Recurring Meeting of Cleveland Clinic - Stanford University

Date: March 19, 2014

Time: 4:00 PM EST

Means: Conference Call

Attendees:

1. Ahmet Erdemir (Cleveland Clinic)
2. Craig Bennetts (Cleveland Clinic)
3. Joy Ku (Stanford University)
4. Henry Kwong (Stanford University)

Agenda:

1. Progress on mockup interface development for the compute gateway.
2. Update on XSEDE application.
3. Update on data management tool.

4. SimTk site bugs & features.

5. Decide action items for next meeting.
6. Other.

Immediate Action Items:

• Stanford University (Joy & Henry)

  • TBD

• Cleveland Clinic (Ahmet & Craig)

  • TBD

Notes:

1. Progress on mockup interface development for the compute gateway.
   • The prototype for underlying infrastructure and remote execution is fully functional on staging servers. The prototype sends e-mails associated with job request, start, and execution (3 e-mails). The system is able to run FEBio with and without modification to the model files (depending on the staging server).
   • Use of g-mail for user notification is problematic with staging servers.
   • Model modification script provided by the Cleveland Clinic team appears to require Python version 2.7. Current servers utilize the latest Centos Linux which defaults to Python version 2.6. Henry notes that workaround is possible. The team needs to choose the Python version, possibly version 2.7 for now.
   • Retrieval of model results and administration of model provision are the next steps. There are few security holes that needs to be patched before this.
   • Once all job administration, submission, and retrieval features are implemented, the Cleveland Clinic team will likely provide Open Knee - Generation 1 for cloud computing.
2. Update on XSEDE application.
   • TBD
3. Update on data management tool.

   • For the next generation of SimTk, a data management tool is a possibility but not a priority. There is a need from several groups utilizing SimTk. Discussions will continue.

   • The Cleveland Clinic team will launch a local Midas Platform for their in-house data management needs, which will also support Open Knee(s). When and if SimTk provides such tools, they will port the data management activities related to Open Knee(s) there.

4. SimTk site bugs & features.

   • The focus of Stanfarod group is shifting to the new SimTk site. The teams will continue communicating about bugs and features. Unless a bug is critical and urgent, it will not be prioritized.

5. Decide action items for next meeting.
   • TBD
6. Other.
   • TBD