Call for Proposals

We are inviting the Julia community to submit talks and workshop proposals for the upcoming JuliaCon (June 20th-24th 2017, Berkeley, California, USA).

This Call for Proposals closes on March 31, 11:59pm AOE (UTC-12).

JuliaCon is the fourth annual Julia community meeting. We encourage everyone to consider submitting a proposal, regardless of your level of experience with Julia or as a speaker. If you work with Julia in any form, we want to hear from you!

Topics

Over the years, JuliaCon presentations have ranged from introductory to advanced and have been from industry and academia. To get a feel for previous years’ presentations, take a look at our past programmes and recordings: (2014; 2015 and 2016).

We are interested in all topics that have to do with Julia, including the following incomplete list:

Industrial applications

Finance & economics

Machine Learning

Statistics

Numerical optimization

Scientific computing

Bioinformatics

Data analytics and visualization

General computing

Julia’s compiler, tooling & ecosystem

The most important consideration is whether you think it would be interesting.

Proposal types

Talks are 30 minutes long, including 5 minutes allocated for questions from the audience.

Lightning talks are 10 minutes long, including 2 minutes allocated for audience questions. Workshops are two to three hours long and are either in-depth tutorials or interactive hackathon sessions.

If you have other ideas or suggestions, like a topic or focus of a hackathon, please let us know and we will see what we can do.

Proposal Advice

Submit proposals early, as it allows us to contact you and give feedback if necessary.

When thinking about what makes a good topic, ask yourself what kind of presentation

would make you or your friends excited.

would make you or your friends excited. Great talks are generally about your own experience. How do you use Julia in your work?

How does Julia affect you and your code? What’s holding you back from going all the way?

What makes a specific package good and how does it work? What needs improving?

How does Julia affect you and your code? What’s holding you back from going all the way? What makes a specific package good and how does it work? What needs improving? It may be a good idea to review previous presentations for inspiration and ideas.

If you are presenting about a certain project, package, or company,

include links to guide the reader to more information.

include links to guide the reader to more information. Try not to assume familiarity with your subject when writing the abstract;

the average reader is most likely not an expert in your area of expertise.

the average reader is most likely not an expert in your area of expertise. Avoid opaque titles; while witty titles are good, an informative title is essential.

Avoid infomercials; while we love to hear how you use Julia in your company,

JuliaCon is not the place to sell your product.

JuliaCon is not the place to sell your product. If you want feedback before submitting a proposal, contact us at juliacon@julialang.org, well ahead of the deadline.

We are more than happy to help you improve your proposal.

If you have doubts about becoming a speaker, check out the website We are all awesome.

We look forward to your proposals and to seeing you at JuliaCon 2017.

The fine print

Submission process

We are using an anonymized submissions process, to avoid selection bias related to the speaker.

Financial support

Travel and/or conference ticket reimbursement is also available for a limited number of speakers and attendees, particularly those who bring new perspectives and diverse backgrounds to JuliaCon. See here to apply for financial support.

Recordings and materials

We plan to video record all talks and will make them available after the conference. We do this for those who cannot attend. If you are uncomfortable with having your talk recorded, however, please let any member of the committee know; being recorded is not a requirement to attend JuliaCon or to give a presentation.

Finally, we also ask you to make your materials and recording available under a Creative Commons (default: no commercial reuse) or other open source license.

Submisson Form

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