2022 Call for Proposals:
Software Tutorials for the Whole Community
Weekday Tutorials During the 2022 Annual Meeting
Submission Deadline:
Organizing Committee:
Mark Chiew, Ph.D., University of Oxford
Justin Haldar, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Brian Hargreaves, Ph.D., Stanford University
Khin Khin Tha, M.D., Hokkaido University
Dear ISMRM community:
Over the years, the ISMRM community has created excellent software tools for MR data analysis, simulation, sequence design, and reconstruction, many of which are freely-available. These tutorials serve as an opportunity to gain exposure to new tools that you have not yet had the opportunity to learn, or to review hot new features of tools. ISMRM has run similar tutorials for several years now, and they have been well received and well-attended.
To be inclusive, the organizers would therefore like to solicit proposals from users or developers (we encourage you to team up) who would like to present a software tutorial at the London 2022 Annual Meeting. This will be a great opportunity to promote great software and get the community engaged. This year the format will include presentation and discussion at the annual meeting, followed by a virtual session 1-2 months later (details below). In addition, this year we would also like to invite user-submitted nominations for software packages you would like to see tutorials for (with no obligation to present yourself). Software groups receiving significant community support will be invited to present tutorials as well.
Up to 6 packages will be selected based on topic areas (tools that would be appealing to clinicians are a particularly good match), novelty, and scope. We are not looking to feature commercial software at this time, but rather will feature freely-available software, including but not limited to open source. The software tutorial format has changed this year, and now selected groups will be asked to prepare:
- a 5-minute recorded video pitch for their package and tutorial, which will be made available online in advance of the Annual Meeting,
- a 30 minute, in-person tutorial that will be presented during the Annual Meeting,
- a 1-2 hour online follow-up tutorial (via Zoom) that will be presented approximately 1 month after the Annual Meeting, and will open to all ISMRM members.
The structure of the tutorials is open for each group to decide. However, we encourage proposals to take advantage of creative and interactive opportunities arising from the unique multi-part tutorial format. Presenters will also be asked to participate in an in-person panel discussion during the Annual Meeting.
Instructions:
Proposals should be a 1-page Letter of Intent describing the purpose and functionality of the software tool, the target audience for your package, and how you would spend your demo time (both the 30 minute in-person tutorial and the online follow-up tutorial). Optional, but encouraged is to include example applications, in research, education and/or clinical practice.
A link to the software package page must be included.
Overview
In this weekday educational course, we highlight software tools developed by the community to MR data analysis, simulation, sequence design, and image reconstruction. The software demos will be presented in a unique format, with in-person tutorial sessions including a panel discussion on the merits of open and community-led software development, and online follow-up tutorials presented approximately 1-2 months after the Annual Meeting.
Target Audience
Attendees interested in learning about software tools available for MR practitioners.
Educational Objectives
As a result of attending this course, participants should be able to:
- Explain the value of research software and the motivation of developers who release research software;
- Evaluate the range of software tools that have been developed by the community;
- Apply existing software tools for the participants’ MR research questions; and
- Develop reproducible research and therefore accelerate advancement of our field by utilizing freely available tools from the community for their own work.
Submission Form