[Opensim-dev] Design Review (UNCLASSIFIED)

Mon Aug 10 16:43:22 UTC 2015

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Thanks for the quick reply, Christa.  We currently have 8 developers on the
MOSES team dedicated to this effort.  I've set an aggressive schedule and
dedicated finite resources.  The purpose is to have the MOSES grid modified
in such a way that can support experimentation and deployment schedules.
With respect to experimentation, we plan to meet certain publication
deadlines for the spring/summer conferences and need the PhysX module in
place by the end of Sept. to support data collection in the Fall.  We have
also made a commitment to our colleagues at NVidia to support a speaking
engagement in late Nov, which means we need preliminary data ASAP.

With respect to the deployment schedules, I would like to have stable MOSES
prototypes available for our human performance evaluation work by January.

Thus far the IRC route has had moderate success.  Recently we had an issue
where guidance from one developer conflicted with guidance from another,
resulting in us needing to re-code part of a patch.  Our schedule cannot
tolerate too many of these issues.

I've made it clear to the MOSES team that they are to consult with the OS
devs and make every effort possible to ensure the code we submit will be
accepted.  Currently the acceptance process is quite subjective and we are
struggling to figure out how to provide meaningful contributions.

Lastly, I've asked the members of the MOSES team to introduce themselves to
this list so that you'll know who you are dealing with on the IRC and in the
grids.

v/r -doug

Dr. Douglas Maxwell
Science and Technology Manager
Virtual World Strategic Applications
U.S. Army Research Lab
Simulation & Training Technology Center (STTC)
(c) (407) 242-0209

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Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Design Review (UNCLASSIFIED)

Hi Doug and everyone working for Doug,

In OpenSim, design is something that happens continuously and in closed loop
with implementation.

We don't have scheduled meetings, because that would be pretty much
impossible to set up given all other commitments that people have and time
zones where people live.

In order to support continuous design/implementation, we meet "continuously"
in the IRC #opensim-dev channel -- that's our large, open, perpetually on,
meeting room. If you login there, chances are you will find a critical mass
of us also logged in. Even when we can't participate, we will see the chat
log later on, especially if our names have been mentioned, because IRC
clients have visual cues when someone mentions certain keywords of interest
to us. When that happens, we usually ping back. And even when we are logged
off when important conversations happen, someone will copy-paste the chat
when we join. So, all in all, much better than a scheduled meeting.

Having said that, the best time periods to get critical mass on any day of
the week are probably 9am to 9pm PST. And if you really want to make sure
certain of us are there, send those people an email or PM asking if they can
make themselves available at a certain date/time.

Looking forward to seeing many more of you there, (please do join!) Diva /
Crista

On 8/10/2015 7:57 AM, Maxwell, Douglas CIV USARMY ARL (US) wrote:

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	Good Morning Everyone,  we believe it would be a great idea to begin
holding
	design review meetings with the OS developers.  I'd like to discuss
with you
	our development roadmap and timelines.  We have a tight schedule,
and now
	that we have working stats collection in place, we can begin
refinement of
	the simulator to enhance performance.  The PhysX module is almost
ready for
	prime time and we would like to go over it with you before
submitting the
	patch.

	I am aware that you sometimes meet, but I don't know where/when at
this
	time.  We have 9 members of the MOSES team on this effort, would you
like us
	to come to you?  We could host you on the MOSES grid if you'd rather
come
	there.

	Lots of progress is being made and we'd like to fall into a
comfortable
	groove so that development can continue at an efficient pace.

	Looking forward to your feedback.

	v/r -doug

	Douglas Maxwell
	Science and Technology Manager
	Virtual World Strategic Applications
	U.S. Army Research Lab
	Simulation & Training Technology Center (STTC)
	(c) (407) 242-0209

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