| 9 | | This hackathon is a camp where invited participants discuss about current issues |
| 10 | | and implement software to solve the problems on site collaboratively. |
| 11 | | This kind of meeting is very efficient for the intensive development of projects |
| 12 | | which involve developers usually spread around the world. |
| 13 | | Face-to-face discussion accelerates their communication and |
| 14 | | exchange of ideas with top-level developers will bring effective result. |
| | 9 | The hackathon (hacking + marathon) basically is a camp where invited participants discuss about |
| | 10 | current issues and implement software to solve the problems on site collaboratively. |
| | 11 | This kind of meeting is very effective for the intensive development of projects because |
| | 12 | face-to-face meeting of developers, who usually spread around the world, accelerates |
| | 13 | communication and collaboration to exchange their ideas instantly. |
| | 14 | |
| | 15 | In addition to gather database and service developers, we will also involve semi-wet biologists |
| | 16 | working in a area where high throughput gene annotation is required because they are primary |
| | 17 | consumers of our infrastructure. By knowing their demands, we can find what kind of resources |
| | 18 | are missing and prioritize our action items. |
