I am working with Brad Davis to put together a proposal for VTK-focused, biomedical computing work (a so-called NIH maintenance grant <a href="http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-010.html">http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-010.html</a>). We'd like to hear any ideas you might have, but be forewarned the number of specific aims will be limited to 3-5, so most ideas I'm afraid won't make the final cut. Nonetheless, any suggestions for VTK improvements that would benefit biomedical computing are welcome. I've pasted a rough list that we've collected thus far..<div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Process<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(https://www.kitware.com/KWWiki/skins/monobook/bullet.gif); ">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Tools and process for distributed community involvement/support/use of VTK</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Functionality to Expand or Refactor<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(https://www.kitware.com/KWWiki/skins/monobook/bullet.gif); ">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Widgets</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">GL 4? support (e.g., new mobile devices)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Expanded image support<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(https://www.kitware.com/KWWiki/skins/monobook/bullet.gif); ">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Non-contiguous, non-axis aligned</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Expand itk/vtk connection support with good examples</li></ul></li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">New Stuff<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(https://www.kitware.com/KWWiki/skins/monobook/bullet.gif); ">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Arbitrary precision geometry routines (casey)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Introspection layer (pat)</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Software Process Improvements<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(https://www.kitware.com/KWWiki/skins/monobook/bullet.gif); ">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Incorporate static analysis into nightly/weekly process</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Pure Maintenance<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(https://www.kitware.com/KWWiki/skins/monobook/bullet.gif); ">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Triage & Fix Bugs (see issue tracker)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Clean up build process (some funding already from Berk)</li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">
Documentation & Outreach<ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(https://www.kitware.com/KWWiki/skins/monobook/bullet.gif); ">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Improve number, scope, number of languages for examples</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Support VTK users list</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Courses?</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">
Provide support for community members to contribute (e.g., provide grant to cover a month of work)</li></ul></li></ul></span></div>