --------------------- > > In general, it will increase your awareness of neuroscience (which is a > fascinating field---but of course, I am biased). We also hope to use the > Fedora classroom sessions to host beginner level classes on using the > software we package. If you'd like to get into neuroscience research > work, it's an excellent opportunity to learn. > > Fedora and Science > ------------------- > > In general, furthering Open Science is quite in line with our goals of > further FOSS---Open science shares the philosophy of FOSS. The data, the > tools, the results, should be accessible to all to understand, use, > learn from, and develop. > > I've just written to the Mindshare team asking if we can get the various > Science related SIGs together and do more. You can find my e-mail here: > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/mindsh...@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/7UYIFRQGZI5O4KNTVOGSG7Y4MYJKI57O/ > > Please feel free to join the discussion. > > -- > Thanks, > Regards, > > Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha > Time zone: Europe/London > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org >
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