From: Michael Hanke Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:27:22 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Put report online. X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1b30e4358e403170ab265c072f0afdf3e3189d71;p=neurodebian.git Put report online. --- diff --git a/sandbox/2011-07-10_booth_hbm2011.rst b/sandbox/2011-07-10_booth_hbm2011.rst deleted file mode 100644 index e49d56e..0000000 --- a/sandbox/2011-07-10_booth_hbm2011.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,97 +0,0 @@ -:date: 2011-07-10 20:00:00 -:tags: debian, neuroscience, conference - -.. _chap_debian_booth_hbm2011: - -NeuroDebian@HBM2011.ca -====================== - -On June 26-30 the annual meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping -(HBM2011_) took place in Quebec City, Canada. Encouraged by our :ref:`positive -experience at last year's SfN in San Diego ` and -enthusiasm of our scientific adviser, `James V. Haxby`_, we hosted another -NeuroDebian booth. The setup was pretty much the same as last year: Some chairs -and tables, lots of people, our `tri-fold flyers`_, a Debian mirror and some -virtual machine images to show Debian in action. This time we also had an LCD -display attracting visitors with the :ref:`package swarm -`, some demos, and our `recent paper`_. We had -many curious people have their first exposure to Debian, long-time users -expressing their gratitude to Debian, and our upstream developers getting -together to discuss various topics. Having registered the booth as -"NeuroDebian", we had the additional pleasure of explaining visitors the -concept of a project *inside* Debian, in contrast to a derived distribution. -But that is nothing new really, so let's talk about the differences from last -year's booth. - -First of all, we had more people at the booth. Dominique Belhachemi volunteered -to help us out -- and that was very much appreciated. Although HBM has only -about a tenth of the attendees that SfN has, we had significantly more traffic. -While last year people were primarily interested in knowing about the project, -this time many of them wanted to give it a try immediately. People came with -their laptops, got the VM images and started playing with Debian. After a day -or so, some came back and asked for recommendations on particular software -- -after having been exposed to the wealth of the Debian archive. - -.. _HBM2011: http://www.humanbrainmapping.org/hbm2011/ -.. _recent paper: http://www.frontiersin.org/neuroinformatics/10.3389/fninf.2011.00008/full - -What also had increased was the number of developers, or rather research labs -developing neuroimaging software that came to the booth to discuss how to get -their software into Debian and how to arrange ongoing maintenance of these -future Debian packages. As we have our plates already quite full, we have been spending some time -on mentoring interested developers to learn the art of Debian packaging and -making them familiar with Debian's procedures and standards (e.g. working on -`#609820`_ with Yannick Schwartz, upstream, at the booth). - -.. _#609820: http://bugs.debian.org/609820 - -.. image:: pics/hbm2011/BusyBooth.jpg - -Two promising new developments need to be mentioned. First, we were approached -by companies that develop hardware for brain-imaging and psychophysics -research. They were curious to learn about Debian as an integrated platform -that offers free software solutions that an increasing amount of their -customers demands (e.g. PsychoPy_). Apparently, the movement towards open -research software has finally made it into the business plans of companies, as -they seem to start perceiving compatibility with free software systems as a -competitive advantage. We explained how software gets into Debian, and how its -release cycle is managed. To foster their motivation we also pointed them to -the existing open-source software that is already available or even present in -Debian. Let's see whether we see more "Debian-certified" research products in -the future. - -.. _PsychoPy: http://packages.debian.org/psychopy - -Lastly, we started talking with folks from the INCF_ to explore possibilities of -collaborating on INCF projects using Debian as the integration and development -platform. The INCF is an `OECD-funded`_ organization that develops collaborative -neuroinformatics infrastructure and promotes the sharing of data and computing -resources to the international research community. At least one INCF project is -already relying on the efforts of the NeuroDebian project. We are going to continue -this discussion during a workshop in September. A report will follow... - -.. _INCF: http://incf.org -.. _OECD-funded: http://www.oecd.org/document/38/0,3746,en_2649_34319_35217721_1_1_1_1,00.html - - -.. figure:: pics/hbm2011/DDs.jpg - - Debian people at the booth (f.l.t.r): `Michael Hanke`_, `Yaroslav Halchenko`_, - `Stephan Gerhard`_, `Dominique Belhachemi`_. Not shown: `Swaroop Guntupalli`_. - -.. _Stephan Gerhard: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=debian@unidesign.ch -.. _Michael Hanke: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=mih@debian.org -.. _Yaroslav Halchenko: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=debian@onerussian.com -.. _Dominique Belhachemi: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=domibel@debian.org -.. _Swaroop Guntupalli: http://haxbylab.dartmouth.edu/ppl/swaroop.html -.. _James V. Haxby: http://haxbylab.dartmouth.edu/ppl/jim.html - -Acknowledgments ---------------- - -This booth has been made possible by the generous support of Prof. -`James V. Haxby`_ (Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA). - -.. _Debian: http://www.debian.org -.. _Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com -.. _tri-fold flyers: http://neuro.debian.net/_files/brochure_debian-neurodebian.pdf diff --git a/sphinx/blog/2011/2011-07-10_booth_hbm2011.rst b/sphinx/blog/2011/2011-07-10_booth_hbm2011.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e49d56e --- /dev/null +++ b/sphinx/blog/2011/2011-07-10_booth_hbm2011.rst @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +:date: 2011-07-10 20:00:00 +:tags: debian, neuroscience, conference + +.. _chap_debian_booth_hbm2011: + +NeuroDebian@HBM2011.ca +====================== + +On June 26-30 the annual meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping +(HBM2011_) took place in Quebec City, Canada. Encouraged by our :ref:`positive +experience at last year's SfN in San Diego ` and +enthusiasm of our scientific adviser, `James V. Haxby`_, we hosted another +NeuroDebian booth. The setup was pretty much the same as last year: Some chairs +and tables, lots of people, our `tri-fold flyers`_, a Debian mirror and some +virtual machine images to show Debian in action. This time we also had an LCD +display attracting visitors with the :ref:`package swarm +`, some demos, and our `recent paper`_. We had +many curious people have their first exposure to Debian, long-time users +expressing their gratitude to Debian, and our upstream developers getting +together to discuss various topics. Having registered the booth as +"NeuroDebian", we had the additional pleasure of explaining visitors the +concept of a project *inside* Debian, in contrast to a derived distribution. +But that is nothing new really, so let's talk about the differences from last +year's booth. + +First of all, we had more people at the booth. Dominique Belhachemi volunteered +to help us out -- and that was very much appreciated. Although HBM has only +about a tenth of the attendees that SfN has, we had significantly more traffic. +While last year people were primarily interested in knowing about the project, +this time many of them wanted to give it a try immediately. People came with +their laptops, got the VM images and started playing with Debian. After a day +or so, some came back and asked for recommendations on particular software -- +after having been exposed to the wealth of the Debian archive. + +.. _HBM2011: http://www.humanbrainmapping.org/hbm2011/ +.. _recent paper: http://www.frontiersin.org/neuroinformatics/10.3389/fninf.2011.00008/full + +What also had increased was the number of developers, or rather research labs +developing neuroimaging software that came to the booth to discuss how to get +their software into Debian and how to arrange ongoing maintenance of these +future Debian packages. As we have our plates already quite full, we have been spending some time +on mentoring interested developers to learn the art of Debian packaging and +making them familiar with Debian's procedures and standards (e.g. working on +`#609820`_ with Yannick Schwartz, upstream, at the booth). + +.. _#609820: http://bugs.debian.org/609820 + +.. image:: pics/hbm2011/BusyBooth.jpg + +Two promising new developments need to be mentioned. First, we were approached +by companies that develop hardware for brain-imaging and psychophysics +research. They were curious to learn about Debian as an integrated platform +that offers free software solutions that an increasing amount of their +customers demands (e.g. PsychoPy_). Apparently, the movement towards open +research software has finally made it into the business plans of companies, as +they seem to start perceiving compatibility with free software systems as a +competitive advantage. We explained how software gets into Debian, and how its +release cycle is managed. To foster their motivation we also pointed them to +the existing open-source software that is already available or even present in +Debian. Let's see whether we see more "Debian-certified" research products in +the future. + +.. _PsychoPy: http://packages.debian.org/psychopy + +Lastly, we started talking with folks from the INCF_ to explore possibilities of +collaborating on INCF projects using Debian as the integration and development +platform. The INCF is an `OECD-funded`_ organization that develops collaborative +neuroinformatics infrastructure and promotes the sharing of data and computing +resources to the international research community. At least one INCF project is +already relying on the efforts of the NeuroDebian project. We are going to continue +this discussion during a workshop in September. A report will follow... + +.. _INCF: http://incf.org +.. _OECD-funded: http://www.oecd.org/document/38/0,3746,en_2649_34319_35217721_1_1_1_1,00.html + + +.. figure:: pics/hbm2011/DDs.jpg + + Debian people at the booth (f.l.t.r): `Michael Hanke`_, `Yaroslav Halchenko`_, + `Stephan Gerhard`_, `Dominique Belhachemi`_. Not shown: `Swaroop Guntupalli`_. + +.. _Stephan Gerhard: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=debian@unidesign.ch +.. _Michael Hanke: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=mih@debian.org +.. _Yaroslav Halchenko: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=debian@onerussian.com +.. _Dominique Belhachemi: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=domibel@debian.org +.. _Swaroop Guntupalli: http://haxbylab.dartmouth.edu/ppl/swaroop.html +.. _James V. Haxby: http://haxbylab.dartmouth.edu/ppl/jim.html + +Acknowledgments +--------------- + +This booth has been made possible by the generous support of Prof. +`James V. Haxby`_ (Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA). + +.. _Debian: http://www.debian.org +.. _Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com +.. _tri-fold flyers: http://neuro.debian.net/_files/brochure_debian-neurodebian.pdf