▁of ▁influence ▁in ▁open - source ▁bio in format ics . ▁ ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁an ▁inform al ▁two - day ▁Code fest ▁has ▁been ▁held ▁directly ▁preceding ▁the ▁conference . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁N I H ▁Associ ate ▁Director ▁for ▁Data ▁Science ▁Philip ▁Bour ne ▁and ▁C . ▁Tit us ▁Brown ▁gave ▁ke yn ote ▁tal ks ▁at ▁B OS C ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁ ▁B OS C ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁was ▁organized ▁in ▁Or lando , ▁Florida ▁from ▁July ▁ 8 – 9 ▁before ▁the ▁main ▁IS MB ▁conference . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Comput ational ▁science ▁Category : B io in format ics ▁Category : Bi ology ▁con ferences <0x0A> </s> ▁In ▁United ▁States ▁agricult ural ▁policy , ▁the ▁set - as ide ▁program ▁( not ▁used ▁since ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ) ▁was ▁a ▁program ▁under ▁which ▁far mers ▁were ▁required ▁to ▁set ▁aside ▁a ▁certain ▁percentage ▁of ▁their ▁total ▁plant ed ▁a cre age ▁and ▁dev ote ▁this ▁land ▁to ▁approved ▁conservation ▁uses ▁( such ▁as ▁grass es , ▁leg umes , ▁and ▁small ▁gra in ▁which ▁is ▁not ▁allowed ▁to ▁m ature ) ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁be ▁el ig ible ▁for ▁non rec ourse ▁lo ans ▁and ▁def ic iency ▁pay ments . ▁Set - as ide ▁a cre age ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁acres ▁a ▁far mer ▁actually ▁plant ed ▁in ▁the ▁program ▁year ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁being ▁based ▁on