Preliminary program

This will likely be adjusted a bit, but will stay within these topics and timepoints:

May 15

05:30 FOOD
07:00 Intro
07:15 Installing and Running production instance
08:15 Integrating and Scaling Analysis Tools
09:15 BEER

May 16

09:00 Deploying on the Cloud
10:00 Libraries and Sample Tracking at NGS Facilities
11:00 Workflows & Research Reproducibility
12:00 FOOD
01:30 Contributed Talks
05:00 FOOD
07:00 Building Custom Genome Browsers with Galaxy Trackster
08:00 Break-out Session
10:00 BEER

May 17

09:00 Q & A
11:30 FOOD

Should you go?

This meeting will be primarily targeting software engineers, IT professionals, and developers of analysis tools. So, it you are an occasional PERL scripter, this meeting is not for you. However, if you belong to any of categories below, please register ASAP:

I write tools for analysis of NGS data
I am an IT professional managing a core facility or sequencing center
I develop applications for management of very large datasets
I write web applications for biologists

Agenda and Goals

The goal of this meeting is to engage a broader community of developers, data producers, and tool creators. We will cover the following aspects of Galaxy framework:

The hitchhiker's guide to Galaxy architecture
Integration of tools (including NGS analysis tools) and distributed job management
Deployment of private Galaxy instances on local resources and on the Cloud
Management of large datasets with the Galaxy Library System
Using the Galaxy LIMS functionality at NGS sequencing facilities

Logistics

To participate you must register using CSHL registration web site. The fees are:

Full package (food and lodging) - US$525
No housing package (food only) - US$300

As always, plan to leave some amount of change in CSHL bar ;).

Contact Anton Nekrutenko or James Taylor if you have any questions.