Changes between Version 16 and Version 17 of NIAID2022

Timestamp:

Sep 29, 2022, 1:57:51 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

Elaine Meng

Comment:

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NIAID2022

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 - Eric mentioned our argument in group meeting earlier today about extracting all of DICOM functionality into a bundle or not; they see pros and cons, but Darrell agrees with me about keeping some DICOM functionality in the download for findability (which has implications for the broader issues of accessibility and pedagogical utility). TomG: this discussion came up because we would need a large package GDCM to read a specific format (lossless 16-bit JPEG that we cannot read currently)
 
-Phil: when your system was down, pipeline got stalled because it was trying to fetch presets from toolshed.  Eric: they should not be doing that every time it is used. They should install the wheel and only update it when an update is specifically available. Or, if they are creating a new virtual machine each time, they should cache the wheel locally and keep reusing it.  Eric: we also had a problem with slow startup when ChimeraX was trying to check the toolshed.  There is a ticket for that.  Greg: it only affects interactive use, however, not running in nogui mode. 
+Phil: when your system was down, pipeline got stalled because it was trying to fetch presets from toolshed.  Eric: they should not be doing that every time it is used. They should install the wheel and only update it when an update is specifically available. Or, if they are creating a new virtual machine each time, they should cache the wheel locally and keep reusing it.  Eric: we also had a problem with slow startup when ChimeraX was trying to check the toolshed.  There is a ticket: #7659.  Greg: it only affects interactive use, however, not running in nogui mode. 
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+TomG was working late last night trying to get better performance from the Quest2. (We want to get a Quest Pro as soon as they are available.) Better when set to 90 fps instead of 72, unclear why. Darrell: 72 is probably the default to prolong battery life. TomG: maybe SteamVR apps are optimized for 90. There's a huge number of possible combinations of settings, and most of them don't work that well.
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+Elaine: what about Africa?  Meghan: Phil did a workshop with students who were very enthusiastic. It went quite well, would have liked one more day there. Phil: we spent time making and manipulating structures in ChimeraX, ending up with them viewing the structures in VR. It was hard to get them to stop, and more students than headsets. US ambassador to Uganda was also there, and Christian Hapi who wants to build a VR lab and may have been more excited than even the kids.  Ugandan embassy press release: https://ug.usembassy.gov/african-centers-of-excellence-in-bioinformatics-and-data-intensive-science-2022-annual-consortium-meeting-student-showcase-september-13-2022/ Darrell: we've really been using ChimeraX a lot there, and it was surprising that the ambassador stayed 2 1/2 hours!  Darrell: one reason for this outreach is to promote infectious disease research worldwide rather than trying to fight diseases only from home.
 
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