1. NIH NCRR Overview Introduction to NCRR Center NCRR Center for Bioelectric Field Modeling, Simulation, and Visualization

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3. NIH NCRR Overview Aims of NCRR Center Develop and Implement : An integrated, extensible, problem-solving environment (BioPSE) Geometric modeling tools Bioelectric field simulation tools Visualization methods and tools

4. NIH NCRR Overview Objectives of NCRR Center Disseminate or Provide: State-of-the-art software developed within the Center An on-line database of geometric models and simulation data Short courses on the use of Center software tools Workshops on bioelectric field research

5. NIH NCRR Overview Center Organization Chart External Advisory Board Technical Manager ( D. Weinstein) Collaborators Directors (C. Johnson and R. MacLeod) Modeling Research (R. MacLeod, Ph.D.) Visualization Research (C. Hansen. Ph.D.) Simulation Research (C. Johnson, Ph.D.) PSE Research (S. Parker, Ph.D.) Software Engineering D. De St. Germain Administrator (A. Betancourt) Media Specialist (R. Coffey) Systems (R. Cummins) Associate Director ( G. Jones, Ph.D. )

6. NIH NCRR Overview BioPSE Model SimVis Core BioPSE Integration Extensibility Program Design Interactivity Portability User Interface Data Management

7. NIH NCRR Overview map3d Summary Spatiotemporal view Provide quantitative feedback Leverage commodity hardware Interactive performance map3d Model SimVis Core BioPSE GoalsProposed research Interactive interrogation

8. NIH NCRR Overview Software Releases BioPSE Version 1.20.1 November, 2003 Open Source Target platforms: –Linux, Irix, Mac OSX –Single and multiprocessors map3d Version 5.4 March, 2003 Target platforms: – Linux, Windows, Irix, (Mac OSX)

9. NIH NCRR Overview Center Time Line Started - September 15, 1999 Fully Staffed - May, 2000 1 st Code Release – February, 2001 1 st EAB Meeting – April, 2001 432 BioPSE Downloads – Feb, 2002 4 th Code Release – March, 2002 2 nd EAB Meeting – March, 2002 Renewal Site Visit – March, 2002 3 rd EAB Meeting – July 2003 4 th EAB Meeting – Spring 2004 5 th EAB Meeting – March 2005 Renewal Site Visit – March 2005

10. NIH NCRR Overview BioPSE Web Statistics SCIRun downloads since Jan 2003: 807 BioPSE downloads since Jan 2003: 256 SCIRun downloads since initial release: 3500 BioPSE downloads since initial release: 1200 Successful hits for software.sci.utah.edu since Jan 2003: 633,441 Visits For software.sci.utah.edu since Jan 2003: 49,037 Successful Hits For www.sci.utah.edu since Jan 2003: 1,940,795www.sci.utah.edu Visits For www.sci.utah.edu since Jan 2003: 162,158www.sci.utah.edu Average time for visit: 5 minutes 20% of visitors visited more than once From 2002 to 2003, we have doubled the number of visitors to the software site.

11. NIH NCRR Overview Immediate Goals Deploy our software Support science using the software Renewal application 2004 You Can Help!!

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