Macromolecular Crystallography Computing School

Last Update: Nov. 5, 1995
Sponsored by the Computing Commission of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
Dates: Afternoon of August 17 through August 22, 1996
Place: Western Washington University. WA

An International Macromolecular Crystallography Computing School will be held in conjunction with the XVII Congress and General Assembly of the IUCr to be held in Seattle. The School will concentrate on the most recent aspects of macromolecular crystallography computing, both theoretical and practical. Besides lectures, there will be extensive hands-on sessions in using the latest methods dealing with data collection (from both laboratory instrumentation and the new synchrotron beamlines), phasing, including integrated approaches, model building, refinement, and visualization. In addition attention will be given to: analyzing and using the fast growing body of macromolecular structure data; new data formats; and new computing methods that can be applied universally. For further information contact:

Tentative Agenda

Tentative Format

Format

1. 3-4 hours of lectures each day. Perhaps one lecture for all attendees followed by 2-3 hours of parallel lectures. All lectures will relate to workshop/tutorial sessions. While there will be a small number of invited speakers a posting will be made to various bulletin boards well in advance of the meeting requesting a one page abstract of a proposed presentation. Presenters will be selected based on the originality and anticipated interest in the suggested material. Selected presenters will be required to submit a full paper in electronic format prior to the meeting for inclusion in the published proceedings. The final proceeding will be published as a book.

2. 3-4 hours of tutorials/workshop. Tutors will be expected to lead attendees through real examples for which their computational solution works. As much as possible attendees should come away with enough knowledge to begin to use the technique effectively. This is perhaps the most important and often least effectively organized section of a school, therefore tutorial materials will be carefully reviewed beforehand. All tutorial materials should be in electronic form and will be available via the Internet to anyone interested subsequent to the meeting.

3. Software demonstrations. All types of software will be encouraged and authors/presenters will be expected to show software to interested attendees.

4. Vendor demonstrations. Sponsors of the School will be invited to demonstrate their products.

Tentative Agenda