STEM Community Call November 1, 2012
On Call: Stefan, Kun, Matt, Matthias, Alex, Judy
1. Plan for V 1.4.1: ON TARGET; FEATURE LISTING STILL VALID
Date: Dec 14, 2012
Features:
Bug Fixes from 1.4.0
Performance improvements
Polio Vaccination Example
New STEM Update mechanism ***
New Food Distribution Analysis view (incubation)
New Apache library
New Solvers
Plan for V 2.0: ON TARGET; FEATURE LISTING STILL VALID
Tentative Date: 4/17/13
Features:
Bug Fixes from 1.4.1
Performance improvements
Graphical Model Design (GUI for code generation)
Advanced Dengue Example
Stochastic Modeling - need to watch apach.math.commons library
2. New Documentation for 2.0/1.4.1: ALL WILL BE AVAILABLE INITIALLY WITH V 1.4.1
* New STEM Update Mechanism: Matt
* New Doc on Food Distribution View: To be determined
* Food Distribution view doc: To be determined
* Need a doc page describing (or linking to descriptions) of different solvers: Stefan
3. Feature Request "community model repository"
Matthias: What has to be done to create a community model repository to which anyone, not only committers, could contribute; this could enable the entire STEM community to reuse model elements such as disease models, population models, etc.
Background: Runnable scenarios now on the website but not a searchable repository or a place to put "components"
Discussion: Content on site requires Eclipse approval under EPL; can do repository of plug ins, but have to go through committer unless on user’s website only; wrapper functionality requires EPL, drivers are not EPL but Eclipse indicates where to find drivers; need to differentiate between Eclipse plug ins and repository of scenarios executable by STEM; can export whole project only; enabling import/export of pieces of a scenario, having a repository somewhere may have implications
TO DO: MATTHIAS WILL START THREAD ON NEWSGROUP TO DISCUSS FURTHER
4. Bug(s) of the week:
372770 Feature Request: Import Discrete Population Transportation Events in STEM: DEFER FOR WHEN CHRIS IS ON CALL
Items for discussion at that time: Why would this go in a model and not a scenario? Need to conserve disease state with Population Migration; Can the external data source models implicitly handle this? If so, is it just a need for documentation? Would be cool to be able to compose full scenarios by other means including pajek, other file formats
376432 Smart Sequencer that stops if nothing is happening; Kun opened bug
Idea: Could we provide a trigger/predicate that if E+I = 0 stop (put in library folder - see above); perhaps add a check box?
TO DO: Stefan will check, add notes on bugzilla
5. Dengue Updates from NEA S: DEFER FOR WHEN KAMESH AND ALFIYA ARE ON CALL
6. ITEMS FROM PARTICIPANTS
Werner (not on call): "What would be interesting here are aspects of disease-control or risks by food- or
vector-borne diseases which might spread let's say from goods inside a container from a remote country." Response from Jamie: Yes, the new food borne disease framework should support this type of scenario
Matthias: At time of next call, he and Alex will be in a meeting on the European project that won funding for, will present STEM there
