Re: [science-iwg] Brief update on science-iwg related discussion at Ecli

["Torkild U. Resheim" <torkildr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all and thanks for the update Jay Jay! 

I just wanted to chime in on the subject of swt-xy-graph. We (the SIMA team) have discussed this and are willing to share the "compressing data provider" extension we made for this API - if there is any interest of course. This extends the swt-xy-graph by adding code that will take into consideration the available pixels when drawing large data series. We need to get an official OK from MARINTEK which owns this bit, but that is only a formality. 

However, for the initial contribution plus our bit to be a part of the Science IWG code base we need to put all of it into an Eclipse repository. We must get an OK from Xihui Chen and we will also need his help to establish provenance and get through a CQ[1] along with any tidy-up required. I don't know how this is normally done so I've added emo@xxxxxxxxxxx (Wayne Beaton) to the CC. Anyway, as I'm already an Eclipse committer I'll help out in any way I can.

Note that the code does not HAVE to be in an Eclipse repository, which also implies that it's not part of an Eclipse project. It can be an external project, but in my understanding it would still have to be through the CQ process for it to be used. I consider this the less desirable option.

I also would like to add that it was great discussing these things. We should definitely continue at the next opportunity. Meanwhile the SIMA team will probably start working on a talk about marine operations, simulations, modeling, 3D and so forth ;-) And it would be great if we also get other talks from the Science IWG community. If we cannot get these into the official program we could still do shorter versions at one or more BoFs. I would certainly love to see what you all are up to.

Best regards,
Torkild

[1] http://www.eclipse.org/legal/EclipseLegalProcessPoster.pdf (see figure 3)
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Torkild Ulvøy Resheim
Consultant / Eclipse Committer / Senior Software Developer
Itema AS - http://itema.no

31. mars 2013 kl. 01:35 skrev Jay Jay Billings <jayjaybillings@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Everyone,
> 
> I wanted to share with you briefly some details from our science-iwg discussion at the Seaport Hotel's Tamo Bar on 20130326. 
> 
> In attendance:
> Robert Heggdal - Itema
> Jan Inge Husby - Itema
> Torkild Resheim - Itema
> Eirik Folstad Wahl - Itema
> Jay Jay Billings - ORNL
> 
> We met at 19:30 and stayed until about 21:30. We spent some time discussing our different projects - SIMA and NiCE - and started discussing different things that we could do in the science-iwg community to collaborate and reduce the programming load across the community. All most every institution is feeling a financial pinch these days, most especially those in the science world, and any ways that we can help one another go a long way.
> 
> We agreed that it was best to start small, with information, experience and code where possible. Probably the most critical place to start is on plotting scientific data. We were lucky to catch up with Xihui Chen, also from ORNL and CC'ed to talk about his swt-xy-graph, https://code.google.com/p/swt-xy-graph/, the following day. This product is already used in SIMA and I'm going to look at using it in NiCE. NiCE currently has a home-grown plotting solution in it, but Xihui's is much better. It would be great to hear from the DAWN folks if any of you are reading about this on your plotting solution.
> 
> We also discussed at some length the challenges that we face with 3D graphics rendering for both problem setup and output analysis. 
> 
> I must admit that coming out of this discussion and the conference as a whole I feel quite energized. It was really great to meet other folks from the community and see that we are facing some of the same issues. I think the science-iwg community should start planning for EclipseCon Europe in the fall where it would be good to see a talk on SIMA (no pressure guys! :)), talks from others in the community, several BOFS for the science-iwg and anything else we can do. 
> 
> Jay
> 
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> Jay Jay Billings
> Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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