tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30181973226611731682024-02-06T19:30:13.081-08:00s w i s hScientific Workflow & Integration Software for HealthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018197322661173168.post-69015686899103671832013-08-04T17:58:00.000-07:002013-08-04T18:01:04.991-07:00Introductory Product Information<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style>
<![endif]--><br />
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
<o:AllowPNG/>
</o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:WordDocument>
<w:View>Normal</w:View>
<w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom>
<w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves>
<w:TrackFormatting/>
<w:DoNotShowComments/>
<w:PunctuationKerning/>
<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/>
<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>
<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent>
<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>
<w:DoNotPromoteQF/>
<w:LidThemeOther>EN-AU</w:LidThemeOther>
<w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian>
<w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript>
<w:Compatibility>
<w:BreakWrappedTables/>
<w:SnapToGridInCell/>
<w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
<w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
<w:DontGrowAutofit/>
<w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/>
<w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/>
<w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/>
<w:OverrideTableStyleHps/>
</w:Compatibility>
<m:mathPr>
<m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/>
<m:brkBin m:val="before"/>
<m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/>
<m:smallFrac m:val="off"/>
<m:dispDef/>
<m:lMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:rMargin m:val="0"/>
<m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/>
<m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/>
<m:intLim m:val="subSup"/>
<m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/>
</m:mathPr></w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
DefSemiHidden="true" DefQFormat="false" DefPriority="99"
LatentStyleCount="267">
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="0" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="heading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" QFormat="true" Name="heading 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 7"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 8"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" Name="toc 9"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="35" QFormat="true" Name="caption"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="10" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="59" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Table Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Placeholder Text"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Revision"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="List Paragraph"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Quote"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Emphasis"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Reference"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" Name="Bibliography"/>
<w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/>
</w:LatentStyles>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0cm;
mso-para-margin-right:0cm;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0cm;
line-height:115%;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<br />
<h1>
Introductory Product
Information</h1>
<h2>
Name </h2>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
The Scientific Workflow and Integration Software for Health
(SWISH) and the Extreme Weather Events Database (EWEBD)<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<h2>
Primary users </h2>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
The primary users of the software are epidemiologists,
health researchers, statisticians, and other scientists whose work involves
handling multiple datasets from different sources. The primary users of the
EWEDB are researchers that need to safely store and work with sensitive and
restricted data and researchers working with health, population, extreme
weather events, meteorological, or climate data.<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<h2>
"Elevator pitch"</h2>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
To access the impacts of climate change on health you need
to gather large amount of data. The data needs to be clean, in consistent
spatial framework and arranged in preparation for analysis. The SWISH project helps
with data access and preparation. It reduces barriers like the need for
advanced knowledge of databases and programming skills, instead providing drag
and drop user interface. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Researcher can create executable workflows using the SWISH
tools that capture documentation and processing steps. The system incorporates Stata,
R, and Java technologies in a consistent platform and can be extended to
incorporate new functionality developed by users. Workflows are saved as a
single file that is easy to share with other researchers supporting
reproducible research and collaboration.</div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<h2>
Links to product</h2>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The project website is </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.io/">Swish-climate-impact-assessment</a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The ANDS project blog is </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.blogspot.com.au/">Swish-climate-impact-assessment blog</a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The Software installer can be downloaded from </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.io/tools/swishkepleractorsinstaller/swishkepleractorsinstaller-downloads.html">Swish Kepler actors installer</a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The EWEDB address is (for PostGreSql clients)</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
brawn.anu.edu.au:5432 </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Other important links like to Kepler, R, java can be found
on the blog and project website.<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<h2>
User documentation</h2>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
The software documentation is available from the project
website <a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.io/documentation.html">Documentation</a>. The documentation is broken into three sections; Setting up your Environment,
Assembling Scientific Workflows, and Developing with Workflow Software.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
‘Setting up your Environment’ is information about the tools
and software required, where to get them and how to configure them. There are
also test workflows to verify software is correct and the database can be
accessed. <a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.io/setting-up.html">Setting up</a><br />
‘Assembling Scientific Workflows’ contains information about
using the SWISH Kepler actors and the EWEDB for sourcing data and processing
data. It contains a step by step tutorial, example workflows and useful common
tasks. <a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.io/assembling-workflows.html">Assembling workflows</a><br />
‘Developing with Workflow Software’ is information about how
users can extend the system adding their own custom functionality. It details
the steps to use R code and encourages the project to continue to evolve with
support and development from the user community. <a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.io/developing-with-workflows.html">Developing with workflows</a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<h2>
Technical documentation </h2>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Technical information about the project can be found on the
project blog and in the documentation section of the project website. </div>
<h3>
Installation and configuration of included technologies</h3>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/technologies-and-features.html">Technologies-and-features</a></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo7; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.io/tools.html">Tools</a></div>
<h3>
R</h3>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.io/2013/05/set-up-r-on-ms-windows/">Set-up-r</a></div>
<h3>
EWEDB</h3>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.io/2013/04/set-up-swish-computer/">Set-up-swish-computer</a></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.io/2013/05/hello-ewedb/">Hello-ewedb</a></div>
<h3>
SWISH Kepler actors </h3>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.io/tools/swishkepleractorsinstaller/swishkepleractorsinstaller-downloads.html">Installer</a></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.io/tools/swishkepleractorsinstaller/swishkepleractorsinstaller-details.html">Installer-details</a></div>
<h3>
PostGIS</h3>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.io/2013/04/postgis-utils-on-windows/">Postgis-utils</a></div>
<h3>
User testing reports: </h3>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/swish-kepler-actors-user-testing-report.html">Swish-kepler-actors-user-testing</a></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l5 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.io/2013/04/a-swish-user-test-report/">a-swish-user-test-report</a></div>
<h3>
The source code is available at </h3>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l6 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><a href="https://github.com/organizations/swish-climate-impact-assessment">Swish-climate-impact-assessment code</a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
<h2>
Pictures</h2>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQvwePxFgmZUVvwKYatoUIuySz_gW5Oibw-Ol5bx4_2RxIuh0PeDMvrjGWVJnsfPfVRNIj9v4AYWg160mvZCO1onxNcS9JS_YEim0EHKMR75BieuLEcPBsLMNhTkuXfiIpdDPP6i8klA/s1600/SimpleInstaller.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQvwePxFgmZUVvwKYatoUIuySz_gW5Oibw-Ol5bx4_2RxIuh0PeDMvrjGWVJnsfPfVRNIj9v4AYWg160mvZCO1onxNcS9JS_YEim0EHKMR75BieuLEcPBsLMNhTkuXfiIpdDPP6i8klA/s400/SimpleInstaller.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
SWISH Kepler actors installer</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0OT6d6Iba0Bjhlm1VgnrJgt65eKAVhFTRNOTzQ1GiQkW9waCKA_9GykMHMZkh1aRvM3kUGHi4meAViT9ojrXliUTfM_uEGhCvTOTYiMyNXEoRv5WxC3xipOZewEtlKcWumLtOa8zKBQ/s1600/Installed+items.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0OT6d6Iba0Bjhlm1VgnrJgt65eKAVhFTRNOTzQ1GiQkW9waCKA_9GykMHMZkh1aRvM3kUGHi4meAViT9ojrXliUTfM_uEGhCvTOTYiMyNXEoRv5WxC3xipOZewEtlKcWumLtOa8zKBQ/s1600/Installed+items.png" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Installed items</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRyuVitVo6Rjowg30bguCs1RCf291vhxqY8ORcjE-huBMCCX5AVT9W9KyTSipVwGIsOkNCYSfAlnUUgoApRz192DoD_tfPBJJzMBGRiCUbiAUG3Pl1qd6BE_EcbPaMRQCtuvajooPwTZk/s1600/Kepler+with+workflow.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRyuVitVo6Rjowg30bguCs1RCf291vhxqY8ORcjE-huBMCCX5AVT9W9KyTSipVwGIsOkNCYSfAlnUUgoApRz192DoD_tfPBJJzMBGRiCUbiAUG3Pl1qd6BE_EcbPaMRQCtuvajooPwTZk/s400/Kepler+with+workflow.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Kepler with workflow</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIU5hyQTu73StIpXXjjdGKYho9dXxzMtKh2L7G9IzHKP0NbqYqaWDJl4OnxGmEo8IgUI4Kqxg8_MSQn-k9nsiq5BmK35Mc2m30PdC_GLSA4HRkggJ5d5nr8_ZITuEmOWn2WqnA7X_b-Y/s1600/PostGreSqlPasswordEditor.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIU5hyQTu73StIpXXjjdGKYho9dXxzMtKh2L7G9IzHKP0NbqYqaWDJl4OnxGmEo8IgUI4Kqxg8_MSQn-k9nsiq5BmK35Mc2m30PdC_GLSA4HRkggJ5d5nr8_ZITuEmOWn2WqnA7X_b-Y/s1600/PostGreSqlPasswordEditor.png" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
PostGreSql password editor</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyIEdaWBy52WgRSvHLbwi_c9JEsNUVVA40nC2Uj3hrYjk3IfZmM0z5lIURKTz_4BXOmeeapHR5kWifkGadnmqCQM1YPlW2awzpzh84saSBOuL_VvwkIJT2dAb1zpjG7uWxPcbvaMsmug/s1600/DisplayGridActor.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyIEdaWBy52WgRSvHLbwi_c9JEsNUVVA40nC2Uj3hrYjk3IfZmM0z5lIURKTz_4BXOmeeapHR5kWifkGadnmqCQM1YPlW2awzpzh84saSBOuL_VvwkIJT2dAb1zpjG7uWxPcbvaMsmug/s1600/DisplayGridActor.png" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Display grid actor</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Zxo0cuCOJ8UNaHaTiKc-zYK2KTV2fDz-BY3uXojzuowjGSXHLA0uQq9F6hf5DUiCfUuKk2M0o773nLVvN3dl8cALubvqeltVieUt-uw55bamQml_eHCLUISY2oHfeKqtyYR9S5KLJkM/s1600/DisplayTimeSeriesActor.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Zxo0cuCOJ8UNaHaTiKc-zYK2KTV2fDz-BY3uXojzuowjGSXHLA0uQq9F6hf5DUiCfUuKk2M0o773nLVvN3dl8cALubvqeltVieUt-uw55bamQml_eHCLUISY2oHfeKqtyYR9S5KLJkM/s400/DisplayTimeSeriesActor.png" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Display time series actor</div>
<h1>
</h1>
<h1>
</h1>
<h1>
Product (or Product Components)
Re-usability Information</h1>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
The project has been developed with the motivation of
supporting research in epidemiology: the study of the distribution and
determinants of disease. Most of the implemented functionality however is not
necessarily specific to the epidemiology discipline. The SWISH Kepler actors
implement many table, time series, and grid data operations that would assist
other spatial or temporal data based research endeavours. The EWEDB makes
weather data and other data available which will continue to be accessed and
used by epidemiology and other researchers. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
The construction of the product also contributes to its
reusability. The Kepler actors that make up a large portion of the software
product are by definition reusable components for creating workflows. The R
portion of the project has been packaged into R projects that Kepler actors
use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These packages can also be used
outside of Kepler directly from R.<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<h1>
Contextual Product Information</h1>
<h2>
Licensing</h2>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
The software is licensed
under the Creative Commons Australia Attribution 3.0 Licence. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Access to the EWEBD is available but requires
NCEPH collaborations to be set up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Interested users are invited to contact the NCEPH Data Manager for more
info.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
<br />
<br /></div>
<h3>
Sustainability</h3>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
The project has concluded its development phase.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
The web site, blog, software and source code will remain
open and available into the future. The project website and the project blog
will remain hosted by the github.com and blogger.com. The SWISH software and
code will remain freely available from the website. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The EWEDB will be hosted by the ANU library
for the at least the next year and possibly beyond. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
No future updates are planned for the SWISH Kepler Actors
software by the staff at the ANU. Future development of Stata functionality is
opened up to the Kepler community because we have communicated with the
developers of Kepler about our development.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
The EWEDB will be periodically updated adding new data that
has become available. Ivan plans to continue to use and develop the R code
developed during the project but rebadge it as a slightly different product.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018197322661173168.post-87896661866924335922013-07-03T16:32:00.004-07:002013-07-15T17:56:29.340-07:00SWISH Kepler actors user testing report<h1 class="entry-title">
</h1>
<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style ">
</div>
<div class="entry-content full-content">
<h1>
</h1>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We invited Peter Manger from the Fenner School at the ANU to be one
of our test users. Peter has a background in simulation, modelling and
software. He is a good example of someone proficient with data
processing and analysis but with no previous exposure to SWISH tools.</div>
<h1>
How well did the user use SWISH?</h1>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Peter made his way through the tutorial, quicker than I expected for someone who had never used the software before.</div>
<h2>
During the testing two mistakes occurred</h2>
<ol>
<li>A missing an input link to an actor. When run the workflow reported
an error, Peter quickly identified the omission himself and corrected
it.</li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">The identifier "Date" was used with a capital letters instead of "date". When run Kepler reported an error message; however this problem
was too subtle. Even after I pointed it out Peter was unclear as to why
the error was occurring.</li>
</ol>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The images in the tutorial provided the necessary details to continue
through the tutorial without encouraging Peter to notice and understand
the accompanying text. The tutorial explains that all the links need to
be connected for the workflow to run and the identifiers are the names
of columns in the input data.</div>
<h1>
Did the user complete the analysis they intended to do?</h1>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Yes!, Peter successfully assembled an operational workflow that ran and produced the correct result by following the tutorial.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Peter was then curious and started to 'play' with values in the heat
index calculation. He lowered the maximum temperature limit and
increased the min - max threshold to generate a greater number of 'heat
waves'.</div>
<h1>
What features did they find useful and what features did they have
difficulty with or wish to see (and are subject to future improvement if
there are available resources)?</h1>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Peter was able to quickly use the installer and update the software
to the latest version of SWISH actors. Peter found the drag, drop and
link nature of Kepler intuitive and usable. He was able to easily find
all the actors needed by the tutorial. The actors used where clearly
named and labelled, Peter found them simple to use.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The biggest problem is the handling of errors. The SWISH actors that
use Stata report their own error messages. The SWISH actors that use R
do not report any error messages other than the fact an error has
occurred. General Kepler actors report the Java stack trace from where
the error occurred in Kepler source code.</div>
<b> None of these are useful to the user and could be improved. </b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The error reported by the Stata based actors indicate the error that
Stata had, but it is always a consequence of a problem located somewhere
in the lead up to running Stata. The error messages require an intimate
understanding of how SWISH operates to decode.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The R errors are completely opaque and provide no useful information.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
General Kepler errors are also cryptic and not helpful.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Error handling for general Kepler actors is the responsibility of the
developers of the actors and Kepler to manage. The SWISH Stata actors,
although they perform their own error checking and reporting would
improve the user experience dramatically by reporting more meaningful
messages and solutions to the user. At present the SWISH R actors are completely
lacking in any form of error handling and need to implement it within
the R code itself.</div>
<h1>
Observations</h1>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Peter had trouble linking some actors together as the links 'snap' to
other nearby links or port. Peter worked around this when necessary by
dragging links the long way round to avoid connecting to the wrong
place.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Peter did not run the workflow until the very end. This made finding errors more difficult.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Peter did not realise that by creating and using the workflow in the tutorial he was using the statistical software Stata.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The understanding Peter gained from the tutorial was mainly operational details of how to use Kepler.</div>
<h1>
Peters feedback</h1>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Peter knew that Kepler was existing software but was unclear what
part of the exercise corresponded to SWISH project. His suggestion was
to package all the actors available in a SWISH subgroup of some kind.</div>
Peter liked the images, and found the progression from individual
small steps at the start of the tutorial to boarder instructions at the
end made sense.<br />
</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018197322661173168.post-40403655578209753672013-04-11T21:06:00.003-07:002013-04-11T21:07:20.797-07:00The Extreme Weather Events Database has it's own website.<br />
The SWISH project has a second website devoted to the database/analytics server (the EWEDB)<br />
<br />
<a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.com/" target="_blank">http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.com</a><br />
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
From those pages users can explore the scope of the database, find examples of data analyses and also apply for access to the data.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05089668184036387898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018197322661173168.post-71197748710882735362012-10-14T19:30:00.000-07:002012-10-14T19:30:01.342-07:00Project Outputs<br />
The project's main output will be Kepler "actors", with documentation.<br />These will be hosted on Github, with dissemination: principally through peer-reviewed publications.<br />However our chief contribution will be promoting the conceptual approach: using a scientific workflow system of any sort.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17703314121684245766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018197322661173168.post-75928839753535566862012-10-14T19:25:00.002-07:002012-11-11T16:05:41.914-08:00Technologies and Features<table>
<tbody>
<tr><td><h2>
Development</h2>
</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Kepler 2.3 </td><td><a href="https://kepler-project.org/">Kepler</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Stata 9 / 12 </td><td><a href="http://www.stata.com/stata12/">Stata 9 / 12</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Rundo for Stata </td><td><a href="http://huebler.blogspot.com.au/2008/04/stata.html">Rundo for Stata</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>R studio </td><td><a href="http://www.rstudio.com/">R studio</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>R</td><td><a href="http://www.r-project.org/">R</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Microsoft visual C sharp express </td><td><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/products/visual-studio-2010-express">Microsoft visual C sharp express</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>EMacs </td><td><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">EMacs</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Java JDK (6u25) </td><td><a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/readme-142177.html">Java JDK</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Ant </td><td><a href="http://ant.apache.org/">Ant</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Eclipse </td><td><a href="http://www.eclipse.org/">Eclipse</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>
Version control</h2>
</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Git hub </td><td><a href="https://github.com/">Git hub</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>TortoiseGit </td><td><a href="http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/">TortoiseGit </a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Git </td><td><a href="http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/">Git</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>
Operating systems and tools</h2>
</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Putty </td><td><a href="http://www.putty.org/">Putty</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>WinSCP </td><td><a href="http://winscp.net/eng/index.php">WinSCP</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Windows </td><td><a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows7/products/home">Windows</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Linux Ubuntu </td><td><a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">Linux Ubuntu</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>PGAdmin </td><td><a href="http://www.pgadmin.org/">PGAdmin</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>
Admin</h2>
</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Dropbox </td><td><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/">Dropbox</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>Skype </td><td><a href="http://beta.skype.com/en/">Skype</a> </td></tr>
<tr><td>blogger.com </td><td><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.com">blogger.com</a> </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17703314121684245766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018197322661173168.post-8734826878945273592012-10-14T19:24:00.002-07:002012-10-14T19:24:31.913-07:00Key Factors<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
Scientists will use our systems and tools if they support
data acquisition, data management and data analysis that is faster, more
reliable, more transparent and better documented than their current methods.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Our goal is that other researchers than just ourselves will
publish peer-reviewed papers that acknowledge our tools, so that they become a
recognised and accepted contribution towork in the relevant disciplines.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17703314121684245766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018197322661173168.post-61432111206619487042012-10-14T19:23:00.004-07:002012-10-14T19:23:21.743-07:00Target Customers<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Our
software tools will be used by epidemiologists, health researchers,
statisticians, and other scientists whose work involves handling multiple
datasets from different sources. The exemplar is research on the health impacts
of extreme weather events, which requires merging meteorological, health and
demographic data to permit statistical analysis of causal associations.</span><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17703314121684245766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018197322661173168.post-5931734456525096152012-08-19T23:30:00.003-07:002012-11-15T20:41:05.308-08:00Project DescriptionThe objective of this project is to develop a scientific workflow system to support data analysis for environmental epidemiology researchers, including workflow exemplars and training approaches.<br />
<br />
We will develop software that will enable researchers to access, integrate and transform datasets from population, health and environmental domains, using current and future health impacts of Extreme Weather Events (EWE) as a case study. <br />
<br />
<div>
A state-of-the-art scientific workflow system will be deployed at the ANU and developed to enable users to build and extend analytical tools. Tools will include methods to chain together tasks that perform operations in the domains of data acquisition, data transformation, mathematical operations, graphing, statistical analysis, and output. It will include both an operational web-based research platform as well as enhance traditional desktop client-side workflows, so that it boosts capacity without compromising expertise and trusted workflows. The software ecosystem is summarised in the image below, and fully described at this page <a href="http://swish-climate-impact-assessment.github.com/HighLevelDescription.html">Click Here</a><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuk2Nw4BAT9zoX3pZpZU3G395S3vnMcS9xtiwDy5o-BQIdvhT5zMHF5JKwoq-l8Cw7374BmvsULn2gxYUalBwziqBQ67s8eAvcsxf7gfqrh2OCC3zrlg0bLXD7-DUlDA4B7sFUUUdHAY/s1600/3Components.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuk2Nw4BAT9zoX3pZpZU3G395S3vnMcS9xtiwDy5o-BQIdvhT5zMHF5JKwoq-l8Cw7374BmvsULn2gxYUalBwziqBQ67s8eAvcsxf7gfqrh2OCC3zrlg0bLXD7-DUlDA4B7sFUUUdHAY/s320/3Components.png" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
The first demonstration of the system will be the creation of an
online validated Extreme Weather Events (EWE) database from historical
data that can be queried repeatedly, easily and effectively.
<br />
This will be merged with Health, Population and Climate Change
scenario data to project future health impacts; and the impact
assessment will be able to be easily updated with future additional
health, population and weather data; or new Climate Change model
versions.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05089668184036387898noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3018197322661173168.post-37936121401233372952012-08-19T22:47:00.001-07:002013-08-18T18:43:50.400-07:00The Team<table cellspacing="10">
<tbody>
<tr><td><h2>
Keith Dear: Project Manager</h2>
I am a biostatistician and epidemiologist specialising in environmental health. My main area is the health impacts of climate change, especially the direct effects of heat and cold and how climate influences the range and transmissibility of vector-borne diseases such as Dengue.
</td><td><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Q82V-vkXntvb4U_4B1TnsHzURxxYxYjXSQZL6nAX0gxidUGYMmfeG6wum7FTcO-YkC2rP-aK3aVf2LIYOXG4RbMOKlwVJxvpvKCJJTaYdABBppa-LvCNeUpKXi4mn-vTQzRvZtFKlbLf/s200/Picture+1.jpg" width="200" />
</td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>
Charmian Bennett: Epidemiologist</h2>
I am an environmental epidemiologist with a background in environmental science and geography. My research focuses on the impacts of climate change on human health, especially the impacts of heat and other extreme weather events that will become more frequent and more severe as our climate changes.
</td><td><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3SMwoZuNyhHrsKs1rcEcXMgYU7tJnrckZrf7prnBw9f07zDSWHeoLy-o4GQsQ5kYJVSracp0cuH3yAyHQNhHWC0PllRcfcRsPGtVe0F-9hEZFa1uRVmjcVotTT6NmMJCvc4Wojhbkx4b/s200/Charmian.jpg" width="200" />
</td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>
Ivan Hanigan: Environmental scientist and database manager</h2>
I am a multidisciplinary data manager and analyst. I have primarily worked in Environmental Epidemiology where I have honed my skills in manipulation of large databases and multivariate regression modelling. I also have experience of scenario-based forecasting in climate change risk assessments.
</td><td><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmYTGx6Qt6UIVV3DNj6l2gTqKtmEldB2WpdFs2SRSeXewe0sxIuH-d9g_XIxx6fn6j6jVrPMshP4MWIJnyyD2GX1hyphenhyphen4pjgwQwla2dQIkayW8Pw1uRA-P-OLv634_1VGUEDY1l1dh0370XJ/s200/ivan_hanigan.jpg" width="163" />
</td></tr>
<tr><td><h2>
Ian Szarka: Software engineer</h2>
I am software developer at ANU with a having primarily worked on software for scientific applications. This has included environmental simulation models especially in hydrology, memory management of temporal data, decision support tools, forward propagation uncertainty analysis, multi-objective optimisation, and more recently processing of 3d geometries for rapid prototyping (‘3d printing’).
</td><td><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOe-hnFsrPEUEIjSnYx6Rmm4-SGtmLlVKoFjCusijUrwsfX640widbCkHHabfVgvLzGnI2YovBMv2r2L59xqX12tiMX5lE6j3WT68rDREF_Td6o_U-AfgnAzxeK5O7v7-ZoqJclWJrRNN/s200/Ian+Szarka.jpg" width="163" />
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1