Elsevier's Global Researcher, Student and Developer Application Competition Comes to India
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Elsevier's Global Researcher, Student and Developer Application Competition Comes to India
AMSTERDAM, May 10, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
CodeForScience India, Second Competition in Global Series to Develop Applications
Elsevier [http://www.elsevier.com ], a world-leading provider of scientific, technical
and medical information products and services, has launched its second global
CodeForScience [http://www.codeforscience.com ] (CFS) competition, with key support from
members of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Institute of Bioinformatics
(IOB), Bangalore, India. CodeForScience is a global series of application development
competitions for scientists, researchers and developers. The CodeForScience India
competition is co-sponsored by global technology companies, NVIDIA, Thermo Scientific and
Microsoft Research.
"Creating unique ideas to solve research problems can be a challenge for scientists
and researchers," said Dr. Akhilesh Pandey, professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
and Founder & Director, Institute of Bioinformatics, India. "To date, Elsevier has
organized developer events in China, Turkey and the U.S. with great success.
CodeForScience India will generate innovative thinking on designing solutions that enhance
the productive use of biomedical information and a valuable base of scientific knowledge."
CodeForScience India is a two-stage competition, which involves concept formulation
and application development. Participants have the opportunity to compete for prizes at
one or both stages, each requiring unique technology, programming, and design skill sets.
"Elsevier strives to increase collaboration with academic institutions and researchers
around the world," said Rafael Sidi, Vice President, Application Marketplace and Developer
Network, Elsevier. "We are excited to bring CodeForScience to researchers and scientists
in India to develop applications that will help the global research community increase
productivity during the scientific discovery process."
Submitted entries will be evaluated based on novelty, usability and added value to
researchers in specific domains or to the general research workflow. Submissions will be
judged by professors and information management experts from National Innovation Council,
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), Johns
Hopkins University (JHU), Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Madurai
Kamaraj University, Institute of Microbial Technology, Strand Life Sciences and NVIDIA.
The concept formulation stage opened May 5, 2012 and will run through Friday, May 25,
2012, 23:59 IST; the application development stage will run from Wednesday, June 06, 2012,
12:01 IST through Sunday, July 15, 2012, 23:59 IST. Winning concepts will be announced on
June 05, 2012, followed by announcement of the winning applications on July 29, 2012.
Winners of CodeForScience India will be invited to showcase their application at the 'CFS
Talk & Awards' event on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at IISc.
Concept submissions are currently being accepted online and the competition is open to
residents of India. Participation guidelines are available at http://www.codeforscience.com/india
[http://www.codeforscience.com/india ]. For more information about CodeForScience, visit:
http://codeforscience.com.
About the Elsevier SciVerse Suite
The SciVerse(R) [http://www.hub.sciverse.com/action/home ] suite of search and
discovery offerings provides the global research community access to a constantly
expanding universe of content and solutions which can now be accessed in one platform. The
suite currently includes SciVerse ScienceDirect(R) [http://www.sciencedirect.com ], the
world's largest source of peer-reviewed content containing more than 10 million articles,
and SciVerse Scopus(R) [http://www.scopus.com/home.url ], an abstract and citation
database containing 41 million records, 70% with abstracts and nearly 19,500 titles from
5,000 publishers worldwide. The platform also includes SciVerse Hub
[http://www.hub.sciverse.com/action/home ] which enables researchers to perform a single
search across all of the SciVerse content as well as targeted web content with results
ranked by relevancy and without duplication. Applications
[http://www.applications.sciverse.com/action/userhome ] and Developer Network
[http://www.developers.sciverse.com ] allow the scientific community to build, find and
use applications that enhance the SciVerse research experience.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information
products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health
communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet
[http://www.thelancet.com ] and Cell [http://www.cell.com ], and close to 20,000 book
titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online
solutions include SciVerse ScienceDirect [http://www.sciencedirect.com ], SciVerse Scopus
[http://www.scopus.com ], Reaxys [http://www.reaxys.com ], MD Consult
[http://www.mdconsult.com ] and Mosby's Nursing Suite [http://www.confidenceconnected.com
], which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal
suite [http://www.scival.com ] and MEDai's Pinpoint Review [http://www.medai.com ], which
help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier [http://www.elsevier.com ]
employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC
[http://www.reedelsevier.com ], a world-leading publisher and information provider, which
is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN
(Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
Primary Media Contact: Manik Sethi, m.sethi@elsevier.com, 91-124-4774204
Source: Elsevier
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AMSTERDAM, May 10, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
CodeForScience India, Second Competition in Global Series to Develop Applications
Elsevier [http://www.elsevier.com ], a world-leading provider of scientific, technical
and medical information products and services, has launched its second global
CodeForScience [http://www.codeforscience.com ] (CFS) competition, with key support from
members of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Institute of Bioinformatics
(IOB), Bangalore, India. CodeForScience is a global series of application development
competitions for scientists, researchers and developers. The CodeForScience India
competition is co-sponsored by global technology companies, NVIDIA, Thermo Scientific and
Microsoft Research.
"Creating unique ideas to solve research problems can be a challenge for scientists
and researchers," said Dr. Akhilesh Pandey, professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
and Founder & Director, Institute of Bioinformatics, India. "To date, Elsevier has
organized developer events in China, Turkey and the U.S. with great success.
CodeForScience India will generate innovative thinking on designing solutions that enhance
the productive use of biomedical information and a valuable base of scientific knowledge."
CodeForScience India is a two-stage competition, which involves concept formulation
and application development. Participants have the opportunity to compete for prizes at
one or both stages, each requiring unique technology, programming, and design skill sets.
"Elsevier strives to increase collaboration with academic institutions and researchers
around the world," said Rafael Sidi, Vice President, Application Marketplace and Developer
Network, Elsevier. "We are excited to bring CodeForScience to researchers and scientists
in India to develop applications that will help the global research community increase
productivity during the scientific discovery process."
Submitted entries will be evaluated based on novelty, usability and added value to
researchers in specific domains or to the general research workflow. Submissions will be
judged by professors and information management experts from National Innovation Council,
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), Johns
Hopkins University (JHU), Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Madurai
Kamaraj University, Institute of Microbial Technology, Strand Life Sciences and NVIDIA.
The concept formulation stage opened May 5, 2012 and will run through Friday, May 25,
2012, 23:59 IST; the application development stage will run from Wednesday, June 06, 2012,
12:01 IST through Sunday, July 15, 2012, 23:59 IST. Winning concepts will be announced on
June 05, 2012, followed by announcement of the winning applications on July 29, 2012.
Winners of CodeForScience India will be invited to showcase their application at the 'CFS
Talk & Awards' event on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at IISc.
Concept submissions are currently being accepted online and the competition is open to
residents of India. Participation guidelines are available at http://www.codeforscience.com/india
[http://www.codeforscience.com/india ]. For more information about CodeForScience, visit:
http://codeforscience.com.
About the Elsevier SciVerse Suite
The SciVerse(R) [http://www.hub.sciverse.com/action/home ] suite of search and
discovery offerings provides the global research community access to a constantly
expanding universe of content and solutions which can now be accessed in one platform. The
suite currently includes SciVerse ScienceDirect(R) [http://www.sciencedirect.com ], the
world's largest source of peer-reviewed content containing more than 10 million articles,
and SciVerse Scopus(R) [http://www.scopus.com/home.url ], an abstract and citation
database containing 41 million records, 70% with abstracts and nearly 19,500 titles from
5,000 publishers worldwide. The platform also includes SciVerse Hub
[http://www.hub.sciverse.com/action/home ] which enables researchers to perform a single
search across all of the SciVerse content as well as targeted web content with results
ranked by relevancy and without duplication. Applications
[http://www.applications.sciverse.com/action/userhome ] and Developer Network
[http://www.developers.sciverse.com ] allow the scientific community to build, find and
use applications that enhance the SciVerse research experience.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information
products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health
communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet
[http://www.thelancet.com ] and Cell [http://www.cell.com ], and close to 20,000 book
titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online
solutions include SciVerse ScienceDirect [http://www.sciencedirect.com ], SciVerse Scopus
[http://www.scopus.com ], Reaxys [http://www.reaxys.com ], MD Consult
[http://www.mdconsult.com ] and Mosby's Nursing Suite [http://www.confidenceconnected.com
], which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal
suite [http://www.scival.com ] and MEDai's Pinpoint Review [http://www.medai.com ], which
help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.
A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier [http://www.elsevier.com ]
employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC
[http://www.reedelsevier.com ], a world-leading publisher and information provider, which
is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN
(Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
Primary Media Contact: Manik Sethi, m.sethi@elsevier.com, 91-124-4774204
Source: Elsevier
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