= !BioHackathon 2009 = [[PageOutline]] == About the Hackathon == The hackathon (hacking + marathon) basically is a camp where invited participants discuss about current issues and implement software to solve the problems on site collaboratively. This kind of meeting is very effective for the intensive development of projects, because face-to-face meeting of developers, who are usually spread around the world, accelerates communication and collaboration to exchange their ideas. !BioHackathon 2009 is sponsored by the Database Center for Life Science ([http://dbcls.rois.ac.jp/en/ DBCLS]) and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology ([http://www.irp.oist.jp/ OIST]), and will be held in Tokyo and Okinawa, Japan. * !BioHackathon 2009 http://hackathon2.dbcls.jp/ * !BioHackathon 2008 http://hackathon.dbcls.jp/ * DBCLS http://dbcls.rois.ac.jp/en/ * OIST http://www.oist.jp/ The DBCLS is being accepted as a national center for the sustainable life science databases in Japan. The OIST is the graduate university of science and technology and aiming to create a leading intellectual hub in the Asian-Pacific region. == Objectives == In the [http://hackathon.dbcls.jp/ BioHackathon 2008], we focused on the standardization of bioinformatics web services and the exchange data formats to create bioinformatics workflows. To make these global efforts to be fully utilized by the biologists, we need to integrate these services into the various end-user applications. For this purpose, we will organize the second !BioHackathon gathering software developers of mash-up services and web service providers. Additionally, we will also involve semi-wet biologists to apply their data for testing these services and applications in combination to address the real world use cases. Our goal is to develop stable and usable platforms for emerging demands, such as * Workflow for the massive sequence annotation (Galaxy, !BioMart, Taverna, MOWserve etc.) * Automatics genome sequence assemble and mapping (GMOD/GBrowse, UTGB etc.) * Visualization of the large scale data sets (Cytoscape, Processing etc.) * Interoperable web services and database resources (BioMOBY, TogoWS, TogoDB etc.) and test these infrastructures with several biological use cases. For example, the Marine Genomics Unit in OIST is equipped with Roche 454 sequencers and they are hoping to start environmental genomics of the coral reef in Okinawa. We have been working on the integration of our database resources into the Galaxy, and would like to offer them to use the services provided by the DBCLS. Additionally, we will start to select some suitable use cases to deal with, based on the discussion in the mailing list. == Expected outcomes == * Improve end-user applications like Galaxy or Taverna by testing with the use cases. * Document how to solve the biological problems using these software and resources based on the hands-on seminar. * Issue a manifesto and guidelines for creating interoperable web services with SOAP and/or REST. * Publication of the meeting report. == Mailing list == * http://kml.dbcls.jp/pipermail/biohack2/ * biohack2_at_kml.dbcls.jp == Meeting organizers == * [http://www.linkedin.com/in/toshiakikatayama Toshiaki Katayama] ([http://togodb.dbcls.jp/ TogoDB], [http://togows.dbcls.jp/ TogoWS], [http://www.genome.jp/kegg/soap/ KEGG API], [http://bioruby.org/ BioRuby]; [http://www.hgc.jp/ HGC], Japan) * Shuichi Kawashima (KEGG API; HGC, Japan) * [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/5/137/71b Takeshi Kawashima] (Marine Genomics Unit, OIST, Japan) * [http://www.linkedin.com/in/nakaomitsuteru Mitsuteru Nakao] (TogoWS, !BioRuby; Kazusa DNA Res, Japan) * [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/10/859/63b Yasunori Yamamoto] (DBCLS, Japan) * Hong-Woo Chun (DBCLS, Japan) * [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/b/773/6a3 Atsuko Yamaguchi] (DBCLS, Japan) * Keiko Sakuma (DBCLS, Japan) * Ueda (DBCLS, Japan) * [http://www.irp.oist.jp/satoh/ Noriyuki Satoh] (Director of Marine Genomics Unit, OIST, Japan) * [http://dbcls.rois.ac.jp/en/staff/index.html Toshihisa Takagi] (Director of DBCLS, Japan) == Confirmed participants == * [http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamespetertaylor James Taylor] (Galaxy; Emory Univ, US) * [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/263/342 Greg von Kuster] (Galaxy) * [http://www.linkedin.com/in/tomoinn Tom Oinn] (Taverna2; UK) * [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/4/807/22 Arek Kasprzyk] (!BioMart; OICR, Canada) * Syed Abbas Haider (!BioMart/GMOD; UK) * [http://www.linkedin.com/in/albertolabarga Alberto Labarga] (Dasty3, Elsevier Grand Challenge, EBI; scientifik.info, Spain) * Yulia Kovarskaya (Elsevier GC) * [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/11/3a/b8a Oswaldo Trelles] (MOWserv; Universidad de Málaga, Spain) * Jose Gonzalez (MOWserv) * [http://www.linkedin.com/in/lindenbaum Pierre Lindenbaum] ([http://plindenbaum.blogspot.com/ mash-up, visualization]) * Nicholas Putnam (Genome assembly; Rice University) * Isaac Ho (Cytoscape/GenMAPP; JGI) * [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/6/418/161 Keiichiro Ono] (Cytoscape; UCSD, U.S.) * [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/5/569/123 Raoul Bonnal] (!BioRuby, BioSQL) * [http://www.linkedin.com/in/rutgervos Rutger Vos] (NEXML) * [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/b/b92/8b1 Jan Christian Bryne] (EMBRACE, ELIXIR, EuTRACC; The University of Bergen, Norway) * Vachiranee Limviphuvadh (ANNOTATOR; Singapore) * Tobias Gattermayer (ANNOTATOR; Singapore) * Young J. Kim (Professor at [http://www.ust.ac.kr/ UST], [http://www.kribb.re.kr/ KRIBB], Korea) * Hideaki Sugawara (WABI/SABI; DDBJ, Japan) * Yasumasa Shigemoto (DDBJ, Japan) * Akira Kinjo (PDBj, Japan) * [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/9/645/914 Kiyoko Kinoshita] (RINGS; Soka Univ, Japan) * Shujiro Okuda (Glycoinfomatics; Ritsumeikan Univ, Japan) * Masumi Ito (Hokkaido Univ) * Jessica Severin (RIKEN, Japan) * [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/3/56a/437 Fumikazu Konishi] (Titech, Japan) * [http://www.linkedin.com/in/ngoto Naohisa Goto] (!BioRuby; Osaka Univ, Japan) * Hatakeyama (Eiwa Co., Japan) * Nishizawa (IMS Co., Japan) * Kazuharu Arakawa (G-language; Keio Univ, Japan) + Ooshita, Kido * Shinobu Okamoto (genoDive; Kazusa DNA Res, Japan) * Yasukazu Nakamura (Kazusa DNA Res/DDBJ, Japan) == Venue == Our preliminary plan is to gather on Sunday in Tokyo for the reception. On Monday morning, we will have a public symposium, then fly together to Okinawa on Monday afternoon. We'll be back to Tokyo on Saturday after we are tired of the hacking activities. * Tokyo (DBCLS) - for the 1st day (reception and symposium) * Okinawa (OIST) - rest of the days (hack, hack, hack) == Schedule == * 2009/3/15-21 === 3/15 (Sun) === * Arrival to Japan (Tokyo-Narita airport) * Check into the hotel * 17:00-21:00 Reception at DBCLS === 3/16 (Mon) === * 9:00-12:00 Symposium in Tokyo * Invited talks * Lightning talks * Flight from Tokyo-Haneda airport to Okinawa-Naha airport * ANA 131: HND 15:30 - 18:15 OKA * Transport from Naha airport to OIST === 3/17 - 3/20 === Parallel sessions: * software development (hack, hack, hack) * use case driven hands-on seminar (try and record) || Time || 3/17 (Tue) || 3/18 (Wed) || 3/19 (Thu) || 3/20 (Fri) || || 8:00 || breakfast || breakfast || breakfast || breakfast || || 9:00 || hack, hack, hack || hack, hack, hack || hack, hack, hack || hack, hack, hack || || 12:00 || lunch|| lunch|| lunch|| lunch|| || 13:00 || hack, hack, hack || hack, hack, hack || excursion || summarize || || 17:00 || progress report || progress report || progress report || overall presentation || || 18:00 || dinner || dinner || dinner || dinner || || 20:00 || hack, hack, hack || hack, hack, hack || hack, hack, hack || closing remarks || === 3/21 (Sat) === * Departure from Naha airport (taking flight for appropriate destination) * Flight from Okinawa-Naha airport to Tokyo-Narita * ANA 2158: OKA 12:25 - 14:40 NRT === Housing === * [http://www.oist.jp/seasidehouse.html OIST Seaside House] * [http://www.rizzan.co.jp/english/index.html Rizzan Sea Park Hotel Tancha Bay] === Access === * [http://dbcls.rois.ac.jp/en/access/index.html DBCLS] (Tokyo venue) * [http://www.oist.jp/access_1.html OIST] (Okinawa venue) == Misc == What should you bring with you? * Laptop computer * Conversion plug for your AC adaptor (identical to the US type; 100 volt) * Local liquor as always (for the Liquorthon at night :-) === Photo album === IN PREPARATION === Streaming === IN PREPARATION === SVN repository === IN PREPARATION