Next week’s call is the last for 2012!
 
STEM Community Call December 6, 2012
On Call: Stefan, Matt, Chris, Alex, Kendall, Judy
 
1. V 1.4.1 RC3 is now available w/ last minute fixes
RC 4 will be available next week w/ Chris’ fix to the shape file importer 
                Chris has already committed fix to branch; will be in new build early next week 
 
Date for Release: 12/14/12
Features: 
   Bug Fixes from 1.4.0 
   Performance improvements 
   Polio Vaccination Example 
   New Solvers 
   New STEM Update mechanism *** 
 ***  New Food Distribution Analysis view (incubation) [[take out of release]] 
 ***  New Apache library defer pending Apache
 
Plan for V 2.0   
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 1.4.1 
* New STEM Update Mechanism 
* Updated Developers Environment Guide 
* New doc page describing different solvers available in STEM 
For 2.0
* New Doc on Food Distribution View 
3. Bug(s) of the week 
Bugs reported by Chris last week have been fixed in latest RC
Feature request from Matthias for version 2.0: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=395529
Clarification (Alex): Enable a quick review of all parameters; have a look all on one sheet at once
Intent is to make it more attractive, easier for users; will discuss further
  
4. Future calls 
Dec 13 will be our last call of 2012 (picking up again Jan 10th 2013) 
Please use STEM-dev in any issues arise over the holidays 
5. ITEMS FROM PARTICIPANTS
Alex: Berlin group will not be on next week’s call 
TO DO (Stefan): Submit publication request for Alex’s paper (now approaching final version)