Flexible LaTeX references with Natbib

LaTeX reference management is superb. However, some publisher want to have the citations arranged in some predefined manner. Yes, they are usually all different. However, if your are using LaTeX and BibTex no much need to be done to format your references right. The natbib package provides you with the tools to satisfy almost any publisher requirements.

Dec 6, 2008 · 1 min · 57 words · Xavier Llorà

Lulu and LaTeX

A while ago, I wrote about “Publishing yourself online”. Among other solutions, Lulu, seemed to be a more traditional publishing method, with the twist you do it your self, and you can decide what kind of book you want (e-book, paperback, hardcover, etc.). The other day I was spending some cycles trying to find out if they provide LaTeX templates, and no, they are a Microsoft shop (with the option of dealing with Open Office)....

Dec 5, 2008 · 1 min · 122 words · Xavier Llorà

Meandre Infrastructure 1.4 RC1 tagged

Last monday I tagged on the development SVN the first release candidate for the 1.4 version of the Meandre infrastructure. The new 1.4 version brings a pile of bug fixes, improves web service mechanics, provides a new HTML lightweight interface to the infrastructure, and implements a first version of the coordination facility (Meandre Distributed eXchange) used to assemble configurable single-image Meandre clusters based on Meandre servers—just to list a few of the 1....

Dec 2, 2008 · 1 min · 96 words · Xavier Llorà

GECCO 2009 submission deadline

Yup, that time of year is coming around again. The 2009 Genetic and Evolutionary Computing Conference (GECCO 2009) is going to be held in Montreal, Canada. The paper submission dead line is January 14, 2009.

Nov 17, 2008 · 1 min · 35 words · Xavier Llorà

Meandre: Semantic-Driven Data-Intensive Flows in the Clouds

by Llorà, X., Ács, B., Auvil, L., Capitanu, B., Welge, M.E., Goldberg, D.E. (2008). This paper has been accepted at the 4th IEEE International Conference on e-Science. An early draft of the paper can be found as IlliGAL technical report 2008013. You can download the pdf here. More information is also available at the Meandre website as part of the SEASR project. Abstract: Data-intensive flow computing allows efficient processing of large volumes of data otherwise unapproachable....

Nov 15, 2008 · 1 min · 162 words · Xavier Llorà