Dear Vedrin,

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Micha



Vedrin Jeliazkov schrieb:
> Hi,
>
> I'm forwarding Sunil's mail to the list -- I hope somebody out there
> would provide some good answers to Sunil's and Surajit's queries.
>
> Sunil, Surajit, are you members of the OTDev list already?
>
> Micha, Barry, could you please make sure that Sunil and Surajit have
> access to the OTDev list and its archives (if possible)?
>
> Kind regards,
> Vedrin
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: sunil chawla <sunil at seascapelearning.com>
> Date: 2009/12/22
> Subject: Re: [OTDev] SW Development process...SL update
> To: Vedrin Jeliazkov <vedrin.jeliazkov at gmail.com>
> Cc: Barry Hardy <barry.hardy at douglasconnect.com>, surajit ray
> <mr.surajit.ray at gmail.com>
>
>
> Hi Vedrin
>
> Thanks for your thorough and quick responses. Following is a quick
> update from our side...
>
> Our team had been occupied predominantly on developing the MaxTox
> prediction algorithm. And as the API has started emerging recently,
> Surajit is working to conform to it.  A 1/1 discussion/Q&A point of
> contact would be most helpful to make quick progress. Should Surajit
> be talking with you?
>
>
> A status update  is as follows:
> Software to make Dictionaries ===> ready
> Software to make models ===> R (random forests classification)
> Software to make predictions ====> ready
> Online version of Prediction ====> Work in progress (halfway done in JSP)
> Online version of Prediction using OpenTox API ====> Just Started
> Issues we are wrestling with:
> 1) Rapid evolution of API and quick turns on testing is presenting a
> moving target.
> 2) Unclear about whether we should fit our algorithm into Blue Obelix
> 3) Should we host our software on our own servers or yours? What is
> the recommended strategy?
> 4) There is no prior experience with RDF/OWL, we will need some help here.
> 5) Unable to make the R part of the code native to java as yet. Still
> trying a few things. This hinders our ability to provide the API
> interface.
> 6) We are using random forests classification algorithm. By the
> Opentox model we should have access to this algorithm by an API. If
> that is the case then we can easily use that for development of our
> own model. However, as yet, it appears that no one has a algorithm/API
> for random forests in opentox. How should we proceed in this regard?
>
> Looking fwd to your gudiance.
>
> Regards
>
> Sunil
>   <>
>
>
>
> Vedrin Jeliazkov wrote:
>
> Hi Sunil,
> 2009/12/21 sunil chawla <sunil at seascapelearning.com>:
>
>
> If there is some mechanism to give developers feedback/suggestions for
> improvements or course corrections after testing of submiited services - it
> would be helpful to us and bring quicker convergence.
>
>
> Well, there are already several such mechanisms in place and in active use:
> 1) Developer's own bug (or issue) tracker, which has to be linked from
> the webservice test instance description page:
> http://www.opentox.org/dev/testing/testtoxservices
> (most developers prefer this option so far)
> 2) OpenTox test results issue tracker:
> http://www.opentox.org/dev/testing/testresults/issues
> (this might be suitable for those who don't run their own issue tracker)
> 3) OT-Dev list, for any generic (e.g. API-related) issues.
> 4) Direct communication via e-mail or any other online collaboration
> tool for issues which are service/implementation- specific and need
> some more in depth discussion.
> Do you have something else in mind?
> Kind regards,
> Vedrin
> PS: Could you give us an update (preferably before tomorrow's meeting)
> on SL's progress with software development?
>
>