{"id":2720,"date":"2015-10-05T14:46:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T21:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mozscienceblog.wpengine.com\/?p=2720"},"modified":"2015-10-05T14:46:17","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T21:46:17","slug":"opensnp-software-discovery-and-mozfest-oct-8-11-et","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-science\/opensnp-software-discovery-and-mozfest-oct-8-11-et\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenSNP, software discovery and MozFest – Oct. 8, 11 ET"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our next community call<\/a> will take place this Thursday, October 8<\/strong>. The call is open to the public and will start at 11:00 am ET<\/strong>. Call in details can be found on the call etherpad<\/a> (where you can also find notes and the agenda) and on the wiki<\/a>. (If you have trouble with the toll-free number, try one of the numbers at the bottom of this post.)<\/p>\n

The Science Lab meeting is our community call<\/a>, taking place each month, highlighting recent developments and work of the community relevant to science and the web. Join us to hear more about current projects, find out how you can get involved, and hear from others about their work in and around open research.<\/p>\n

The Mozilla Festival<\/a>, our annual celebration of innovation and the web, is just over a month away. We\u2019re back in London this year from November 6-8, and will be leading a science track chock full of interesting projects to get involved with, trainings and a project accelerator. (Tickets still available here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

On this month\u2019s call, we\u2019ll hear from some of this year\u2019s session leads and mentors, including Bastian Greshake<\/a> from OpenSNP<\/a>, a platform to share your genetic information, as well as Matt Mokary and Stefan Neamtu from the Rochester Institute of Technology<\/a>, who are working on an open source web dashboard<\/a> capable of searching multiple code hosting services, such as Zenodo<\/a>, figshare<\/a>, and GitHub<\/a>, for the benefit of the research community. The goal of this dashboard<\/a> is to demonstrate the usefulness of a\u00a0new metadata standard\u00a0by utilizing it for easy and effective software discovery and analysis. (And it\u2019s their senior project!)<\/p>\n

Lastly, we\u2019ll meet our 2015 Mozilla Fellows<\/a>, just announced this week. Come learn more about Joey<\/a>, Christie<\/a>, Jason<\/a> and Richard<\/a>, who\u2019ll also be at this year\u2019s Festival.<\/p>\n

Have an update, blog post or event you’d like to share relevant to open science? Add it to the etherpad<\/a> (see ‘Non Verbal Updates’, line ~110). It’s a great way to share what you’re working on and\/or interested in with the community. Don’t be shy. Have a look at last month’s notes<\/a> for an idea of what others contributed to the conversation.<\/p>\n

Mark your calendars, tune in and help us spread the word – everyone is welcome. For call-in details and links to the etherpad<\/a>, visit our wiki page<\/a>. We hope you’ll join us.<\/p>\n

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Note:<\/em> Having trouble dialing in? Try one of these numbers. (Note that they are toll calls and you’ll be charged by your telephone company if the number is long-distance.)<\/p>\n

After you enter the extension, you’ll be asked for the conference ID, which is 7677.<\/p>\n