1. NA-MIC National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org Core 1b – Engineering Software Process Stephen R. Aylward Kitware, Inc.

2. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org 1 4 2 5 3 Core 1b – Engineering 5 Aims / 5 Platforms Architecture – tools, operating paradigms, reporting mechanisms, integration points End-user platform – interactive methods and information visualization for longitudinal analysis, exploratory data analysis, and translational research Computational platform – stream processing, cloud computing, statistical analysis, informatics, machine learning Data management – non-imaging and derived data, DICOM and cloud services Software engineering and software quality – navigable timeline for revision control, build, test, documentation and release

3. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org Software Process Software Engineering –Distributed software development –Stable and extensible architecture Software Quality –Supporting community standards without burdening the developer –Documentation, re-use, testing, education, form, and function January 2011, AHM –6 projects emphasizing software process 64 bit Windows Builds Slicer 4 and ITKv4 Integration Dashboards: Factory machine, subprojects, and Cdash@Home

4. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org Software Process Driving Biological Problems –Stable, user-friendly, and responsive application containing the latest algorithms and their data Algorithms Team –Focus on algorithms –Adapting to feedback from DBPs –Broadest distribution possible

5. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org Success = Challenge

6. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org Software Process

7. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org CMake and CPack Summary –Cross-platform build control from a single configuration file –Release Candidate 2.8.4 RC1 (Released 1/13/2011) –1900 downloads per day –Users: KDE, Blizzard (WoW), NVidia Drivers Features added –Library support: Qt, R –Superbuild: single run to download and configure multiple libraries and executables What’s Next –ITKv4: Code-Module Management

8. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org CDash and CTest Summary –Regression testing on multiple platforms (OS, CPU, Compilers) –Over 100 projects freely hosted on cdash.org Features added –CTest fetch data from server using a hash (data validation) Slicer 4: BrainsFit data –CDash @ Home (resource sharing) Slicer 4: Factory machine(s) What’s Next –Reporting per module –Upload binaries from clients to CDash –User-initiated builds Integration with NITRC (?)

9. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org CDash: Reporting per module

10. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org Integrating Engineering and Quality Lifecycle integration: Revision control (svn/git/gerrit), CMake, CTest, CDash, Data Management, Documentation, BugTracker, and Algorithm Validation –E.g., Commit a code change: wiki page is created to describe the change/feature, related bug report is annotated, subsequent dashboard changes are recorded, documentation is pooled for the next release Users can add/edit docs all are linked from a central timeline

11. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org Software Process

12. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org 1 4 2 5 3 Core 1b – Engineering 5 Aims / 5 Platforms Architecture – tools, operating paradigms, reporting mechanisms, integration points End-user platform – interactive methods and information visualization for longitudinal analysis, exploratory data analysis, and translational research Computational platform – stream processing, cloud computing, statistical analysis, informatics, machine learning Data management – non-imaging and derived data, DICOM and cloud services Software engineering and software quality – navigable timeline for revision control, build, test, documentation and release