Summer 2010 Tutorial Contest

Organizational Telephone Call May 13th at 3pm Eastern Time (part of standard NA-MIC Engineering tcon)

Background

Slicer3 is used to perform meaningful research tasks. As part of the NA-MIC Training Core activities we are building a curated portfolio of tutorials for the basic functions and specialized functionality available in Slicer. Our current portfolio of tutorials as well as tutorials that were developed in past contests are posted on the training compendium.

Tutorial Contest Goal

The primary purpose of this contest is to enrich the training materials that are available to end-users and developers using 3D Slicer and the NA-MIC kit. We believe contestants will be motivated to participate to enhance the dissemination of their own algorithms that they have incorporated into the Slicer3 platform and/or to enhance training of Slicer3 functionality for their own laboratory groups.

There will be two categories:

1. END TO END SOLUTION TUTORIAL: In this category, the tutorial will teach a user how to solve a particular clinical problem using the NA-MIC Kit. Entries into this category will require at least:
   • materials about the scientific and application background and motivation,
   • step-by-step guides, and
   • sample data
   • Example: ‏ ARCTIC (Automatic Regional Cortical Thickness) Tutorial
2. ALGORITHM TUTORIAL: In this category the tutorial will teach a user how to make an algorithm work on their data. Entries into this category will require at least:
   • materials about the scientific and application background of the algorithm(s) and their use in the Slicer environment
   • step-by-step guides, and
   • at least two different sample data sets from two different institutions
   • Example: Non-human Primates Segmentation Tutorial

Template

A basic template has been used for all of the tutorials. The same design should be used for the contest. It can be found here: Template

• Note: The examples above predate the template.

Rules

• Tutorial must be based on the Slicer3.6 release
• Tutorial must follow the guidelines specified above
• If applicable, provide clear directions for downloading and installing additional modules
• The tutorial and all of its components (data, powerpoints/pdfs, additional modules etc.) must be released under the Slicer license
• Applicants must agree to work with the NA-MIC Training and Dissemination Cores to curate their submission (we will test it on each of the available platforms and for usability and work with you to smooth any issues after the contest).

Dates and Submission Dead-line

• Presentation: all tutorials will be presented by the authors during the Summer 2010 Project Week. Each tutorial presentation should be 10 minutes long.
• If you wish to participate in the contest, please follow the three steps below:
  • 1. Create a wiki page for your tutorial
  • 2. Upload your slides and tutorial dataset
  • 3. Add a link to your tutorial page in the section below.

Please name your tutorial file as 'TutorialName_Summer2010AHM.pdf' and tutorial data as 'TutorialName_Data_Summer2010AHM.pdf'

Submission dead-line: Monday June 14, 2010

Note: The tutorials and datasets will be tested the week before the Programming week. To enter the contest, you must provide a version of your tutorial that works on at least one platform.