2013-01-15 Tuesday Meeting
Dundee: Roger, Andrew, Helen, Simon, Petr, Gus, Mark, Blazej, Will, Elwood, Kenny, Jason Remote: Andreas, Josh (notes), Liza, Carlos, Ian, Mark Hiner, Melissa, Curtis, Chris (14:38), Douglas (14:39), Stick (14:43)
Dundee: Roger, Andrew, Helen, Simon, Petr, Gus, Mark, Blazej, Will, Elwood, Kenny, Jason Remote: Andreas, Josh (notes), Liza, Carlos, Ian, Mark Hiner, Melissa, Curtis, Chris (14:38), Douglas (14:39), Stick (14:43)
Agenda - 14:30 UK Start
Accepting minutes from last meeting
- Done
Project Update : 2013 Project Aims (45 mins) - Jason
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PPT in OME Docs folder
- Progress report for wellcome Trust, installations.
- OME encompassing, image acquisition and analysis over time.
- FS update system diagram
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2013
- Omero must integrate with analysis packages
- Bio-Formats native integration
- Documentation needs reviewing & improving
- Get in touch with people in Dundee and elsewhere
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FS
- Data import is time consuming and jumping in size & complexity every year or 2
- Touches every aspect of the project
- Sheer volume of data is immense
- Need to get something out there, few HCS, DP and LSM examples ideally
- Give advice to commercial vendors on our experiences with file formats / structures that have performance concerns
- File formats supported in the RC, targets for the clients, will it work in production env with 3 users accessing files.
- Curtis: performance gains from Scifio fits in with FS.
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Analysis
- Integrating with other platforms
- Scale between living with what we have and bolting on ever more alt. storage modalities.
- Testing increase with integrations
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Process
- Speaking up
- Automating test setup
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Whiteboard’s not being used. Need a way to visualize work.
- Andrew: more columns to visualize the stages would be good with the number of people we have.
- Curtis: mail aliases help with organisation
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Priorities
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Mark Carroll: going beyond microscopy (cF. geo, astro, GIS)
- Data formats, meta data, workflow within a domain.
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Mark Carroll: going beyond microscopy (cF. geo, astro, GIS)
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PPT in OME Docs folder
Any other business (<5 mins) - 15:34 UK
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animations/videos by Mhairi Towler
- animations of cell processes
- also considered getting more professional type videos.
- Jason to organize a conversation with her.
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DUNDEE ONLY: Annual Leave and Sick Leave
- Sick leave. Needs to be communicated. Forms need to be signed.
- Taking care of someone sick considered the same.
- See number of days in contract and on form. (~5 days)
- Annual leave is different.
- Dec 25-31 and Jan 1-2 are off.
- Just put holidays on calendar, email Jason & Wilma, not necessary to post to nitpick.
- Differences of summer and winter holidays.
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DUNDEE ONLY: Office Clean-up
- Fridge!
- Tossing stuff from the shelves. Just spend 2 hours?
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DUNDEE ONLY: LMF GEEK Coffee
- Spending time with like-minded groups in the college.
- talk about git or what we’ve done for the past week or whatever
- Andrew: 10 min. talk might not be too much.
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Roger: getting more familiarity with other parts of the project. (talks across boundaries)
- Possibly also Java release issues with Barton group.
- Gus: some others feel quite isolated and would like a forum to speak with other geeks. (i.e. lots of bright, dynamic, fun people)
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animations/videos by Mhairi Towler
DONE: 16:06 UK