STEM Community Call June 16, 2011
On the call: Stefan, Kun Hu (Maggie), Matt, Matthias, Chris, Judy
Topics of the Week
Update on documentation for equations used by disease models
· Stefan: Originally requested by Matthias; in current build; when someone writes new code there’s a plugin file w/ Dublin core, can add information
· Matthias: Great step forward, good start; will look over in most recent build
Official “bug” for the .shp file reader?
· Matthias: May already have a bug for this; if not, can create. Has contracted with Markus for this; deadline is June 24
· Matthias: Jan-Frederick will verify code once received, submit
· Clarification as to what is required for IPLog
o Stefan/Matt: If over 250 lines of code, contributor’s agreement required. Matthias: Probably will be 1000s of lines
o Matt: Will forward Matthias required form (verifies all original code, etc.) for him to forward to Markus
Chicken pox model with aging population groups
· Continuing work, experimenting with pox model
· Stefan: Need documentation for aging model; Chris to let Judy know when she can help with documentation (wiki tutorial)
Items from participants
· Kun: Reviewing literature on dengue and AIDS, tracking crisis in Germany; will meet w/ Jamie when he’s back from vacation
· Judy: Looked over abstract for Stefan
· Matt: Continuing to work on logging
· Matthias: Has not been able to look at national language support (German, Chinese); Jan-Fredrick busy on tracking e coli; Matthias on another project; will address when crisis is over