{"id":12,"date":"2023-06-28T09:16:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T09:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecanews.org\/individual-members\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-01-25T18:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T18:47:41","slug":"scope-and-objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecanews.org\/sig-09\/","title":{"rendered":"Scope and objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>SIG 9 or ECACOMSIG<\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Most of our web-pages (especially those with details about our Workshops) are here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cryst.chem.uu.nl\/lutz\/ecacomsig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.cryst.chem.uu.nl\/lutz\/ecacomsig\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Workshops<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">SIG9 (also called ECACOMSIG) organises Computing Workshops to help Crystallographers develop software for use in our science. Previous events have been held across Europe since 2013, in non-IUCr GA and Congress years. The next will be in Stift Melk, Austria, in 2019 before ECM32 in Vienna, and will last for around three full days.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Software Fayres<\/h2>\n<p>These events have been held to showcase Crystallographic Software at both ECMs and IUCr GA &amp; Congresses for many years. They are currently organised by Martin Lutz and Claudia Mill\u00e1n-Nebot.<\/p>\n<h2>Scope and Objectives<\/h2>\n<p>ECACOMSIG (or \u201cSIG9\u201d) is the ECA\u2019s Special Interest Group that promotes all aspects of Computing in Crystallography. As such, its activities are central to most of the other SIGs in the ECA.<\/p>\n<p>ECACOMSIG works closely with the International Union of Crystallography\u2019s <a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iucr.org\/resources\/commissions\/crystallographic-computing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Commission on Crystallographic Computing (\u201cCompComm\u201d)<\/a> to organise Microsymposia at meetings of the ECA and the IUCr and to organise Schools for developers and potential developers in computational methods for Crystallography.<\/p>\n<h2>SIG-09 Officers<\/h2>\n<p>The current Officers of ECACOMSIG are \u2013<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"subhead\">Chairman<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:m.lutz@uu.nl\"><strong>Martin Lutz<\/strong><\/a>, Crystal and Structural Chemistry, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"subhead\">Vice-chairman<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:gianluca.santoni@esrf.fr\"><b>Gianluca Santoni<\/b><\/a>, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71, avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9,\u00a0France<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"subhead\">Secretary<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Harry Powell<\/strong>, Harry Powell Crystallographic, Buxton Road, Chingford, London E4 7DP, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<h2>Crystallographic Software<\/h2>\n<div class=\"subhead\">Crystallographic software (mostly developed in Europe):<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ccp4.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CCP4 (macromolecular)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ccp4.ac.uk\/ccp4bb.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CCP4 Bulletin Board<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk\/harry\/mosflm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mosflm (data processing)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/xds.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">XDS (data processing)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ccp14.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CCP14 (powder and small molecule \u2013 site is no longer maintained actively)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/jana.fzu.cz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jana (Modulated and other difficult structures)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/shelx.uni-ac.gwdg.de\/SHELX\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SHELX (structure solution and refinement)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.xtl.ox.ac.uk\/crystals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crystals (structure solution, refinement &amp; visualisation)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bari Group software:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/wwwba.ic.cnr.it\/content\/software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SIR 2011(small molecules)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/wwwba.ic.cnr.it\/content\/software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">il Milione (macromolecules) and <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/wwwba.ic.cnr.it\/content\/software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EXPO (powders)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cryst.chem.uu.nl\/spek\/platon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Platon (multi-purpose crystallographic tool)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.olex2.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olex2 (structure solution, refinement &amp; visualisation)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cryst.ehu.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bilbao Crystallographic Server (many useful crystallographic tools)<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"subhead\">Crystallographic software (mostly developed in the rest of the world):<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.phenix-online.org\/pipermail\/phenixbb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PHENIX mailing list archive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"inline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.phenix-online.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PHENIX (macromolecular)<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Documents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecanews.org\/sig-09-inauguration-document\/\">Inauguration Document<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecanews.org\/sig-09-activity-reports-2002-2009\/\">Activity Reports 2002-2009<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecanews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SIG9-AR-2009_10.pdf\">2009-2010 Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecanews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SIG9-AR-2010_11.pdf\">2010-2011 Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecanews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SIG_09_2012.pdf\">2011-2012 Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecanews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SIG_09_2013.pdf\">2012-2013 Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecanews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SIG9_2014.pdf\">2013-2014 Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecanews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/SIG_09_2015_UH.pdf\">2014-2015 Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecanews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/SIG-9_Annual-report_2016.pdf\">2015-2016 Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecanews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/SIG9_annual-report_2016-2017.pdf\">2016-2017 Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecanews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SIG9_annual-report_2017-2018.pdf\">2017-2018 Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecanews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Report-SIG9_2019.pdf\">2018-2019 Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2019-2020 Annual Report<\/li>\n<li>2020-2021 Annual Report<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecanews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/SIG-09_Activity_Report_2021-2022.pdf\">2021-2022 Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecanews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SIG-09_Activity_Report_2022-2023.pdf\">2022-2023 Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecanews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/SIG-09_Activity_Report_2023-2024.pdf\">2023-2024 Annual Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SIG 9 or ECACOMSIG Most of our web-pages (especially those with details about our Workshops) are here: http:\/\/www.cryst.chem.uu.nl\/lutz\/ecacomsig\/ Workshops SIG9 (also called ECACOMSIG) organises Computing Workshops to help Crystallographers develop software for use in our science. Previous events have been held across Europe since 2013, in non-IUCr GA and Congress years. 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