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Plans and Goals

2018-01-16T16:10:28Z

Daniel Engel: /* Daniel */

On this page the members of the [[VRL]] record and refine their goals for the current semester. This is a living document in which [[dhl]] will provide feedback. See the bottom of the page for links to past plans & goals documents.

== Current Schedule ==
Meetings are on Mondays. The authoritative list is in dhl's calendar.

== Current Plans and Goals (Spring '17) ==

=== [[User:Daniel Engel|Daniel]] ===

* QIT
** work through Ryan's tutorial series and learn how to add modules
** ideally would like to be able to figure out how to write code in C++ that works with QIT

*DMRI ideas
** generally, want to see how ideas from topology can help us understand DMRI data
** identify singularities of voxel-space (where diffusion is roughly isotropic) and non-singularities (more anisotropic diffusion), build a morse-smale complex, see what this can tell us
** understand the space of curves extracted via tractography:
*** once we specify a curve metric this yields a distance matrix between curves
*** to visualize this curve space I plan to use some type of spring-mass relaxation method in order to find a suitable embedding of points in a low-dim space that reflects these distances
*** persistent homology could inform the construction of a new algorithm for clustering tracts
*** explore local curve space by perturbing seed points then looking at relative change in curve space

* GBM application with Gilbert
** see how top tools can be used to measure inter-voxel coh from GBM scans
** hopefully there is some relationship between "topolgical breaks" and tumor infiltration boundary
** look at brain oxygenation levels in relation to top structures
** write semester project proposal

* people in applied topology
** attend the applied top seminars
** interact more with Isaac and Melissa
** get a sense of theoretical problems that are "hard"/(not well understood) in applying persistent hom
** figure out the details of math dept program with Jeff

* Classes
** TBD

=== [[User:David Laidlaw|David]] ===

* yurt
** seams calibrated within a few mm's by 2/15
** maybe include Simon Su, Kreylos, others; EnSight, Paravision
** paper submitted about R&D, model on Cruz, by ???
** reresubmit TTTS manuscript (Johannes) by 3/31
** new exp results paper (Johannes) by 3/31
** hmd+yurt paper resubmitted (Johannes)
* Dino major revision, maybe post vis (Johannes)
** dinoyurt progress w/steve/morgan
* Gilbert progress (w Daniel?)
** homology, tumor, maybe heart
* method of loci, mem castle (Fumeng) by 3/31
* good new course
** good resulting wiki/doc
** students engaged and satisfied
* bring in more ugrad researchers
** training, categories, job jar(s), link to Tom, advertise, web site
* orthopedics
** ~ tools continuing to run well (despite upgrade)
*** - get registration pipeline to pass regression tests
** ~ maybe pursue diffusion imaging in joints
* keep all advisees moving along appropriately
* DGS
* CCMB search

=== [[User:Johannes Novotny|Johannes]] ===

* Cave/Yurt
** Complete user study with Wesley
** Design next experiment for VT project
** Work on VR volume visualization (3D Visualizer/CaveVOX/...)
** Get more concrete collaboration with students of Robbert Creton or Kristi Wharton
** Help out with Demos when needed
** Explore use of VTK in VRG3D

* CS137
** Set up clean development branch for CavePainting
** Get acquainted with the sourcecode
** Fix some bugs if possible

* Fitts' Law
** Work on paper with HCI seminar group

* Thesis Project
** Restart discussions with Derek and Kristi
** Explore collaborations for genome folding visualizations
** by December: Create Thesis proposal draft

=== [[User:Bruce Campbell|Bruce]] ===

* Funding
** Raise funding to support Visiting Scientist position for 2016
** Submit proposals to STAC, NSF ITEST, and ONR by end of 2015
** Create ten-page white paper for Jan 31, 2016 to send to other funding organizations

* Cave/Yurt
** Axial Seamount application:
*** Implement Animation controls by Dec 31, 2015
*** Implement Grab and Manipulate interaction by Jan 30, 2016
** Create Plan for 2016 work by Jan 30, 2016 (promote here):
*** Continuous overall contribution: Useful Temporal Interaction GUIs
*** Prioritize other COVE (http://cove.ocean.washington.edu) features integration
*** Pursue Python interpreter integration unless other Yurt methods pan out
*** Anticipate STAC/ITEST programming needs for Yurt
*** Continue to pursue possible student participation

* CS 137
** Continue to attend and revisit notes from UW INDE 543
** CG&A ''Art on Graphics'' column to layout by February 15, 2016

* Distributed Cognition
** Create updated mind map (with bibliography) by Dec 31, 2015
** Create d-cog metric and test plan to support VIS/VAST paper by Jan 15, 2015
** VIS/VAST paper abstract ready by March deadline

* Personal Development
** Continuous: Improve research process effectiveness including a better parallel writing process
** Continuous: Improve conciseness in e-mail and research-related writing
** Continuous: Improve at sketching ideas

=== [[User: Fumeng Yang|Fumeng]] ===
*Research Comp (Memory Palace paper)
** Experimental system (web and VR) by the end of Jan
** Pilot study (~3 people) by the first week of Feb
** Full study (~10-15 participants) by the end of Feb (or the first week of Mar)
** Paper drafting since Feb
** Full draft by Mar 15
** Paper abstract, Mar 21
** Full paper, Mar 30/31, 2018
** Presentation, the 1st/2nd week of Apr

*Classes
** HCI seminar
** CS137?
** English evaluation

*Spatialization in VR
** Start after Mar 31
** Get datasets and make a decision about the experiments by the end of May
** Remember to ping WPI and ASU after the decision

*Internship/Summer position

*Other academic-and-professional-related things
** SV co-chair: ping after Mar 31
** Remotion (HCI group)
** VF // VF2 // MemeVis (Poster, after visddl) // PhysicalVis (?, after visddl) // PhobiaVis (Workshop paper, after visddl) // VRGym (Jing's stuff) // ?



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== Past Plans and Goals ==
* [[/Fall 2017|Fall '17]]
* [[/Summer 2016|Summer '16]]
* [[/Spring 2016|Spring '16]]
* [[/Fall 2015|Fall '15]]
* [[/Summer 2015|Summer '15]]
* [[/Spring 2015|Spring '15]]
* [[/Fall 2014|Fall '14]]
* [[/Spring-Summer 2014|Spring-Summer '14]]
* [[/Summer-Fall 2013|Summer-Fall '13]]
* [[/Spring 2013|Spring '13]]
* [[/Fall 2012|Fall '12]]
* [[/Summer 2012|Summer '12]]
* [[/Spring 2012|Spring '12]]
* [[/Summer-Fall 2011|Summer-Fall '11]]
* [[/Spring 2011|Spring '11]]
* [[/Summer-Fall 2010|Summer-Fall '10]]
* [[/Spring 2010|Spring '10]]
* [[/Fall 2009|Fall '09]]
* [[/Summer 2009|Summer '09]]
* [[/Spring 2009|Spring '09]]
* [[/Fall 2008|Fall '08]]
* [http://sites.google.com/a/vis.cs.brown.edu/collaboravis/Home/summer-08-group-goals Summer '08]

[[Category:VRL]]

Plans and Goals

2018-01-16T16:09:11Z

Daniel Engel: /* Daniel */

On this page the members of the [[VRL]] record and refine their goals for the current semester. This is a living document in which [[dhl]] will provide feedback. See the bottom of the page for links to past plans & goals documents.

== Current Schedule ==
Meetings are on Mondays. The authoritative list is in dhl's calendar.

== Current Plans and Goals (Spring '17) ==

=== [[User:Daniel Engel|Daniel]] ===

* QIT
** work through Ryan's tutorial series and learn how to add modules
** ideally would like to be able to figure out how to write code in C++ that works with QIT

*DMRI ideas
** generally, want to see how ideas from topology can help us understand DMRI data
** identify singularities of voxel-space (where diffusion is roughly isotropic) and non-singularities (more anisotropic diffusion), build a morse-smale complex, see what this can tell us
** understand the space of curves extracted via tractography:
*** once we specify a curve metric this yields a distance matrix between curves
*** to visualize this curve space I plan to use some type of spring-mass relaxation method in order to find a suitable embedding of points in a low-dim space that reflects these distances
*** persistent homology could inform the construction of a new algorithm for clustering tracts
*** explore local curve space by perturbing seed points then looking at relative change in curve space

* GBM application with Gilbert
** see how top tools can be used to measure inter-voxel coh from GBM scans
** hopefully there is some relationship between "topolgical breaks" and tumor infiltration boundary
** look at brain oxygenation levels in relation to top structures
** write semester project proposal

* people in applied topology
** attend the applied top seminars
** interact more with Isaac and Melissa
** get a sense of theoretical problems that are "hard"/(not well understood) in applying persistent hom
** figure out the details of math dept program with Jeff

=== [[User:David Laidlaw|David]] ===

* yurt
** seams calibrated within a few mm's by 2/15
** maybe include Simon Su, Kreylos, others; EnSight, Paravision
** paper submitted about R&D, model on Cruz, by ???
** reresubmit TTTS manuscript (Johannes) by 3/31
** new exp results paper (Johannes) by 3/31
** hmd+yurt paper resubmitted (Johannes)
* Dino major revision, maybe post vis (Johannes)
** dinoyurt progress w/steve/morgan
* Gilbert progress (w Daniel?)
** homology, tumor, maybe heart
* method of loci, mem castle (Fumeng) by 3/31
* good new course
** good resulting wiki/doc
** students engaged and satisfied
* bring in more ugrad researchers
** training, categories, job jar(s), link to Tom, advertise, web site
* orthopedics
** ~ tools continuing to run well (despite upgrade)
*** - get registration pipeline to pass regression tests
** ~ maybe pursue diffusion imaging in joints
* keep all advisees moving along appropriately
* DGS
* CCMB search

=== [[User:Johannes Novotny|Johannes]] ===

* Cave/Yurt
** Complete user study with Wesley
** Design next experiment for VT project
** Work on VR volume visualization (3D Visualizer/CaveVOX/...)
** Get more concrete collaboration with students of Robbert Creton or Kristi Wharton
** Help out with Demos when needed
** Explore use of VTK in VRG3D

* CS137
** Set up clean development branch for CavePainting
** Get acquainted with the sourcecode
** Fix some bugs if possible

* Fitts' Law
** Work on paper with HCI seminar group

* Thesis Project
** Restart discussions with Derek and Kristi
** Explore collaborations for genome folding visualizations
** by December: Create Thesis proposal draft

=== [[User:Bruce Campbell|Bruce]] ===

* Funding
** Raise funding to support Visiting Scientist position for 2016
** Submit proposals to STAC, NSF ITEST, and ONR by end of 2015
** Create ten-page white paper for Jan 31, 2016 to send to other funding organizations

* Cave/Yurt
** Axial Seamount application:
*** Implement Animation controls by Dec 31, 2015
*** Implement Grab and Manipulate interaction by Jan 30, 2016
** Create Plan for 2016 work by Jan 30, 2016 (promote here):
*** Continuous overall contribution: Useful Temporal Interaction GUIs
*** Prioritize other COVE (http://cove.ocean.washington.edu) features integration
*** Pursue Python interpreter integration unless other Yurt methods pan out
*** Anticipate STAC/ITEST programming needs for Yurt
*** Continue to pursue possible student participation

* CS 137
** Continue to attend and revisit notes from UW INDE 543
** CG&A ''Art on Graphics'' column to layout by February 15, 2016

* Distributed Cognition
** Create updated mind map (with bibliography) by Dec 31, 2015
** Create d-cog metric and test plan to support VIS/VAST paper by Jan 15, 2015
** VIS/VAST paper abstract ready by March deadline

* Personal Development
** Continuous: Improve research process effectiveness including a better parallel writing process
** Continuous: Improve conciseness in e-mail and research-related writing
** Continuous: Improve at sketching ideas

=== [[User: Fumeng Yang|Fumeng]] ===
*Research Comp (Memory Palace paper)
** Experimental system (web and VR) by the end of Jan
** Pilot study (~3 people) by the first week of Feb
** Full study (~10-15 participants) by the end of Feb (or the first week of Mar)
** Paper drafting since Feb
** Full draft by Mar 15
** Paper abstract, Mar 21
** Full paper, Mar 30/31, 2018
** Presentation, the 1st/2nd week of Apr

*Classes
** HCI seminar
** CS137?
** English evaluation

*Spatialization in VR
** Start after Mar 31
** Get datasets and make a decision about the experiments by the end of May
** Remember to ping WPI and ASU after the decision

*Internship/Summer position

*Other academic-and-professional-related things
** SV co-chair: ping after Mar 31
** Remotion (HCI group)
** VF // VF2 // MemeVis (Poster, after visddl) // PhysicalVis (?, after visddl) // PhobiaVis (Workshop paper, after visddl) // VRGym (Jing's stuff) // ?



----

== Past Plans and Goals ==
* [[/Fall 2017|Fall '17]]
* [[/Summer 2016|Summer '16]]
* [[/Spring 2016|Spring '16]]
* [[/Fall 2015|Fall '15]]
* [[/Summer 2015|Summer '15]]
* [[/Spring 2015|Spring '15]]
* [[/Fall 2014|Fall '14]]
* [[/Spring-Summer 2014|Spring-Summer '14]]
* [[/Summer-Fall 2013|Summer-Fall '13]]
* [[/Spring 2013|Spring '13]]
* [[/Fall 2012|Fall '12]]
* [[/Summer 2012|Summer '12]]
* [[/Spring 2012|Spring '12]]
* [[/Summer-Fall 2011|Summer-Fall '11]]
* [[/Spring 2011|Spring '11]]
* [[/Summer-Fall 2010|Summer-Fall '10]]
* [[/Spring 2010|Spring '10]]
* [[/Fall 2009|Fall '09]]
* [[/Summer 2009|Summer '09]]
* [[/Spring 2009|Spring '09]]
* [[/Fall 2008|Fall '08]]
* [http://sites.google.com/a/vis.cs.brown.edu/collaboravis/Home/summer-08-group-goals Summer '08]

[[Category:VRL]]