Python module "optbayesexpt" uses optimal Bayesian experimental design methods to control measurement settings in order to efficiently determine model parameters. Given a parametric model - analogous to a fitting function - Bayesian inference uses each measurement "data point" to refine model parameters. Using this information, the software suggests measurement settings that are likely to efficiently reduce uncertainties. A TCP socket interface allows the software to be used from experimental control software written in other programming languages.

We present the development of pyLLE, a freely accessible Lugiato-Lefever equation solver programmed in Python and Julia and optimized for the simulation of microresonator frequency combs. Examples illustrating its operation and performance are presented.

This tutorial provides mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, parts lists, STL files for 3D-printed parts, IGS files, and instructions for automated machining necessary for construction of a dual-protease, subzero, liquid chromatography system for hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry. Electrical schematics for construction of a multi-zone temperature controller that regulate to ±0.1 oC are also included in this tutorial.

The spreadsheet file reported herein provides centroid data, descriptive of deuterium uptake, for the Fab Fragment of NISTmAb (PDB: 5K8A) reference material, as measured by the bottom-up hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) method. The protein sample was incubated in deuterium-rich solutions under uniform pH and salt concentrations between 3.6 degrees C and 25.4 degrees C for seven intervals ranging (0 to 14,400) s plus a control sample that simulates a Fab Fragment immersed for infinite time in D2O.

Polymer Reference Interaction Site Model (PRISM) theory describes the equilibrium spatial-correlations of liquid-like polymer systems including melts, blends, solutions, block copolymers, ionomers, liquid crystal forming polymers and nanocomposites. Using PRISM theory, one can calculate thermodynamic (e.g., second virial coefficients, Flory-Huggins interaction parameters, potentials of mean force) and structural (eg., pair correlation functions, structure factors) information for these macromolecular materials.

Source of the Refl1d program for modeling and analyzing neutron and X-ray reflectometry data, with the addition of distributed roughness capability.

The Free Energy and Advanced Sampling Simulation Toolkit (FEASST) is a free, open-source, modular program to conduct molecular and particle-based simulations with flat-histogram Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics methods. It is a software written in C++ and python which is made publicly available to aid in reproducibility. It is also provided as a service to the scientific community in which there are few , if any, Monte Carlo programs that support flat histogram methods and advanced sampling algorithms. This software is expected to be updated frequently with new methods.

We have applied 3D shape-based retrieval to various disciplines such as computer vision, CAD/CAM, computer graphics, molecular biology and 3D anthropometry. We have organized two workshops on 3D shape retrieval and two shape retrieval contests. We also have developed 3D shape benchmarks, performance evaluation software and prototype 3D retrieval systems. We have developed a robotic map quality assessment tool in collaboration with MEL) We also have developed different shape descriptors to represent 3D human bodies and heads efficiently and other work related to 3D anthropometry.

The objective of this shape retrieval contest is to retrieve 3D models those are relevant to a query range scan. This task corresponds to a real life scenario where the query is a 3D range scan of an object acquired from an arbitrary view direction. The algorithm should retrieve the relevant 3D objects from a database.

Task description:
In response to a given set of range scan queries, the task is to evaluate similarity scores with the target models and return an ordered ranked list along with the similarity scores for each query.

The objective of SHREC'14 Track is to evaluate the performances of different sketch-based 3D model retrieval algorithms using a large scale hand-drawn sketch query dataset on a generic 3D model dataset.