ITK Version 4 Development Survey

Gabriel Hart — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 7:50:16 GMT

As part of the ITK version 4 effort, we will be developing a simplified layer aimed at making ITK more accessible. In an effort to make sure that this new layer meets the needs of potential ITK users, we're conducting a survey to gauge what those needs are. Please take a few minutes to take the survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SimpleITKCommunitySurvey.

ITK Tcon 2.0: Second Life

Luis Ibanez — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 6:53:43 GMT

The ITK Weekly phone conference has been for the past nine years one of the main vehicles of communication and coordination among developers.

However, given the growth, and particularly the internationalization of the developers team. The phone conference is no longer being inclusive enough to fulfill its original purpose effectively.

We are therefore experimenting with new technologies hopping to find a new method of communication that can effectively include developers from different geographical zones.

In a first experiment, we will hold the ITK Tcon of

Friday August 22nd, 2008
1:00pm - 2:00pm
EST (New York Time)

In the virtual World of

"Second Life"
http://secondlife.com/

The location for the meeting will be the

"Linden Open Source Project HQ"

You can *teleport* to this location by clicking on the following link:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hippotropolis/238/14/24/?img=http%3A//public.kitware.com/Insight/Doxygen/html/itkLogo.jpg&title=ITK%20Tcon&msg=Insight%20Toolkit%20%28ITK%29%20Tcon

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Second Life is a virtual environment that is currently used by many academic institutions including:

* MIT
* Princeton
* Harvard
* Stanford
* Duke University
* UNC-Chapel Hill
* University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

For a full list, please see following link:
http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Institutions_and_Organizations_in_SL#UNIVERSITIES.2C_COLLEGES_.26_SCHOOLS

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In order to visit Second Life, you must install a the Second Life Client in your computer. The Client is Open Source software, distributed under a GPL License, [ and it is configured with CMake :-) ]

You can download binaries for Windows, Linux and Mac from:

http://secondlife.com/support/downloads.php

Then, you must create an account (it is free of charge), at:

https://secure-web23.secondlife.com/join/index.php

If you already have a Second Life account for you personal purposes, you may want to consider creating a second account, so you can customize it better for participating in a professional setting.

a) Skip the step of joining a community
b) Select an Avatar
c) Select a First Name
(these names are fictitious, please feel free to express
yourself, but be sensitive to what other cultures may
consider offensive).
d) Your Second Life Last name will be selected from a limited
list. Again, it is up to your preferences.

Once you have a First Name, Last Name and Password, you will be able to launch the client and to log in. After logging in, you can click on the SLURL (Second Life URL) listed above, to teleport to the "Linden Open Source Project HQ".

You will need speakers (or headphones) and a microphone, to be able to participate in the discussions of the Tcon. There is also a text messaging capability that we can use for coordination, but we mostly anticipate to be using voice communication.

For more details please see:

http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_in_Second_Life

We will run a preliminary test this Friday August 15th at 1pm EST

Please join us on Friday August 15th if you want to test your installation and audio equipment, so you will be prepared for the Tcon of August 22nd.

Draft agendas for these Tcons are now in the Wiki at:

August 15th: http://www.itk.org/Wiki/Agenda%26Status_082208
August 22nd: http://www.itk.org/Wiki/Agenda%26Status_081508

Please let us know if you find any difficulties joining in.

Thanks

Luis

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