[vtkusers] Early Registration Ends Sept. 30th!

[Lisa Avila]

Kitware is pleased to announce the next Developer's Training Week for 
VTK, ITK, ParaView and CMake, which will be held November 3-6, 2008 in 
Clifton Park, NY. Course details are provided below and online at 
http://www.kitware.com/products/protraining.html. Early Registration 
ends September 30th. Please contact courses at kitware.com with any questions.


Details
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The Developer's Training Week will cover our open-source projects 
including VTK, ITK, ParaView and CMake. These hands-on courses are 
appropriate for both new users wishing to quickly gain proficiency and 
experienced developers requiring advanced customization skills. The 
Developer’s Training Week is a great opportunity to meet some of the key 
contributors to these open-source projects as well as other users in the 
open source community.

The course runs Monday through Thursday, from 9am to 5pm. The course 
schedule is:

Software Overview: Monday AM
This session provides an introduction to VTK, ITK, ParaView, and CMake, 
and an overview of the open source communities, products, and services 
that support these projects.

VTK Track 1: Monday PM through Tuesday PM
Targeted for beginners, this session provides a basic understanding of 
the VTK pipeline mechanism and the rendering subsystem. Attendees are 
led through detailed examples to quickly gain a working knowledge of the 
visualization and data processing capabilities of VTK for various data 
types.

VTK Track 2: Monday PM through Tuesday PM
This session covers advanced topics in VTK including custom filter 
writing, information visualization, multi-block and composite data 
handling, time support, interaction and widgets, and parallel data 
processing.

CMake / CDash / CTest: Wednesday AM
Learn how you can use the open-source software process tools employed by 
VTK, ITK, and ParaView in order to quickly and easily build and test 
your own software projects in a heterogeneous computing environment.

ITK: Wednesday PM through Thursday PM
This session covers the basic architecture of ITK, the use of its image 
segmentation and image registration algorithms, the methods used for 
interfacing ITK to VTK, and the common techniques for integrating ITK 
into existing applications.

ParaView: Wednesday PM through Thursday PM
The first part of this session offers an introduction to ParaView from a 
user's perspective, providing you with the knowledge necessary to 
effectively process and visualize your data. The second part of the 
course is geared toward developers who would like to create custom 
functionality and incorporate it into ParaView.

As a course attendee, you will receive:
- Books / course notes for the sessions you attend
- Snacks and lunch daily
- A dinner reception on both Monday and Wednesday evening

The Registration Fees for the Developer's Training Week are:

On or before September 30th:
- $2500 for the four days or
- $750 per day

After September 30th:
- $3000 for the four days or
- $900 per day

No prior experience is necessary; however, attendees will need to have 
basic knowledge of C or C++ in order to fully participate in the 
interactive exercises.

Kitware courses incorporate both technical presentations and practical 
exercises designed to reinforce learning. Each attendee should bring 
their own laptop computer to the courses. Approximately two weeks before 
the course, attendees will receive detailed instructions on how to 
download, install and test all necessary software on their laptop 
computer. Any remaining issues will be resolved on-site during the 
Software Overview session on Monday morning.

The course registration form can be found at 
http://www.kitware.com/products/protraining.html. Additional information 
is available by emailing courses at kitware.com or by calling 518-371-3971.