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[stem-dev] Notes from the November STEM Community Call

 

The next STEM call will be on November 5, 2015, the first Thursday of the month.

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STEM Community Call, Thursday, October 1, 2015

 

On the call: Jamie, Matthias, Kun, Nereyda, Judy

 

1. Java 8/Eclipse 4 build now uploaded on website (aka STEM/LUNA build)

*Matt will label as new milestone build next week (currently not labeled as such)

*No new functionality, but works with Java 8 and Windows 8 machines

*One minor bug so far but not problematic

*Core STEM community asked to test, report any bugs

*Will retain 2.3.3 to avoid disruption of ongoing work

*Not yet determined when to abandon earlier versions

 

2. Feature request updates: DEFER ALL UNTIL MIGRATION TO JAVA 8 AND LUNA COMPLETED

[Restricting air travel for certain compartments; New plug in to measure poverty; Plug in for roads in Africa; Batch to control sequencer; Log automated experiments (?); Modify sequencer to get automatic experiments to run batch]

 

3.  Bugs

Bug 465981 Pending. Dengue model, Kamesh’s bug with running experiments

*Kun: Kamessh has sent whole package, will work with Jamie to determine problem

*Jamie: Problem may be Kamesh’s file structure for storing runs

*Will during November call

 

4. Updates on China trip

Main event: Opening of the Mars Corporations Food Safety Lab there

Also work with Shenzhen CDC

*IBM China Research Lab helped get level 3 map (kml file) of part of China

*Jamie put into STEM, found that doc on using shape file needs updating

*Perhaps need to add feature request to extend capabilities  

*Reps from China CDC, IBM Research Lab may visit Almaden for training

 

5. Items from participants

Matthias/BfR: Biggest topic now is community proven food safety model

*Adapted SDML language, extended lab-based repository

*Encoded equations into software independent language

*Main focus is on metagenomics for food safety (less on STEM)

*Have relationships with Food Safety Institute in China, do training there

            *Jamie and Matthias to discuss possible synergies

 

 


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