[stem-dev] Notes from today's STEM community call

["Judy Douglas" <judyvdouglas@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

STEM Community Call April 12, 2012

On Call: Jamie, Stefan, Matt, Chris, Alex, Werner, Judy

 

1. 1.3.1 RELEASE DATE IS 4/15

Code Freeze for branch occurred Friday 4/6

RC1 up and available for download

IMPORTANT TODO (All): Test on Windows (multiple versions); alert Jamie & team to any problems
   
* Bug Fixes to 1.3.0
* Modifiable modifiers (batch experiments)
* STEM EMF update to version 2.7.2
* Generalized model replay mechanism
* Shape File Importer: Improvements to GUI
* Population Transformer: food mediated disease
* Graph Editor: improved features
* New Population re-scaler
* New Polio model

* Performance improvement (Stefan’s changes)

   
IMPORTANT: Final list must match wiki and plan
         
2. NEW DOC FOR 1.3.1
* Website updated
* Wiki updated
* Question re:BfR citation on stats page. Jamie: Chris can be listed personally, BfR listing requires institutional membership; Chris: No

answer yet; Jamie: Eclipse may have different pricing tiers...
* Population rewind (done)
* Creating population models (done)
* Shape file IMPORT (done)
* New graph edit features (done)
* Documentation on replay (done)
* Airtravel doc (done)
* Polio disease model (done)
* Importing External Data (updated)

* Drag and drop into project vs. model (done)

2b. OTHER NEW DOC - NOT 1.3.1
* Best Practice for Developers, writing performance critical components in STEM (in progress)

* Food production and food-borne disease

Chris: Has completed doc for scenario, is sending to Jamie

Jamie: Will review; will need to add to list on bottom left front page on web

3. DISEASE MODELS/POPULATIONS MODELS VIEW

Matt now back, will complete changes below for RC2 (probably tomorrow, 4/13)
TODO for 1.3.1....
i) Call it "Decorators" view
ii) Default show this page on initial startup
iii) Tree Nodes with Population Models, Disease models (DONE)
iv) List of Diseases...
        Influenza  (DONE)
        Chicken pox (DONE)
        Salmonella (with Beef/Cattle Populations) NEED to add?      
     List of Populations...
        Aging population model (DONE)(has wrong icon)
        Beef/Cattle (DONE)(has wrong icon)
TODO (Matt): REMOVE Decorators folder and RENAME DISEASE folder to Decorators

               
v) Add description/help to view (where?): Jamie has added; needs Matt to make it “show”

5. FOOD PRODUCTION DISCUSSION
Created more realistic model. We'll test it next and upload next week.

TODO (Alex): Test new scenario w/ new RC

6. UPDATE ON JET

STEM evolving graphically; ability to autogenerate “like magic” will be target for next year

Next week: Will try new JET approach to do polio; if it works, will decide what to do next

Jamie: May do videoconference w/ BfR on graphical editor, JET, how to create GUI that will populate model

Matt: Need to define metamodel, then work w/ EMF

7. BUG OF THE WEEK
376149 Problem in execution of asynchronous events in Simulation; changes below not for this release

Update from Chris re: i) Make map synchronous [slows simulation by factor of 3]; ii) option; iii) when to pause
* Chris: Ran simulation w/ US & Mexico, sent Jamie email; wants to change order of sweep; renamed

* Jamie: Make changes to head, not branch; be careful not to confuse users

* Chris: Recommends let user decide re option; TODO: Add use of alpha values as a preference

TODO: When Daniel arrives, have him look at preferences (they deprecate) [not for this release]

TODO (Chris): i) Make new options map view; ii) test w/ all of Asia; iii) move (?)  

 

369835 Matthias’ request for better documentation

Wizard needs help button populated

TODO (Alex/Chris?): Post URL to wiki and fix wiki

8. ITEMS FROM/FOR PARTICIPANTS 
Alex: When delete an item, won’t work. Jamie: Meaning of delete? Need bug?

TODO (Chris): Address as discussion topic next week

Stefan: Queries re several items, including mixing edges; Jamie:-->Overhead; consider implementation, user tool?

Werner: Presentations at demo campus? Jamie: Perhaps in August when he & team are in Germany; track on progress

Jamie: Are to hear about proposal on April 15; TODO (Judy): Track, put titles of accepted proposals on web