Community-driven development for computational biology at Sprints, Hackathons and Codefests

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Authors

Steffen Möller · University of Lübeck

Enis Afgan · Melbourne Bioinformatics

Michael Banck

Raoul J.P. Bonnal · Istituto Nazionale Genetica Molecolare

Tim Booth · UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

John Chilton · Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

Peter Cock · James Hutton Institute

Abstract

Hackathons, Codefests and Sprints share a stimulating atmosphere that encourages participants to jointly brainstorm and tackle problems of shared interest in a self-driven proactive environment, as well as providing an opportunity for new participants to get involved in collaborative projects.

Topics & Keywords

Biomedical and Engineering Education Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Scientific Computing and Data Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Partnerships for the goals

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Bioinformatics

Volume 15, Issue S14, pp. S7-S7

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-15-s14-s7

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