It might help (my) understanding to
describe this project as consisting of a set of services
(scanning types, rastering, others?) that gathers,
transforms, and distributes data from/to instruments
(possibly represented as dynamic services themselves).
Scott
On 7/20/2016 8:43 AM, Matt.Gerring@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
Hello,
Wayne and I are trying to figure out a
project I have proposed. The project is designed to scan
scientific hardware. I am having trouble explaining what the
project is precisely and have had a go as follows:
Scanning
allows experiments to be conducted by coordinating the
operation of scientific instruments, for example motors or
detectors. It sequences the movements of these instruments
(or devices) in order to scan different parts of the
experimental space. For instance you might scan a
temperature controller to conduct an experiment at
different temperatures or move a goniometer through a
range of optical angles or combine both in a two
dimensional scan. Scanning is useful as an open source
project because the algorithms which complete scans during
experiments are the same in many areas of research.
Hardware is experiment specific so scanning algorithms can
be used in many settings, wherever electronically
controlled hardware does automated experiments.
What
do people think of the explanation of the project? Jay Jay
Billings has suggested that using the term ‘rastering’
would help in the explanation. What comments do you have
to make this ‘elevator pitch’ easily understandable?
Best
Regards,
Matt
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