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LarKC Workflow Challenge 2011
Use the Large Knowledge Collider to build the most innovative, surprising or sophisticated workflow 
http://www.larkc.eu - http://wiki.larkc.eu/LarKCWorkflowChallenge2011

First price: €1000, second price: €500.  

What to build?
Your workflow can perform any task of your choosing,  and use any data sources you like.  

We've already seen and built great workflows that: 
• combine and interpret data streams from social networks  
• integrate data from traffic flows, weather reports, city maps and POI's  
• search collections of research papers for genes implicated in cancer  
• give location-aware info to city-travellers  
• integrate massive amounts of heterogeneous biomedical data  
• link personal calendar information with travel information

Important dates:
• 15 July: statement of interest, expressing intention to participate  
• 1 September: submission deadline  
• 1 October: announcement of winning submissions
Submit to larkc-challenge <at> lists.sourceforge.net


Useful locations:
• LarKC download location http://larkc.sourceforge.net  
• LarKC plugin marketplace http://www.larkc.eu/plug-in-marketplace  
• LarKC datasets http://www.larkc.eu/resources/published-data-sources  
• LarKC support page http://www.larkc.eu/early-adopters  


For more detailed information on the Challenge, see http://wiki.larkc.eu/LarKCWorkflowChallenge2011 


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Irene Celino
CEFRIEL - ICT Institute Politecnico di Milano
Via Fucini, 2 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
phone: +39 0223954266
fax:   +39 0223954466
email: Irene.Celino <at> cefriel.it, irene.celino <at> gmail.com, irene <at> iricelino.org
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