canSAS-XI/Software

Discussion session on Software

Chair : Paul Butler

<<upload introductory presentation from plenary as PDF and link here >>

Session Notes

The session began with a presentation by on DEPTAK

Highlights from the discussion include:

• It seems that there are a number of packages that are being developed with similar plugin architectures in python
  • Noted that more than one is important
  • But there does seem to be an insatiable and unstoppable need to re-invent the wheel myself:
    • question is what drives that?
      • Need to have access
      • Desire to do "better" and get recognized?
      • Lack of "advertising" - Dissemination should work on reaching instrument scientists and potential developers about what is already there
• Lots of “advertising needs”
• Youtube for users but also beamline scientists
• Add citations and activity etc for packages on canSAS portal page
• Being able to respond to ones users
• Scriptable packages in python gives first go at correlation
• Software as Infrastructure
  • PANOSC and OSC
• Facilities? Would require getting everyone with any effort in SAS analysis software identified and together to discuss “infrastructure” support models
• 3D pictures needed or our community becomes road kill
• Use molecular simulation and correlation analysis. ML could also help
• Get packages to take “STEP files” and convert to scattering
• Workflows for focused problems that give you the 3 parameters that you want
• Networking grants a great idea and some effort since last canSAS but need grants to do actual work.

Google Doc With Notes

Actions

• Video tutorials for selecting software program(s) - Assigned to: TBD
• Smallangle.org: Separate out highly used software and mark supported vs unsupported - Assigned to: TBD
• Software usage across different facilities - Assigned to: TBD