1. Generic GUI – Thoughts to Share Jinping Gwo EMSGi.org

2. 2 EMSGi  Not-for-profit  R&D Model Development Model Applications Geoinformatics  Open Collaborative Forums  GUI prototype will be made available at www.emsgi.org

3. 3 XML Configuration  Use XML to Configure GUI for Select Simulators, Automatically  Flexibility vs. Efficiency vs. Functionality  Computational Platforms  Deployment vs. Optimization

4. 4 Simulator Input File I/O  Three data storage spaces Input File on the disk Class reading, processing and storing the input data Individual dataset classes storing individual datasets  Consistency in data entry and edit  Consistency in saving to disk  No XML Automation in sight

5. 5 Mesh Generation, Refinement, Merging and Partitioning  In-House vs. Public Domain  Refinement and Merging Adaptive vs. Once-Through Global vs. Localized Static vs. Dynamic  Interoperability between GUI and Simulators  Load Balance Optimization?

6. 6 Parallel Processing  Threads vs. Parallelism (MPI, OpenMP, etc.)  Possibility of Streamlining or rather, Parallelizing, to Decision-Making?

7. 7 Visualization  Postprocessing Digs  Wrapped vs. Stand Alone  In-House vs. Public Domain (Freeware)  No XML Automation in sight

8. 8 Add-On’s  Flexibility vs. Efficiency  Enough is Enough?  Scripting for physiochemical processes?  Scripting for postprocessing, visualization, secondary uses of model output (e.g., statistical, probabilistic, including, risk analysis)?

9. 9 Web Resources  Simulator and Model Stores  Output Cataloging  Postprocessing Spaces  Online and Offline Collaboration  Real-Time Stakeholders Utilization for Collaborative Decision-Making  Confidence Building and Risk Communication

10. 10 Emerging Simulators  Approach: Mesh Evolution - Adaptive vs. Static or rather Active vs. Passive Physiochemcial Processes – Hard Coded vs. Real Time Scripting Numerical – Equation Solvers anyone?  Public Domain vs. In-House

11. 11 This must not be the First One?!  A Demo.  Collaboration?  Very very Alpha version available at www.emsgi.org