From b192ad247a6ce0c8f92a3db019aec3ace11be50f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yaroslav Halchenko Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:42:22 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] A slight overhaul of the brochure -- nothing radical but at least it is up to date now --- .../brochure/brochure_debian-neurodebian.tex | 69 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/artwork/brochure/brochure_debian-neurodebian.tex b/artwork/brochure/brochure_debian-neurodebian.tex index ea0d7b1..ba19992 100644 --- a/artwork/brochure/brochure_debian-neurodebian.tex +++ b/artwork/brochure/brochure_debian-neurodebian.tex @@ -417,14 +417,18 @@ efforts of thousands of Debian contributors. \ndsubsection{Software at your fingertips} \begin{flushright} -\vspace{-0.5em} +\vspace{-1em} \url{http://neuro.debian.net/pkgs.html} \end{flushright} -\textit{Electrophysiology:} BioSig, Sigviewer, Brian, PyNN, \ldots\\ -\textit{Machine Learning:} PyMVPA, scikits.learn, \ldots\\ -\textit{Imaging:} AFNI, CV, FSL, Lipsia, Mricron, NiPy, \ldots\\ +\textit{Distributed computing:} Condor \\ +\textit{Electrophysiology:} BioSig, EEGLAB, Sigviewer, \ldots\\ +\textit{Machine Learning:} MDP, PyMVPA, sklearn, \ldots\\ +\textit{Neural Modeling:} Brian, PyNN, \ldots\\ +\textit{Imaging:} AFNI, FSL, Mricron, NiPy, SPM, \ldots\\ \textit{Psychophysics:} PsychoPy, Psychtoolbox, \ldots\\ -\vspace{-0.5em} +\vspace{-0.8em} + +% TODO: Environments... -- list avail cloud env using NeuroDebian \ndsubsection{Benefits from Debian integration} @@ -434,8 +438,8 @@ efforts of thousands of Debian contributors. \item Debian standards and policies guarantee quality and robustness. \item Debian's centralized bug tracking system provides a unified - single-point of entry for bug reporting and troubleshooting for any - software in Debian. + single-point of entry for bug reporting and troubleshooting + for any software in Debian. \item Debian makes software available through a world-wide distribution network, thus offloading bandwidth demands. @@ -455,9 +459,9 @@ efforts of thousands of Debian contributors. software for more than 60 languages. \end{description} -\item Neuroscience software becomes a 1st-class citizen within the Debian - project, which guarantees its availability, longevity, smooth - installation and upgrades. +\item Neuroscience software becomes a 1st-class citizen within the + Debian project, which guarantees its longevity, smooth installation + and upgrades. %\item Participation in the Debian community helps to assure Debian's % aptness for the neuroscientific software demands @@ -497,12 +501,10 @@ buga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dug \ndsubsection{Work-in-progress} \begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc,style=nextline] \item[Increased coverage] -\textit{Electrophysiology:} NEURON, Fieldtrip, \ldots \\ -\textit{Matlab/Octave toolboxes:} SPM, EEGLAB, \ldots \\ -\textit{Distributed computing:} Condor \\ -\textit{Imaging:} CMTK, Freesurfer, \ldots \\ - -\epigraph{Having FreeSurfer integrated into the Debian operating system by the NeuroDebian team would have enormous benefits for us, and for the thousands of users of FreeSurfer across the world.}{Prof. Bruce Fischl}{Director, Computational Core at Martinos Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA} +\textit{Electrophysiology:} Fieldtrip, \ldots \\ +\textit{Neural Modeling:} NEURON, (NEST) \\ +\textit{Imaging:} DTI-TK, Freesurfer, XNAT, \ldots +% \epigraph{Having FreeSurfer integrated into the Debian operating system by the NeuroDebian team would have enormous benefits for us, and for the thousands of users of FreeSurfer across the world.}{Prof. Bruce Fischl}{Director, Computational Core at Martinos Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA} \item[Improved quality assurance] Extended integration and regression testing \item[Available snapshotting service] @@ -510,13 +512,13 @@ buga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dug All versions of packages readily available \item[Data as the 1st-class citizen] \url{http://neuro.debian.net/datasets.html} -\item[Universal availability] - % \begin{itemize}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc,topsep=0em] - % \item Virtual Appliance enhancements - %\item - Cloud computing - %\end{itemize} - +% yoh: see TODO above -- we can say that it is available already +%\item[Universal availability] +% % \begin{itemize}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc,topsep=0em] +% % \item Virtual Appliance enhancements +% %\item +% Cloud computing +% %\end{itemize} \end{description} @@ -527,7 +529,8 @@ buga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dugabuga dug \vspace{-0.5em} \end{flushright} - +% TODO yoh: This one remains the best summary IMHO. But may be +% we would just kick this section out an place Testimonials into References \epigraph{The approach taken with NeuroDebian is plainly the most appropriate approach to software distribution for the dominant platform in brain image analysis, and I have great confidence that this project will be @@ -541,9 +544,21 @@ Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA} \ndsubsection{Acknowledgements} NeuroDebian is grateful to all Debian developers and contributors for -developing the Debian operating system, and to Prof. James V. Haxby (PBS Department, -Dartmouth College) for his continued support and endless supply of -Italian espresso (\url{http://neuro.debian.net/coffeeart.html}). +developing the Debian operating system, to +\href{http://www.incf.org}{INCF} for the support in community outreach +and technical collaborations, and to +Prof. \href{http://haxbylab.dartmouth.edu}{James V. Haxby} +(\href{http://www.dartmouth.edu/~psych}{PBS Department, Dartmouth + College}) for his continued support and endless supply of Italian +espresso (\url{http://neuro.debian.net/coffeeart.html}). + + +\ndsubsection{References} + +Halchenko, Y. O. \& Hanke, M. (2012). \href{http://www.frontiersin.org/Neuroinformatics/10.3389/fninf.2012.00022/full}{Open is not enough. Let’s take the next step: An integrated, community-driven computing platform for neuroscience}. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 6:22. + +% TODO: adjust for the new layout +\url{http://neuro.debian.net/#publications} %\columnbreak \end{multicols} -- 2.39.2