SciPy John Hunter Excellence in Plotting Contest

Michael_Droettboom1 · March 7, 2013, 11:54pm

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                                      Scientific

Computing with Python-Austin,
Texas-June 24-29, 2013

SciPy

John Hunter Excellence in
Plotting Contest
In
memory of John Hunter, we are
pleased to announce the first
SciPy John Hunter Excellence in
Plotting Competition. This open
competition aims to highlight
the importance of quality
plotting to scientific progress
and showcase the capabilities of
the current generation of
plotting software. Participants
are invited to submit scientific
plots to be judged by a panel.
The winning entries will be
announced and displayed at the
conference.

                                    NumFOCUS

is graciously sponsoring cash
prizes for the winners in the
following amounts:

1st

prize: $500

2nd

prize: $200

3rd

prize: $100

Instructions

                                        Entries

must be submitted by April 3
via e-mail.

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                                        Plots
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may be produced with any
combination of Python-based
tools (it is not required
that they use matplotlib,
for example).
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                                        Source
```
code for the plot must be
provided, along with a
rendering of the plot in a
vector format (PDF, PS,
etc.). If the data can not
be shared for reasons of
size or licensing, “fake”
data may be substituted,
along with an image of the
plot using real data.
```
                                        Entries
```
will be judged on their
clarity, innovation and
aesthetics, but most
importantly for their
effectiveness in
illuminating real scientific
work. Entrants are
encouraged to submit plots
that were used during the
course of research, rather
than merely being
hypothetical.
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                                        SciPy
```
reserves the right to
display the entry at the
conference, use in any
materials or on its website,
providing attribution to the
original author(s).

Important

dates:

                                        April

3rd: Plotting submissions
due

                                        Monday-Tuesday,

June 24 - 25: SciPy 2013
Tutorials, Austin TX

                                        Wednesday-Thursday,

June 26 - 27: SciPy 2013
Conference, Austin TX *
Winners will be announced
during the conference days

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                                        Friday-Saturday,
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June 27 - 28: SciPy 2013
Sprints, Austin TX &
remote
We
look forward to exciting
submissions that push the
boundaries of plotting, in
this, our first attempt at
this kind of competition.
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                                    The
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SciPy Plotting Contest
Organizer

                                    -Michael

Droettboom, Space Telescope
Science Institute

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