News & Updates
MS6 Workshop News
From May 9 though 11, 2012, BioVeL's consortium members and invited participants from the biodiversity research field met in Gothenburg, Sweden. The goals of the workshop were to evaluate the project's progress and get feedback on needs and interests. It allowed to identify important steps to further advance the project and the development of services and workflows that are adapted to the needs of biodiversity research. There were discussions around showcases that employ services for taxonomic, population and ecological niche modellings, and phylogenetic research. It was also an opportunity to strengthen our relationships within the biodiversity research community.
This workshop was organized in collaboration with Swedish LifeWatch and ViBRANT and allowed to deepen BioVeL's friendship with these two organizations.
For a full description of the workshop with the presentation slides, please see our MS6 workshop page.
BioVeL Newsletter No. 1
Download BioVeL Newsletter No. 1, Spring 2012
In this edition you will find a letter from the project coordinator, Alex Hardisty, and a general presentation of BioVeL's consortium. Several articles present updates on the development of the project services and workflows. The last pages are dedicated to past and upcoming events.
About BioVeL
BioVeL is a virtual e-laboratory that supports research on biodiversity issues using large amounts of data from cross-disciplinary sources. BioVeL offers the possibility to use computerised "workflows" (series of data analysis steps) to process data, be that from one's own research and/or from existing sources.
A researcher can build his own workflow by selecting and applying successive "services" (data processing techniques). Or, he can re-use existing workflows available from BioVeL's library. This virtual e-laboratory cuts down research time and overhead expenses. BioVeL also provides access to a world-
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Events
BioVeL's Meetings
- MS6 Workshop
2nd BioVeL Workshop on taxonomic and phylogenetic workflows,
University of Gothenburg, Sweden, May 10-11, 2012 - 2nd Annual Meeting
CESAB, Aix-en-Provence, France, September 3-7, 2012
Conferences
- 15th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, 24-27 April, Avignon, France
- Global Biodiversity Informatics Conference (GBIC), 2-4 July, Copenhagen, Denmark
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