Daily Life in an Ivory Basement

OK Folks, I know that planet.python.org and planetpython.org underwent a merger, and during the merger a new, or patched, or somehow upgraded version of planet went into effect on both. However, I cannot find a link to the info post any more.

I would like to put the latest stable version of PlanetPlanet into effect on the Google Summer of Code/Python site but I am wary of using the devel repo without any inside info. (I am currently running 2.0, which is the latest official release.)

Should I use the dev repo, or should I track down whatever version planet.python.org is using?

thanks!

--titus

Just submitted this on Thursday:

Next generation sequencers are beginning to impact agricultural biology. Over the next few years, next generation sequencing will produce incredibly large datasets that will address structural (e.g., SNPs, CNVs, indels, methylation, translocations) and functional (e.g., RNA expression, transcription factor binding sites) variation in genomes that will provide detailed insights that could explain phenotypic variation. Despite this immense power, next generation sequencing in agricultural animals will not be used effectively due to the lack of easy-to-use computational tools to support data analysis, and the unique needs of agricultural animal genomes. We propose to build an easy-to-use Web interface that incorporates several existing mapping and post-mapping analysis programs for next generation sequencing data that will greatly empower agricultural researchers. We will also provide solutions to issues such as unfinished and unannotated assemblies, private data sets, private annotations, etc. Our tools will give individual investigators or small groups with no computational support the power to utilize and interpret next generation sequencing data.

Any guess as to the funding agency? Yep....

The exciting life of a professor continues!

--titus

I just submitted a Mellon Award for Tech Collaboration nomination for the Python Buildhaus. What's that, you ask?

The Python Buildhaus is a project to systematically build, test and release Open Source Python packages on Windows, Mac OS X, and a wide array of other UNIX architectures and operating systems (see snakebite.org for list). In addition to providing machine access, software support, and process support, we hope to create a set of best practices and process documentation to help the community address cross-platform compatibility issues. We will also build tools to extend the impact of this effort beyond Michigan State by providing longer-lasting developer resources, e.g. tools to auto-build Python eggs and installers across multiple platforms.

This will be an open resource for the Python community.

See the Python Buildhaus and our proposal.

This is basically an attempt to use Snakebite to push specifically to help with the cross-platform distribution problem.

--titus

I'm writing some proposals to expand support for Python infrastructure (think cross-platform build and test farms a la Snakebite) and for the Mellon Foundation application, I'd like to find out how Python is being used in the humanities. I found NLTK, the Natural Language Toolkit; what else is big?

thanks, --titus