The International Crop Information System (ICIS) is a flexible, database system for management of crop research data, including pedigrees, selection histories, field and laboratory evaluations, and survey results. It is a tool for linking islands of data from diverse sources and making them freely available to researchers and research managers, whether at national or international research centers, NGOs or the private sectors. This training workshop is targeted at crop scientists, research associates, technicians, database managers and software developers who want to participate in the development, use of ICIS or support its wider use in diverse fields of agricultural research. For further information, visit the ICIS website at http://www.cgiar.org/icis.
Workshop outline:
The Sept. 2007 ICIS Training Workshop at ICARDA will focus on training researchers on the Setup, use, application and integration of ICIS into existing management information systems of different breeding programs, links to molecular and genomic databases, links to genetic resources, integration of GIS applications and recent development on web based data views.
Program Outline:
Sunday 2/9/07 - Overview:
- Welcome address
- Workshop introduction and development reports on ICIS
- Setting up ICIS databases
- Welcome dinner (to be announced)
Monday 3/9/07
- Tutorial session on ICIS applications for users and curators
- Integration of ICIS into working systems in breeding programs
- Mass population of pedigree information
- Trip to Aleppo Citadel and the traditional market
Tuesday 4/9/07 - Use Case and Requirements Analysis for Diverse ICIS Data
- Towards a functional genomics platform
- Data management for genetic resources and allele mining
- Back end: Database architecture (System Architecture)
Wednesday 5/9/07 - System Architecture (cnt’d):
- Middleware: Meta-level model specification
- Front end: User Interfaces (standalone & WWW)
- Data exchange protocols
- Open source DBMS initiative
Thursday 6/9/07 - External Databases and project development:
- Integration with other international projects (e.g. Gene-Mine)
- Relationship to other projects
- Funding opportunities
- Traditional Dinner
Friday 7/9/07 – Visits to historical sites are encouraged and therefore advise participants to set this day aside for site seeing.
Location: The workshop will be held at the ICARDA Headquarters in Aleppo
Accommodation:
Accommodation ranges as listed below.
Price $ Single Double
- Sheraton Hotel (Special price for ICARDA guest) 140.00
- Chahba Cham Hotel 75.00 90.00 **
- Planet Hotel 40.00
- Pullman 46.00 56.00
- Mirage Palace Hotel 40.00 50.00
- ICARDA Guest house 35.00 45.00
All hotels with breakfast ** No free breakfast Currency: Please note that all figures are in American dollars:
$1US is approximately *50 Syrian pounds
- figures are meant only as a guide and may change daily
Meals: Breakfast will be available at most places of accommodation. However, food prices varies according to what you eat.
Climate: Typical average Mediterranean temperature for September varies from mid 30’s during the day to low 20s during the night, no rain.
Registration and Logistics:
There is no registration or workshop fee. If you intend to attend simply e-mail Graham McLaren at G.McLaren@CGIAR.ORG or Akin. Akintunde at A.N.Akintunde@cgiar.org with the proposed dates of arrival and departure and your choice of accommodation.
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