Brad Berg: New page: == Plans and Goals Spring '11 == === Brad === Projects * Support the ongoing VRL Group projects: Jadrian's brain research. Radu's Protein project:
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New page: == Plans and Goals Spring '11 == === Brad === Projects * Support the ongoing VRL Group projects: ** Jadrian's brain research. ** Radu's Protein project: ::Assist...

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== Plans and Goals Spring '11 ==

=== [[User:Brad Berg|Brad]] ===

Projects

* Support the ongoing VRL Group projects:
** Jadrian's brain research.
** Radu's Protein project: 
::Assist Radu to integrate a test and any recent code.

* Support collaborative projects.
** Wrist cartilage support for Eni and Michael.
** Migrate Win's mri pipeline to run in CIT.
** Andy Loomis and Andy Forsberg's Adviser program.

* Contribute to the design and development of the new cave. Integrate changes to vrg3d. Simplify the configuration and provide a quick start path for student projects.

* Set up public distribution of diffusion imaging data.

Infrastructure

* Manage the migration to the new file system.

* Continue to write Wiki entries as needed.

* Continue setting up third party software for students to use. Current imported packages are: blitz, cg, g3d, qt, camino, dtk, afni, nifti, vivro, vrpn, glut, and sdl.

* Extend the build system to make kits for public source and binary distributions.

* Improve support for remote development.

* Launch the Windows test system.

* Continue extend the make files to support new features such as additional third party packages.

* Upgrade migrated Linux code to work with gcc 4.3 in conjunction with the summer Debian upgrade.

* Continue to integrate any new tests written by students into nightly test runs.

* Finish integrating the new version of the Nag libraries.

Knowledge

* Learn more about the cave; particularly vrg3d software development.

* Meet (SciVis talk) with students to address any integration issues.

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=== [[User:Cagatay Demiralp|Çağatay]] ===

# Give a good proposal talk.

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=== [[User:Caroline Ziemkiewicz|Caroline]] ===

Research: Observe and analyze users for multi-view task modeling
* Set up systems for interaction logging, video capturing, eye-tracking, etc.
* Design a general data-gathering plan
* Arrange observation sessions with the scientific labs
* Analyze the data, do task sequence analysis
* Aim for VisWeek publication of initial results

Identify long-term funding opportunities for modeling project

Help mentor students on usability design independent study

Service/community activities
* Program committee for VisWeek
* Contribute to VisWeek planning
* General reviewing - EuroVis, PacificVis
* Attend conferences - EuroVis, CHI?

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=== David ===
#get diffusion normals, one library, and one executable distributed (late...)
#get one diffusion analysis completed and out (Paul? Cohen? hire?)
#visweek papers
#*Steve: comps (need title, brain diagrams and events expanded?)
#*Cagatay: coloring manifesto
#*Cagatay: metric learning via interaction (?)
#*Cagatay: cycles of brains (?)
#*Radu: Analysis nudges: guiding scientists towards improved analytic practices
#*Caroline: A Task Analysis of Reasoning with Multi-View Visualization (is vis appropriate?)
#*Ryan: get involved with Cagatay's? Cohen analysis (maybe not vis)?
#*Wenjin: too far from Vis?
#*Jadrian: modeling curve bundles? small problem results?
#support 7 phd students' progress toward graduation and careers
#new Cave creation on track
#more dissemination: talks/slides?, datasets (animals?)?, more/better images (>2004..., analytics)?
#funded grants happy: nih (ext?), immgen, nmrkrs, sa, aptima, jian
#si^2 and expedition proposal followthrough?
#teach a good CS16
#keep Vis '11 on track
#cs facilities vision document

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=== Eni ===

* Make progress in the surface analysis/congruency problem
* Draft a proposal for my work
* Read more literature that’s related to my work
* Submit a paper to MRM on tracts

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=== [[User:Jadrian Miles|Jadrian]] ===

* [[:Image:Jadrian Miles PhD Proposal original 2009-06-22.pdf‎|Initial thesis proposal, submitted 2009-06-22]]
* [[:Image:Jadrian Miles PhD Proposal rev2 2009-10-15.pdf|Proposal second revision, prepared 2009-10-15]]

# Write up dissertation table of contents, outline, and some hole-filled chapters by July 31st
#* Done.
# Write up departmental proposal document by September 1st
#* Initial submission on September 10th.
# Present the proposal formally to the department in October
#* Proposal presentation on October 7th.
# Define a macrostructure model and cost function
#* The committee has been very involved in refining the idea of the "cost functions" for various fitting steps. The macrostructure model has gone through several revisions and is almost done.
# Implement curve clustering using the macrostructure model; write up for ISMRM
#* {{red|Not done.}} Intended ISMRM submission on Rician noise correction turned out not to be novel, though I did learn about a ton of related work that has been quite successful.
# Extend the macrostructure cost function to include DWI values
#* {{red|Not done.}}
# Implement macrostructure adjustment from DWIs; write up for an MRM paper
#* {{red|Not done.}}
# Get preliminary histological data of some kind, either by doing it in-house, working with collaborators, or outsourcing
#* {{red|Not done.}}
# Derive a minimal set of microstructure measurements from histological data
#* {{red|Not done.}}
# Copy South Africa data from DVDs and work with Amanda to import and process it
#* All data are organized on the data server but not processed.

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=== [[User:Nathan Malkin|Nathan]] ===
* [[Diffusion Processing Pipeline|Diffusion pipeline]] work
** Medical Image library
** Possible further work, including:
*** Tubegen replacement
*** New (or updated) dfit utility
*** Others
* Independent research
*# Develop interesting research question
*#* Related to my interests in human-computer interaction, behavioral economics/cognitive biases, etc.
*# Come up with a project based on it
*# Apply for UTRA for this project (deadline: '''February 9''')
*# Apply for NSF REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) grant (deadline: '''February 15''')
*# Begin work on the project
* Help with data processing for our [[Diffusion MRI#Neuroscience_Collaborations|collaborators]]
** Including, possibly, new tools that may be required
* (Ongoing) Provide support and documentation for previously-written tools

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=== Radu ===

# Learning distance metrics from users (with Cagatay)
# Revise/submit neural maps paper
# Revise/resubmit google maps paper
# Run analysis nudges study and submit Vis paper
# Deploy at least one more Immgen map on the Immgen website
# Create the deployment infrastructure for the existing maps
# Make my PhD code reusable (installable, automatic testing, partially commented)

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=== Wenjin ===

* MICCAI paper submission? due 3/9/2011
* NeuroImage journal submission
* Get real brain data on double-PGSE acquisition (work with Ed)
* good CONNECT meeting ( MRI of brain microstructure and connectivity) talk in Feb
* Ponder on disease applications
* Long-term research goals and plans: research plan, statement of interest, teaching statement, etc.
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=== [[User:Steven Gomez|Steve]] ===

Comps progress
* Finish development and study for history/modeling project + w/ brain diagram
* Successful comps write-up (full draft by 2/7) and defense (must finish by 3/15)
* (Info?)Vis submission from comps report
* Check other venues that might be appropriate: e.g. ACM [http://dilab.gatech.edu/ccc/index.html creativity & cognition], ...?

Brain Diagrams
* Revise demo for Jeff (1/20) [complete]
* Iterate with Schnitzer group over brain diagram ideas
* Prepare vis poster
* Write-up ideas for eye-tracking integration/experiments (mid Feb)

Misc
* Finish final course req for candidacy
* Complete NSF BEARCORE training (1/25) [complete]
* Search fellowship opportunities, list (with deadlines) by 4/1
* Poster sketch with braphael on explanatory path vis (after comps)
* Whatever needed for grant that's funding me

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=== Ryan ===

* Complete programming comps successfully
* Become familiar with group's DTI tools and projects
* Follow up on David's vis conf suggestions
* Expand paper with Shantanu to journal submission
* Investigate research opportunities for surface based methods with DTI
* Choose and propose research comps project
* Coursework

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Brad Berg: New page: == Plans and Goals Spring '11 == === Brad === Projects * Support the ongoing VRL Group projects: ** Jadrian's brain research. ** Radu's Protein project: ::Assist...

Brad Berg: New page: == Plans and Goals Spring '11 == === Brad === Projects * Support the ongoing VRL Group projects: Jadrian's brain research. Radu's Protein project:
::Assist...