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[stem-dev] Notes from today's STEM community call

STEM Community Call January 12, 2012

On call: Jamie, Matthias, Stefan, Matt, Chris, Kun, Alec, Judy

 

1. RELEASE PLANNING
Target date for 1.3 is now 1/31/12. The date for the code freeze and Release Candidate is 1/24/2012.
> Stefan will contact Wayne @ Eclipse re review.
Release will make shape file importer available in a downloadable version despite outstanding issues with open map.

>Jamie will work on a new plug in w/o open map.

>Matthias will put on a private server or arrange for Ari to do so.

>Matthias will send short explanatory statement for website to Jamie to use to update plan page for 1.3.

>Fix will be temporary.   
Need presentation slides for 1.3.
Need 1.3.1 plan.

>Will start a STEM-Dev discussion.

2. NEW DOC FOR 1.3
*Dengue (done)

*Improved graph editor (Save-As needs to be implemented)

*Initializers (Chris); problems w/content for infectors, inoculators; will update/link scenario & documentation.

*Loggers (Matt, in process)

*Malaria (done)

*Mosquitoes VCAP (done)

*Shape file importer (Matthias, Max); see above under Release Planning; Matthias will post doc on wiki.   
*Solvers (Stefan, in process)

Need better organization for wiki.

>Put contents @ right at bottom or hide to make page more readable.

>Move What’s New to new position as History (Jamie, Judy).

>Highlight tutorials for easy access by new users. 


3. CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON MODELING OF FOOD MEDIATED DISEASES

*Transformation decorator broke integration. Is some transformation more continuous? Does some need to be in different class? Does food consumption = food transformation?

*Chris: Has done some renaming, will send proposal on changes to stem.dev for discussion prior to potentially committing to Eclipse.   
     
4. SHAPE FILE IMPORT/IPZILLA

See under Release Planning, New Doc.


5. ITEMS FROM PARTICIPANTS

>Jamie: Updating malaria paper.

>Matt: Updating EZRI (?) for use w/ STEM.

>Chris: Has encountered EMF bug, items disappear when new items are added; will send scenario w/ instructions on how to reproduce to Matt, Jamie; is serious, may need a workaround. 

>Alec: Joining call; a biologist, has a long list of diseases for possible study. Jamie: Have 10 years of shigella data from Israeli CDC .

>Jamie: Interested in visiting BFR, collaborating on joint abstracts for upcoming conferences.

>Matthias: Will post conferences (mostly European) they are planning to attend on Newsgroup, also upcoming conference on food safety to be held in Orlando, FL, they can’t get to.

>Matthias: Possible collaboration on proposal for International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE) in Maastricht, Belgium, 20-24 August 2012.

>Judy: See details @http://www.isvee13.org/abstracts-and-posters/abstract-submission. Proposals are due 15 February 2012.

 

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