Plans and Goals

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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 Tuesdays. The authoritative list is in dhl's calendar.

  • 2:00 - wenjin
  • 2:10 - eni
  • 2:20 - jadrian
  • 2:30 - bb
  • 2:40 - dtr
  • 2:50 - trevor
  • 3:10 - steve
  • 3:20 - radu

Current Plans and Goals (Summer/Fall '10)

Beth

  • Update web
    • refresh text for projects and themes, add/delete some (maybe "active" as a theme)
    • ensure pubs are all correctly attributed to projects/themes/people
    • identify other areas to improve


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.


Çağatay

  1. Resolve crossings w/ Geman and Erik (submit the results to cvpr by 11/11)
  2. Count cycles w/ Mumford
  3. Submit the ToG paper and explore the follow up ideas w/ Gabriel
  4. Submit the optimization on mesh graphs (to where? )
  5. Finalize the revision of the 2d map paper
  6. Solidify the ideas on metric learning through interaction
  7. Minimize the ta'ship workload of c. topology class by preparing course material aeap.


Caroline

Get oriented

  • Literature review
  • Learn CPM-GOMS, refresh on ACT-R

Start building on the cognitive modeling project

  • Identify an application area
  • Plan an implementation that can be done in the short term

Identify potential modeling projects based on visual structure for future work...

  • Model a dynamics-based assessment of relationships between parts of simple visualizations
  • Predicting the patterns (trends, clusters, etc.) a user sees in a visualization
  • Modeling how quickly a user can read high-level information from different vis types
  • Analyze interaction affordances in a visualization system


David

  1. get diffusion normals, one library, and one executable distributed
  2. good TBI talk in Chicago
  3. support 5 phd students' + trevor's progress
  4. si^2 proposal for 6/14, then expedition?
  5. wrist proposal possibilities, w/eni (check with Trey?)
  6. keep Vis '11 on track


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


Jadrian

  1. Write up dissertation table of contents, outline, and some hole-filled chapters by July 31st
  2. Write up departmental proposal document by September 1st
  3. Present the proposal formally to the department in October
  4. Define a macrostructure model and cost function
  5. Implement curve clustering using the macrostructure model; write up for ISMRM
  6. Extend the macrostructure cost function to include DWI values
  7. Implement macrostructure adjustment from DWIs; write up for an MRM paper
  8. Get preliminary histological data of some kind, either by doing it in-house, working with collaborators, or outsourcing
  9. Derive a minimal set of microstructure measurements from histological data
  10. Copy South Africa data from DVDs and work with Amanda to import and process it


Nathan

  1. Streamline ROI selection program → roi_select
  2. Streamline stats program
    • Line lengths and general statistics
    • Density: # of lines per mm2 — cancelled?
    • Calculate FA/MD along the entire length of the line
  3. Culling algorithm
  4. Try to replicate previous paper results using culling and ROI selection programs
  5. ...


Radu

  1. Learning distance metrics from users (with Cagatay)
  2. Finalize(revision)/Resubmit maps paper
  3. Analysis "nudge" pilot study
  4. Prepare thesis proposal talk
  5. Create a daphne-module map
  6. Deploy existent maps at Immgen
  7. Design collaborative module for maps + instrumentation


Wenjin

  • Finish journal draft and submit
  • Get at least 1 real brain data on double-PGSE acquisition (work with Ed)
  • MICCAI workshop
  • Get ready for thesis proposal
  • (Maybe) Define additional axon estimation application areas: brain tumor inflammation, Wrist fiber, etc.


Steve

Comps progress

  1. Receive brain+code dump from Trevor re: interaction histories (meet to discuss before 6/7)
  2. Application integration for interaction histories
    • Get G3D history library from Trevor asap, and implement sample app and some basic interactions w/ history collection by 6/20
    • BrainApp, Brain circuit vis?
  3. LCS algorithm over histories for required interaction patterns
    • first draft, test on synthetic data by 6/25
  4. Algorithm for remaining time estimation from pattern
    • first pass by 7/1

ImmGen

  1. Build Radu's code and look for contribution to extend tools (6/15) - meet with Radu?

Misc

  1. VASS Application/Registration
    • draft of app materials (essay, cv) by 6/1 (deadline: 7/23)
  2. Work on poster submission for vis (deadline: 7/1)
  3. Learn more about Caroline's work before she gets here (read her "Implied Dynamics" and "Visual Metaphors" papers)
  4. NSF Grad Fellowship application -- first draft on all parts by 8/30
    • search other fellowships

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Past Plans and Goals

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