Breakout Results
A significant part of each annual meeting is spent in small breakout groups focussed on a particular topic. Participants in the meeting select the topic most interesting to them. Each group is chaired and co-chaired (reporter) by grantees of the HBP.
Software Component Testing and Comparison Specifications
David Laidlaw and Edward Herskovits
ABSTRACT: In this session we will choose a small number of the most mature, best-defined software components that would be useful to have shared. Likely candidates are components for image segmentation, image registration, bias field correction, or brain surface extraction. We will define a testing/use interface for each component together with a series of test cases. The series of test cases will be extensible to allow testing of algorithms that address unforseen problems. The goal is to provide an interface that existing components can be easily modified to use and that will provide quantitative comparisons among components. As far as possible, we will provide a complete specification that a software component developer will be able to use. Hopefully, the ability to have a component compared to others and shared will motivate developers to support the interface. RESULTS
Enabling Technologies for Interoperability, With Emphasis On Web-based Technologies
Lael C. Gatewood and Stephen Wong
ABSTRACT: This breakout session will consider the current status of related hardware and software, including middleware like CORBA and Java, and their applicability to the Web and biological/neurological sciences. We will specifically address questions of software interoperability, network-based communication needs, and expected computational/database functionality. The session will produce a specific list of expected objectives and requirements for hardware, software, networks and databases that will spur future collaborative and shared developments within the Human Brain Project. RESULTS
Interoperability - Building Collaborations Within the HBP
Arthur Toga and Kristen Harris
ABSTRACT: This group session will focus on the most appropriate strategies for encouraging Interoperability among HBP participants. Software, hardware and wetware (sociological) issues will be discussed. We will develop an incentive plan and a proof of concept test. We will discuss Interoperability across several types of investigation (horizontal) as well as within a single type of investigation across several labs (vertical). RESULTS
