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


== Current Plans and Goals (Spring '15) ==
== Current Plans and Goals (Summer '15) ==


=== [[User:Connor Gramazio|Connor]] ===
=== [[User:Connor Gramazio|Connor]] ===
'''<span style="color:steelblue">Boldfaced</span>''' goals are those that mark the high-level success of each project.
===== '''Genomics VIS Project''' =====
* By 1/12 (over break):
** change abstract to be more of a paper abstract and less of a book abstract
** make paper skeleton with clear evaluation plans, methods, and expected results
** determine if making the GD3 Notebook as a third tool is manageable given pre-VIS workload
* By 1/19: '''<span style="color:steelblue">Complete and freeze GD3 v1 visualization library development</span>'''
** Don't do more than bringing refactored library up to existing capabilities.
* By 1/19: E-mail and recruit >=5 experts for each tool that is being evaluated
* By 2/2: Have all experts scheduled and have the evaluations set in stone and methods/procedure written into paper draft
* By 2/20: '''<span style="color:steelblue">Have all evaluation completed and coded</span>'''
* By 3/9: E-mail David a complete, rough paper draft for VIS submission
* By 3/16: Send out revised draft to all authors
* By 3/21: Submit abstract to VIS and have a paper draft that is submittable
* By 3/31: '''<span style="color:steelblue">Submit genomics viz paper to VIS</span>''' <span style="color: #00a22e">✓</span>
===== '''Color palette picker''' =====
* By 1/12 (over break):
** Brainstorm a list of possible evaluations with total >= 5 possible evaluations
** Send an abstract to Karen and David and a one-paragraph description of the evaluation plan
** Write paper skeleton
* By 1/19: '''<span style="color:steelblue">Finish tool</span>'''
* By 1/26: Have a meeting/demo with David and Karen to get feedback on evaluation
* By 1/26: Run pilot MTurk evaluations on discerinability and preference
* By 2/9: '''<span style="color:steelblue">Have complete data from MTurk discernability and preference evaluations</span>'''
* By 3/2: E-Mail David and Karen a complete, rough paper draft for VIS submission
* By 3/16: Have a submittable draft ready
* By 3/21: Submit abstract to VIS
* By 3/31: '''<span style="color:steelblue">Submit color palette paper to VIS</span>''' <span style="color: #00a22e">✓</span>
===== '''Continuous Colormaps''' =====
* By 1/26: Meet with David and Karen about project (joint with color palette modeling)
* By 1/26: Freeze data collection
* By 2/19: Have a complete, rough paper draft for VIS submission
* By 3/21: Submit abstract to VIS
* By 3/31: '''<span style="color:steelblue">Submit color map paper to VIS</span>''' <span style="color: #00a22e">✓</span>
** Deferred
===== '''Post-VIS Goals to 15 May (semester end)''' =====
* By 4/20: Have statistics wrapped up for color modeling project
* By 4/20: Write lessons learned document from the two VIS submissions
* By 5/11: Have a written outline of a proposal organization
* By 5/11: Post summer goal list
===== '''Other''' =====
* '''<span style="color:steelblue">E-mail updates more than you think you need to (i.e., weekly updates)</span>'''
* '''<span style="color:steelblue">Sign up for Sheridan Center's teaching certification for Fall 2015 semester</span>'''
** Deadline and form activation is in July
* Work on the outcome of the MAGI submission to Nature Methods <span style="color: #00a22e">✓</span>
* Practice fast writing


=== [[User:Hua Guo|Hua]] ===
=== [[User:Hua Guo|Hua]] ===
* Thesis proposal
** Send proposal to committee members by '''1/21''' [done]
** Revised the document to address Jeff's feedback by '''2/7'''
*** Finish the interaction dimension based on literature review by '''1/27'''
*** Incorporate Pearl's work on causation into analysis methods if appropriate by '''2/2'''
*** Revise the methods section to merge two studies by '''2/7'''
** Revised the document to address Steven's feedback by '''2/7'''
** Schedule a date by '''2/15'''
** Give the proposal talk by '''3/31'''
* Interaction history analysis paper
** Finish preliminary analysis with Markov chain and action / component frequency features by '''1/31'''
** First paper draft done and ask for Caroline's feedback by '''2/21'''
** Submit abstract by '''3/21'''
** Submit to VIS by '''3/31'''
** Give a Scivis talk on '''4/14'''
* BraiNet
** Interface redesign sketched out by '''2/28'''
* Edge uncertainty paper
** Address reviewer comments after receiving feedback


=== [[User:Steven Gomez|Steve]] ===
=== [[User:Steven Gomez|Steve]] ===
* Have a good job lined up for the fall          &#10003;
** Keep list of jobs/postdoc opportunities up-to-date          &#10003;
** Send out applications          &#10003;
** Research statement by '''end of January'''          &#10003;
** Do a practice job talk by '''end of January'''          &#10003;
** Do a good interview at MIT/LL on '''Feb 12/13'''          &#10003;
* Finish project about integrating automatic evaluations with git
** Clean up MTurk scripts to link into git hook by end of January          &#10003;
** Run case study on alternative vis designs from our VAST 2014 paper by '''<s>end of Feb</s> mid March'''
** Submit VIS paper by '''end of March'''
* Resubmit TVCG Fauxvea paper with major revision
** Plan for revisions by '''3/2'''          &#10003;
** Deadline for major revision is '''May 26'''
* Dissertation
** Tex with outline in private GitHub repo by '''10/1'''          &#10003;
** Follow chapter schedule in my [[Media:DCP_steveg_sanitized.pdf|Brown GS 6th-year proposal (DCP)]]
*** By '''3/31''', draft Chapter 6: Crowdsourced Evaluation Framework (from new experiment)
*** By '''3/9''', outline Chapter 7: Conclusions
*** By '''3/16''', outline Chapter 1: Introduction
*** By '''3/23''', outline Chapter 2: Background          &#10003;
*** By '''end of April''', draft of full document done and circulated to committee
*** Run through the [http://cs.brown.edu/degrees/doctoral/proposal/Thesis_Proposal_Checklist.pdf thesis checklist]
*** By '''August''', defense!
* Misc
** Help David and Hua successfully submit NSF grant, deadline on '''1/12'''          &#10003;
** Due my reviews/coordinating as a CHI Works-in-progress PC member, wrapped up by '''1/29'''          &#10003;
** Check up on TVCG paper submitted last semester: any revisions needed?          &#10003;
** Make at least one of my private github repos into a public one          &#10003;


=== [[User:Ryan Cabeen|Ryan]] ===
=== [[User:Ryan Cabeen|Ryan]] ===
* South Africa
** results created and shared
** include multi-fiber methods
* Dan pediatric bipolar
** complete paper writing
** include region segmentation methods
** consider potential additional pubs
* Edinburgh
** make data resource paper
** option: multi-fiber atlas?
** option: reproducing aging studies, e.g. STL FBL
* Multi-fiber estimation
** put on finishing touches on journal paper and submit
* Thesis writing
** make some progress on introduction


=== [[User:David Laidlaw|David]] ===
=== [[User:David Laidlaw|David]] ===
* cave running and with demos and working for may opening
** cavePainting, advisor, cs137 examples, VT project
** hw and low-level software testing/reliability plan
** application software development easier
* longer-term funding progress
** some specific targets for proposals: cave, cognition, expedition, brains
* full Bowman experiment run by Wesley and/or Johannes in Yurt
* good CS16
* keep all advisees moving along appropriately


=== [[User:Wesley Miller|Wesley]] ===
=== [[User:Wesley Miller|Wesley]] ===


=== [[User:Johannes Novotny|Johannes]] ===
=== [[User:Johannes Novotny|Johannes]] ===
'''Coursework'''
* HCI Seminar
* Introduction to Data Science
* (Vagabonding) Introduction to Machine Learning
'''CAVE/YURT'''
* By '''2/2''', Discuss current results with VT and Bireswar
** Update experiment script vs. keeping current users
* By '''2/8''', fix 90/270 degree virtual walls in VRUI
* By '''2/15''', continue user study at Granoff CAVE
* By '''2/21''', setup complete evaluation framework for statistical significant effects
** in Google docs or repository to share with Wallace
* By '''3/14''', complete 32 users at Granoff CAVE and YURT
* By '''3/21''', integrate Scalable into VRUI with Wesley
* By '''4/13''', publication outline and draft for introduction and background sections
* By '''4/20''', complete all 64 users
* By '''5/5''', paper draft
'''Collaborations'''
* By '''mid February''', set up meetings with prospective collaborators
** Dereck Merck  - 5 minute presentation on 3D US smart visibility at radiology meeting
** Kristi Wharton - time series confocal microscopy data in the cave
** search for more collaborators
* By '''mid February''', complete paper for Computers & Geosciences


=== [[User:Tom Sgouros|Tom]] ===
=== [[User:Tom Sgouros|Tom]] ===
* yurt
** ready for grand opening in May
* wrist/thumb
** keeping them running and happy
** some other pending thing?
** merging the branch of wristVis (Alicia's version, and some others)
* gfxtest, et al
** how do we get it running?
** can we make it work like the old doc? (sounds like some compromises and requirement analysis may be needed)


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Revision as of 16:06, 1 June 2015

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 (Summer '15)

Connor

Hua

Steve

Ryan

David

Wesley

Johannes

Tom


Past Plans and Goals