All,
Although not research focused, I thought this coding challenge might be of interest to some of you:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ContestWelcome/October_2011_Coding_Cha...
in particular:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/October_2011_Coding_Challenge/Real-Time
Help us spread the word!
Dario
-- Dario Taraborelli, PhD Senior Research Analyst Wikimedia Foundation
http://wikimediafoundation.org http://nitens.org/taraborelli