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NAMIC, the National Alliance for Medical Image Computing, was founded in 2005 to help build a computational infrastructure to support biomedical research as part of the [http://www.ncbcs.org/ NCBC] program. The work of this alliance has results in important progress in algorithmic research, a computational platform for medical image computing, called the [[NA-MIC-Kit|NAMIC kit]], and the creation of a community of algorithm researchers, biomedical scientists and software engineers who are committed to open science. This community meets twice a year in an event called Project Week. Project week is organized by Tina Kapur and Ron Kikinis, with help and input from the community. | NAMIC, the National Alliance for Medical Image Computing, was founded in 2005 to help build a computational infrastructure to support biomedical research as part of the [http://www.ncbcs.org/ NCBC] program. The work of this alliance has results in important progress in algorithmic research, a computational platform for medical image computing, called the [[NA-MIC-Kit|NAMIC kit]], and the creation of a community of algorithm researchers, biomedical scientists and software engineers who are committed to open science. This community meets twice a year in an event called Project Week. Project week is organized by Tina Kapur and Ron Kikinis, with help and input from the community. | ||
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Project week brings together scientists and engineers in the field of Medical Image Computing, both investigating novel methodologies and using tools based on those methods for biomedical research. While highly relevant to the MICCAI community, the activities during Project Week are complementary to other activities endorsed or sponsored by MICCAI. Endorsment by the MICCAI society will also make the relation between NAMIC and MICCAI explicit and will prevent confusion in that regard. | Project week brings together scientists and engineers in the field of Medical Image Computing, both investigating novel methodologies and using tools based on those methods for biomedical research. While highly relevant to the MICCAI community, the activities during Project Week are complementary to other activities endorsed or sponsored by MICCAI. Endorsment by the MICCAI society will also make the relation between NAMIC and MICCAI explicit and will prevent confusion in that regard. | ||
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Revision as of 02:03, 21 November 2014
Home < NAMICNAMIC, the National Alliance for Medical Image Computing, was founded in 2005 to help build a computational infrastructure to support biomedical research as part of the NCBC program. The work of this alliance has results in important progress in algorithmic research, a computational platform for medical image computing, called the NAMIC kit, and the creation of a community of algorithm researchers, biomedical scientists and software engineers who are committed to open science. This community meets twice a year in an event called Project Week. Project week is organized by Tina Kapur and Ron Kikinis, with help and input from the community.
Project Week is a semi-annual event which draws 80-120 researchers. The participants work collaboratively on open-science solutions for problems that lie on the interfaces of the fields of computer science, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and medicine. In contrast to conventional conferences and workshops the primary focus of the Project Weeks is to make progress in projects (as opposed to reporting about progress). The objective of the Project Weeks is to provide a venue for this community of medical open source software creators. Project Weeks are open to all, are publicly advertised, and are funded through fees paid by the attendees. Participants are encouraged to stay for the entire event.
Project Week activities: Everyone shows up with a project. Some people are working on the platform. Some people are developing algorithms. Some people are applying the tools to their research problems. We begin the week by introducing projects and connecting teams. We end the week by reporting progress. In addition to the ongoing working sessions, breakout sessions are organized ad-hoc on a variety of special topics. These topics include: discussions of software architecture, presentations of new features and approaches and topics such as Image-Guided Therapy.
Plans for 2015 and Beyond
Given the vibrant community present at Project Weeks, we intend to continue to organize the events every 6 months. Several funded projects use the Project Week as a place to convene and collaborate. These include NAC, NCIGT, QIICR, OCAIRO. We intend to continue the tradition of openness and accessibility for Project Week. The next events in this ongoing series will occur in Salt Lake City, Utah in January of 2015, followed by one in Boston, MA in June of 2015.
Relevance to MICCAI
Project week brings together scientists and engineers in the field of Medical Image Computing, both investigating novel methodologies and using tools based on those methods for biomedical research. While highly relevant to the MICCAI community, the activities during Project Week are complementary to other activities endorsed or sponsored by MICCAI. Endorsment by the MICCAI society will also make the relation between NAMIC and MICCAI explicit and will prevent confusion in that regard.
