{{DISPLAYTITLE:Sensing in Biomechanical Processes Lab (SimPL)}}

Welcome to the SimPL wiki.

== SimPL Overview ==
Hi there! Thanks for visiting the SimPL wiki page. For members of our lab, this page contains helpful information for lab operation and logistics.

'''SimPL''' stands for '''Sensing in Biomechanical Processes Lab,''' established in 2018. As the name implies, we work a lot with sensors, and focus on studies of biomechanics. Currently, the main types of sensors we work with are those that measure biomechanics parameters (e.g. inertial sensors), and those that measure human physiology (e.g. biopotential sensors). The main application areas in the lab are mild traumatic brain injuries (e.g. concussions, subconcussive trauma) as well as sleep. Our lab belongs to the Mechanical Engineering department at UBC, in the Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering research cluster. Our lab director Dr. Lyndia Wu is also an Associate Member of the School of Biomedical Engineering, Principal Investigator at ICORD, and member of the [https://stitch.ubc.ca/home STITCH] and [https://balancefalls.ubc.ca/ OBDAF] clusters.

== Lab Space ==
Our main lab space is in the '''ICICS building, room X015'''. Space for student desks, experimental set ups, prototyping, and meetings are all in X015. This is set up in a way that allows for easy interactions with your colleagues and convenient access to your research equipment/set up. Research space becomes increasingly limited at the university, and we are fortunate to have access to an excellent research space. It is everyone's responsibility to help maintain and maximize the utilization of our space.

'''Sharing space with CARIS:''' We share ICICS X015 with the Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CARIS) lab. The CARIS lab was established by Dr. Elizabeth Croft, has been around for over 20 years and are the original occupants of the X015 space. SimPL has been warmly welcomed into the X015 space by the current director Dr. Mike van der Loos. Since both SimPL and CARIS have some mechatronics, sensing, and biomedical projects, it helps create opportunities to share knowledge and resources among members of the two labs. Students are also encouraged to socialize and build a friendly community within the common space. While in general there is no clear physical boundary between the two labs, please respect desk and experimental space of students from the CARIS lab.

'''Other space:''' We can also share space with Dr. Peter Cripton and Dr. Tom Oxland's injury biomechanics lab space at ICORD, which has equipment and custom set ups for injury biomechanics testing. It is also possible for SimPL students to get temporary or permanent desk space at ICORD. Please feel free to ask Lyndia about this resource if you're interested.

== Lab Jobs ==
Graduate students in the lab are also encouraged to take on leadership roles, and help with different aspects of lab management. The table below summarizes lab jobs and assignments.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Summary of lab job/czar assignments
!Task/Duty
!Czar
!Description
|-
|Lab tours
|
|Point of contact of the lab for tours. In charge of coordinating lab tours, and reminding everyone about upcoming tours (coordinate with CARIS czars for joint tours)
|-
|Lab meeting
|Ahmad
|Managing lab meeting schedules, set up, and maintaining meetings space/equipment. (joint with CARIS)
|-
|Social
|Keili, Delun
|Organizing social activities for the lab. (coordinate with CARIS czars for joint activities)
|-
|Safety
|David, Adam
|Provide safety training for new members. Be points of contact in case of safety incidents. (joint with CARIS)
|-
|Purchasing
|Calvin
|In charge of supplies and small equipment purchases in the lab.
|-
|Lab website
|Lyndia, Adam
|Maintaining and updating lab website.
|-
|SimPL Lab wiki
|Lyndia
|Maintaining and updating lab wiki.
|-
|CARIS Lab wiki
|
|Adding new people to the CARIS lab's wiki and joint meeting slides.
|-
|Lab cleanliness
|Haomiao
|Organizing lab cleaning. (coordinate with CARIS czars for joint cleaning)
|-
|Computing
|Calvin
|Managing computing equipment, software, data storage, and server. (coordinate with CARIS czars for shared equipment)
|-
|Equipment
|David
|Keeping track of lab equipment, training needs, and maintenance. (coordinate with CARIS czars for shared equipment)
|-
|Outreach
|Keili
|Planning and organizing outreach activities outside of lab tours.
|-
|Robot island
|Delun
|Managing equipment around the robot island.
|}

== Lab Meetings ==
Research meetings and lab meetings help provide opportunities for communication and feedback. Students normally have regular one-on-one/subgroup meetings and less frequent long-term planning meetings with Lyndia, as well as weekly joint lab meetings with the CARIS lab. More detailed lab meeting instructions: [[SimPL/Meetings|'''Meetings''']].

== Weekly Email Reports ==
Every Friday by noon, please send an email to Lyndia with the following information. This is both to help with planning your week, and to keep good documentation of weekly progress. This is required for graduate students, encouraged for full time undergraduate students, and optional for other students.
# Weekly progress
#* Be as specific as possible (e.g. conducted trial IMU and EEG experiment on March 20 with one subject, 12 headers, data available at link/directory)
#* Summarize main findings
# Challenges/roadblocks
#* Summarize any challenges you're facing, especially any that you need help with
# Goals for next week
#* Again be as specific as possible
# (Optional) Request for ad-hoc meeting
#* If you need to meet outside of the regular meeting to discuss anything, let Lyndia know
# (Optional) Anything else you'd like Lyndia or the lab to know about

== Lab Funding and Finances ==
Currently, SimPL is mainly funded through the following external grants with Lyndia as the Principal Investigator: an NSERC Discovery grant titled <nowiki>''</nowiki>Biomechanical dose and real-time neurophysiological response during direct and whiplash head loading in humans", a New Frontiers in Research Fund grant titled "Investigating Brain Trauma Accumulation from Subconcussive Head Impacts and Differences between Male and Female Ice Hockey Players", a Michael Smith Foundation Scholar Award titled "Investigating the Biomechanical Mechanism of Concussions in Sports", a CIHR Project titled <nowiki>''</nowiki>A prospective and longitudinal investigation of concussive and subconcussive mild traumatic brain injury mechanisms in ice hockey", and a CFI/BCKDF JELF grant titled <nowiki>''</nowiki>Investigating the neurophysiological effects and accumulation of subconcussive sports head impacts". These grants define the lab's funded research directions.

Research funding is always highly competitive, and each grant application could take months of hard work to complete, without guaranteed success and funding. As an example, a CIHR project grant could have only 10-15% success rate. As such, please help the lab maximize the use of limited resources in making scientific and research discoveries. In addition, please note that stipend and tuition support of lab members come from the lab's funded grants, and thus you are expected to contribute to progressing the research in these funded areas. Sometimes grant applications may also need help from students, especially if an application is related to a student's research project. Your help in generating figures and text for the application is highly appreciated and crucial to obtaining continued funding.

Senior graduate students and postdocs that have an interest in academic careers are also encouraged to talk with Lyndia, if you would like to gain more experience in grant writing. This is a key skill to succeed in academia. You can also get practice through writing your own fellowship and scholarship applications, which are essentially mini grant applications.

== Purchasing Procedures ==
Our lab's instructions on how to purchase supplies and equipment for your research projects: [[SimPL/Purchase|'''Purchasing Procedures''']]. Noting the lab funding section, please be aware of the importance of maximizing/optimizing the use of lab resources and funding.

Purchasing Wishlist [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BJhNWHlv1tBoBDM9kw5MNykm7x4fSEC1j3NeFT7yxQg/edit#gid=0 here]

== Reimbursement Procedures ==
Some of the lab's purchases can be made through ECE purchasing or MECH purchasing. Please note that efforts have been made to set up the purchasing procedures such that we minimize out of pocket expenses for students.

There are some cases where students may need to make purchases and get reimbursed. For example, common scenarios are printing a research poster for an event, or getting a small item purchased quickly at a local shop. In certain cases, such as conference travel, students would need to book their own travel and get reimbursed after the trip.

'''Submitting claims in Workday:''' Currently, only those students/employees who have an active UBC appointment (e.g., GRAs, UAAs) can submit out of pocket expense reports in Workday. For detailed step-by-step instructions, please refer to the following knowledge base article found on the UBC Service Now website: https://ubc.service-now.com/selfservice?id=kb_article&sys_id=a322746b1b7e68d01cfdeac3b24bcbb0&table=kb_knowledge.

'''Submitting claims to MECH finance:''' All other students that do not have an appointment (i.e., those who are not an employee) should email their reimbursement claims to MECH Finance (send to [[Mailto:finance@mech.ubc.ca|finance@mech.ubc.ca]] or [[Mailto:financestudentassistant@mech.ubc.ca|financestudentassistant@mech.ubc.ca]]) for processing. Generally, even students/employees with active UBC appointments can also submit claims through MECH Finance instead of Workday (it may just take longer if the Finance department is busy). The MECH Finance reimbursement instructions and forms for non-travel and travel related reimbursements are on the lab server, found in the forms folder. In general, please keep good record of all receipts and proofs of payment, to avoid any administrative hassles in getting reimbursed.

== Conferences and Work Related Travel ==
Students are encouraged to attend conferences to present your research, and network with others in the field. Below are work related travel policies.
* Individuals who are presenting will be supported by travel on research funds with expectation that work to be presented will be submitted for journal publication around or shortly after the conference time. However, it is expected that lab members should apply for additional travel support (e.g. [https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/graduate-student-travel-fund UBC grad student travel fund], [https://icics.ubc.ca/support-programs/member-support/ ICICS conference support], conference-specific travel awards) to supplement research funds.
* Given funding limitations, typically grad students and postdocs attend 1 conference per year, unless extra travel funding can be found through other sources.
* All conference abstracts need to be submitted to Lyndia for review and approval '''at least 2 weeks''' before the abstract deadline, unless there are special circumstances.
* After confirmation of abstract acceptance, please arrange and book your own travel.
* Reimbursements of accommodation and flights will be according to timing and duration of the conference scientific program. If any personal arrangements (e.g. detours, extended stays) need to be made, a discussion is needed prior to booking. Additional documentation may be needed and only conference-related costs will be reimbursed.
* Reservations should be made as far in advance as possible, ideally early enough to take advantage of any discounted conference fees/hotel rates/airfare.
* For same-gender travelers in the lab, please share a room if possible to keep costs reasonable. You may work those details out on your own, feel free to reach out to folks from other labs or on room-share forums for the conference as well.
* For meals you can be reimbursed for actual charges. See [https://finance.ubc.ca/travel/reconcile/meals-diem university policy on meal costs].Per diem is possible if the meeting/conference does not provide any meals. Please keep costs down by taking advantage of all meals provided by the conference. You will not be allowed to charge for meals provided by the conference, i.e. if the conference provides breakfast, don't submit a charge for breakfast.
* Keep all receipts and boarding passes. Please also save the conference program and any mention of your participation.
* Follow travel-related reimbursement instructions on the server for reimbursement.

The idea of this is to keep the reimbursement process consistent, clear, and justifiable for the project being charged.

== Upcoming Conferences ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Table. Upcoming Conferences
!Name of Conference
!Notes
!Abstract Submission Deadline
!Conference Dates
!Conference Location
!Conference Link
!Planned Submissions/Attendance
|-
|BMES
|We regularly attend BMES - large biomedical engineering conference.
|normally early May
|Oct 12-15, 2022
|San Antonio, USA
|https://www.bmes.org/annualmeeting
|
|-
|SB3C
|We regularly attend SB3C - mid-sized, more biomechanics-specific, student-friendly with more presentation award opportunities.
|normally Jan 15
|June 20-23, 2022
|Eastern Shore, Maryland
|https://sb3c.org/
|
|-
|WCB (World Congress of Biomechanics)
|Occurs every 4 years, large biomechanics conference.
|Nov. 15, 2021
|July 10-14, 2022
|Taipei
|https://www.wcb2022.com/
|
|-
|EMBC
|IEEE's large biomedical engineering conference, conf. paper opportunity available for smaller projects, less frequently attended by us.
|Jan 10, 2022 (paper)
Apr 1, 2022 (poster)
|July 11-15, 2022
|Glasgow, Scotland
|https://embc.embs.org/2022/
|
|-
|IRCOBI
|Injury biomechanics conference, conf. paper opportunity available, less frequently attended by us.
|Dec. 15 (abstract for full paper), paper due Apr 1. Apr 1 (short comm paper).
|Sept 14-16, 2022
|Porto, Portugal
|http://ircobi.org/wordpress/general-information-europe/#navone
|
|-
|Neurotrauma
|More clinical, we infrequently attend unless there is a suitable project.
|TBD
|June 26-29, 2022
|Atlanta, USA
|https://www.neurotrauma.org/NNS-Atlanta-2022
|
|-
|Northwest Biomechanics Symposium (NWBS)
|More regional biomechanics symposium, small conference, student-friendly.
|to be updated
|
|
|
|
|-
|Ohio State Injury Biomechanics Symposium
|Small student-friendly conference focused on injury biomechanics, student travel funding provided to those selected for talks.
|to be updated
|
|
|
|
|-
|Canadian Society of Biomechanics (CSB) Meeting
|Canadian biomechanics conference, every 2 years.
|to be updated
|
|
|
|
|-
|World Congress on Brain Injury
|Every 2 years, more on the clinical / translational side than engineering, less frequently attended.
|to be updated
|
|
|
|
|}

== Lab Server ==
We have a SimPL server hosted on the Mechanical Engineering server to keep files and documentation for the lab. Instructions to connect to the server can be found here: [[SimPL/ServerSetup|'''Server Setup''']].
* Please follow established folder organization on the server, use meaningful file names, and provide readme documentation when appropriate.
* Please note that we have ~100GB space on the server, and it is not meant for large data file storage. Please talk to Lyndia if you have other storage needs.

== Data Sharing ==
We have several options for data storage and sharing, including the lab server hosted on the Mechanical Engineering Teamshare Server (see last section for server setup instructions), UBC [https://it.ubc.ca/services/email-voice-internet/microsoft-teams Microsoft Teams]/[https://it.ubc.ca/services/web-servers-storage/microsoft-onedrive OneDrive] where all UBC faculty/staff/students have storage space, and study-specific servers (e.g. the CIHR Hockey study Teamshare server). All lab members should get access to the Teamshare server and Lab Microsoft Teams access. Please check out the data / document organization for each of these to familiarize yourself with the information available and expected data / file organization structure. For your projects, please discuss data storage needs and procedures with Lyndia.

== Code Sharing ==
We have a lab Github organization for code storage, sharing, and version control. Please create a Github account and reach out to Lyndia to be added as a member to this organization.

== Software ==
Please refer to the [[Software|SimPL software]] access page for documentation related to Arduino, Matlab, Solidworks, LS-DYNA, and CORA.

== Equipment ==
List of equipment, their locations and current owners (so you can hunt them down!):
[[SimPL Equipment|'''Equipment''']].

== Collaborations ==
SimPL has a number of internal and external collaborators. Below are brief descriptions of our current close collaborators. If you are interested in getting introduced to any collaborator to 1) have them as potential advisory committee members, 2) get their feedback on your related research, or 3) learn more about their work, Lyndia is happy to make the introduction so please let her know.

'''[https://mech.ubc.ca/peter-cripton/ Dr. Peter Cripton]''' (expertise: injury biomechanics, neck biomechanics, spinal cord injury): Dr. Cripton has an injury biomechanics lab at ICORD. He is known for his work on the Pro-Neck-Tor helmet for protecting the cervical spine, and also the CHIMERA device for animal brain injury testing.

'''[https://kin.educ.ubc.ca/person/jean-sebastien-blouin/ Dr. Jean-Sebastien Blouin]''' (expertise: sensorimotor function, human balance, vestibular function): Dr. Blouin is an expert in assessing and modeling human balance. He is known for designing and applying balance robots in understanding the neural circuitry behind balance and vestibular function.

'''[https://physicaltherapy.med.ubc.ca/person/naznin-virji-babul/ Dr. Naz Virji-Babul]''' (expertise: concussion EEG, resting state brain network analysis): Dr. Virji-Babul is an expert in concussion EEG assessments and analysis. Her group has found changes in brain networks of concussed patients. We have ongoing field study collaborations with UBC Varsity athletes.

'''[https://balancefalls.ubc.ca/people/gunter-siegmund Dr. Gunter Siegmund]''' (expertise: TBI biomechanics): Dr. Siegmund is a director at MEA Forensics and also a UBC faculty member. He has extensive experience in injury biomechanics, and has set ups at MEA to model injury scenarios (e.g. sled tests, drop tests).

'''[https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/rauscher-alexander Dr. Alex Rauscher]''' (expertise: myelin imaging, TBI neuroimaging): Dr. Rauscher is an expert in a novel MRI technique called myelin water imaging, which can be applied in mTBI to study subtle changes in myelin structure in the brain.

== Outreach ==
SimPL is supportive of outreach activities. Ongoing outreach events include [https://www.scienceworld.ca/secondary Teen Tuesday] and [https://www.scienceworld.ca/science-world-extravagant-evening-teens SWEET] at the Science World. If you're interested in participating/leading an outreach activity, have suggestions about outreach, or want to develop a new outreach demo, please talk with Lyndia and/or the outreach czar.

== Resources ==
* [[SimPL/Resources/Courses|Recommended courses]]
* [[SimPL/Fellowships|Fellowships]]
* [[SimPL/Readings|Readings]]

== Orientation Resources ==
* [https://wiki.ubc.ca/images/2/25/Welcome_Letter_and_Orientation_Notes_2019F.pdf Welcome letter from Lyndia to new students]
* [http://technicalservices.mech.ubc.ca/facilities/access/accessform/ Lab access request form]
** On-site safety training - Please arrange with Safety Czar as listed in the lab jobs table above. This training helps complete one of the forms required for access.
*[[SimPL/Forms |Forms]]
* [[SimPL/ServerSetup |Server Setup]]
* [https://ethics.research.ubc.ca/education-training/online-tutorials-training Ethics Research Training] (TCPS 2 required for students working with human participants in their research)

== Vacation Policy ==
Our lab's vacation policy: [[SimPL/Vacation_Policy|'''Vacation Policy''']].

== Useful Links for New Students ==
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BJhNWHlv1tBoBDM9kw5MNykm7x4fSEC1j3NeFT7yxQg/edit#gid=0 SimPL purchase wishlist]
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17faAoog4ay6D9qm88ovKjBLFExeRDUKQbKvcY8a1AVs/edit CARIS joint weekly meeting slides]
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S1OPE5WV3S2uBiqld1hEwGPfVPw8XGMtuoT9A9ZvXGM/edit#gid=1969441754 CARIS inventory list]
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R8cle0-y4QhvxI2GTjLFPtKA6qhHu4rg8k7P8J55PGc/edit?usp=sharing 3D Printing Track]

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SimPL/Purchase

2022-03-15T17:04:57Z

ChunWu: /* Purchasing Instructions */

== Purchasing Instructions ==
# When you need to purchase anything for your project, please identify the item you need to purchase in the lab purchasing wishlist ([https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BJhNWHlv1tBoBDM9kw5MNykm7x4fSEC1j3NeFT7yxQg/edit#gid=1733496033 link]). Common preferred vendors for electronic components are [https://www.digikey.ca/ digikey.ca] (very fast), and [https://elmwoodelectronics.ca/ elmwoodelectronics.ca] when digikey doesn't have the component (e.g. lithium ion batteries). For mechanical components, please check the notes on [http://technicalservices.mech.ubc.ca/stores-purchasing-shipping-receiving/ece-stores/ this page] regarding vendor preference. [https://www.amazon.ca/ Amazon.ca] is also a good place to look. In general, if there are domestic vendors offering similar pricing, they would be preferred to avoid additional fees with shipping/customs.
# Once you have filled in the items you need, please message or email Lyndia with the item row #'s for approval (e.g. rows 61-65).
# When Lyndia approves the items, she will also indicate who the purchase is assigned to and the account to use.
# If an order is assigned to someone else for purchasing, please talk to them/email them to let them know that the order is ready to go and refer them to the relevant line items on the purchasing wishlist.
# It is also fine to purchase something yourself and get reimbursed (typically recommended if the purchase is small and urgent, or if you need to pick up from a local shop), in which case please still follow steps 1-2 for approval. Reimbursement instructions can be found on the wiki.

ECE purchasing website: [https://eng-services.ece.ubc.ca/forms/purchasing-requests/ Purchasing Requests | ECE Engineering Services (ubc.ca)]

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2021-04-20T23:27:39Z

ChunWu: /* Instructions for connecting to the lab server */

SimPL/Meetings

2020-08-21T21:44:18Z

ChunWu: /* Teach, Inspire, and Learn Thursdays (TILT) */

== Meetings ==

===== Lab Weekly Meetings =====
* Time: Wednesdays at 3-4:30pm
* Location: ICICS X015 meeting space unless otherwise noted
* Format: Individual 30-second slide updates followed by a research talk/journal club talk
* Description and Expectations: Weekly lab meetings are joint with the CARIS lab. You should try to attend the lab meeting every week. Each week, you are expected to give a short update on your weekly progress. Summarize the progress in a slide with a few concise key points that are also understandable by other students who may not be familiar with your project (Google slide deck link will be sent around). You will be expected to have an in-depth presentation of your work in lab meetings at least once per year. For this kind of presentations, you should prepare a 15-20min presentation with introduction/background, methods, results, and discussion. The presentation would likely be followed by approximately 10-15 minutes of discussion and feedback. When others present, you should work to develop the highly valued ability to offer ''constructive criticism''. Although this does not mean that you should feel pressure to make comments in lab meetings, quality remarks can help the speaker and make a good impression. For journal club presentations, you are expected to review a journal article that is relevant to our research in depth, by giving a summary of the paper and expressing your opinions on the work, as well as what we can learn and apply.

===== Teach, Inspire, and Learn Thursdays (TILT) =====
* Time: Thursdays at 2-3pm
* Format: One lab member presents on a topic they specialize in or have an interest in to the rest of the group.
{| class="wikitable"
|+TILT Presenter Sign Up
!Date
!Presenter
!Topic
|-
|May 21, 2020
|Lyndia
|How do research grants work, and general lab resources
|-
|May 28, 2020
|Calvin Qiao
|Fun with Java
|-
|June 4, 2020
|Calvin Kuo
|Signal processing in music
|-
|June 11, 2020
|Han Nguyen
|Using Blender to make Sculpture CAD
|-
|June 18, 2020
|Jesse Li
|Using Web APIs for Fun and Profit (note: If you want to follow along, please install Python 3.6 or higher, and have code editor of your choice - I'm using Visual Studio Code)
|-
|June 25, 2020
|Ahmad
|How to use compute Canada and UBC ARC for high performance computing (HPC)?
|-
|July 2, 2020
|Michael
|How to Create Android Apps
|-
|July 9, 2020
|Calvin Kuo
|How to Coffee
|-
|July 16, 2020
|
|
|-
|July 23, 2020
|Calvin Qiao / Ahmad
|DRL
|-
|July 30, 2020
|
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|-
|August 6, 2020
|
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|-
|August 13, 2020
|Calvin Kuo / Lyndia
|An alternative to MS word - LaTeX and SVN version control
|-
|August 20, 2020
|Lyndia
|Sleep science and my postdoc research
|}
Other topics of interest, potentially for future presentations:
* General Information on Injuries (types, mode of transmission, mechanics of injury etc.)
* Neuroprosthetics
* Using Blender to make Sculpture CAD
* Making a video using Wondershare Filmora
* Making Android App using Android Studio
* How do research grants work
* How to become a professor
* Deep reinforcement learning
* How to Java
To add suggestions for other topics or upvote topics go to [[Menti.com]] and enter 103831

[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Boen_vxFIbsFlygjJErz9eSsrNYiWivL?usp=sharing Link] to Google Drive of TILT presentations.

===== One-on-one/Subgroup Weekly Meetings =====
You can expect to have weekly individual or subgroup meetings with Lyndia to discuss research progress and other topics. The length of these meetings is expected to be half an hour, but could be lengthened/shortened as needed. These meetings give an opportunity for Lyndia to provide you with feedback on research progress (e.g. results, data, analyses), advise you on any obstacles, give you feedback on your plans/next steps, provide resources you need, and update you on any new lab development related to your project (e.g. funding). Please be prepared to talk about your weekly progress and plans in more depth.

===== Long-term Planning Meetings =====
At least twice per year, each graduate student and Lyndia will have a longer-term planning meeting to discuss your goals for the next few months, and how best to achieve those goals. It is recommended that you come to these meetings prepared with the main goals, deliverables, and timelines for the upcoming months to help guide the discussion. At these meetings, you will also have the opportunity to give each other general feedback (e.g. on mentorship), and have general discussion of career goals/needs.

Back to main page [[SimPL|'''here''']]

SimPL/Meetings

2020-08-07T22:12:16Z

ChunWu: /* Meetings */

== Meetings ==

===== Lab Weekly Meetings =====
* Time: Wednesdays at 3-4:30pm
* Location: ICICS X015 meeting space unless otherwise noted
* Format: Individual 30-second slide updates followed by a research talk/journal club talk
* Description and Expectations: Weekly lab meetings are joint with the CARIS lab. You should try to attend the lab meeting every week. Each week, you are expected to give a short update on your weekly progress. Summarize the progress in a slide with a few concise key points that are also understandable by other students who may not be familiar with your project (Google slide deck link will be sent around). You will be expected to have an in-depth presentation of your work in lab meetings at least once per year. For this kind of presentations, you should prepare a 15-20min presentation with introduction/background, methods, results, and discussion. The presentation would likely be followed by approximately 10-15 minutes of discussion and feedback. When others present, you should work to develop the highly valued ability to offer ''constructive criticism''. Although this does not mean that you should feel pressure to make comments in lab meetings, quality remarks can help the speaker and make a good impression. For journal club presentations, you are expected to review a journal article that is relevant to our research in depth, by giving a summary of the paper and expressing your opinions on the work, as well as what we can learn and apply.

===== Teach, Inspire, and Learn Thursdays (TILT) =====
* Time: Thursdays at 2-3pm
* Format: One lab member presents on a topic they specialize in or have an interest in to the rest of the group.
{| class="wikitable"
|+TILT Presenter Sign Up
!Date
!Presenter
!Topic
|-
|May 21, 2020
|Lyndia
|How do research grants work, and general lab resources
|-
|May 28, 2020
|Calvin Qiao
|Fun with Java
|-
|June 4, 2020
|Calvin Kuo
|Signal processing in music
|-
|June 11, 2020
|Han Nguyen
|Using Blender to make Sculpture CAD
|-
|June 18, 2020
|Jesse Li
|Using Web APIs for Fun and Profit (note: If you want to follow along, please install Python 3.6 or higher, and have code editor of your choice - I'm using Visual Studio Code)
|-
|June 25, 2020
|Ahmad
|How to use compute Canada and UBC ARC for high performance computing (HPC)?
|-
|July 2, 2020
|Michael
|How to Create Android Apps
|-
|July 9, 2020
|Calvin Kuo
|How to Coffee
|-
|July 16, 2020
|
|
|-
|July 23, 2020
|Calvin Qiao / Ahmad
|DRL
|-
|July 30, 2020
|
|
|-
|August 6, 2020
|
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|-
|August 13, 2020
|Calvin Kuo / Lyndia
|An alternative to MS word - LaTeX and SVN version control
|-
|August 20, 2020
|Lyndia
|Sleep science and my postdoc research
|-
|August 27, 2020
|Lyndia
|Basic infectious disease models and COVID-19 (maybe)
|}
Other topics of interest, potentially for future presentations:
* General Information on Injuries (types, mode of transmission, mechanics of injury etc.)
* Neuroprosthetics
* Using Blender to make Sculpture CAD
* Making a video using Wondershare Filmora
* Making Android App using Android Studio
* How do research grants work
* How to become a professor
* Deep reinforcement learning
* How to Java
To add suggestions for other topics or upvote topics go to [[Menti.com]] and enter 103831

[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Boen_vxFIbsFlygjJErz9eSsrNYiWivL?usp=sharing Link] to Google Drive of TILT presentations.

===== One-on-one/Subgroup Weekly Meetings =====
You can expect to have weekly individual or subgroup meetings with Lyndia to discuss research progress and other topics. The length of these meetings is expected to be half an hour, but could be lengthened/shortened as needed. These meetings give an opportunity for Lyndia to provide you with feedback on research progress (e.g. results, data, analyses), advise you on any obstacles, give you feedback on your plans/next steps, provide resources you need, and update you on any new lab development related to your project (e.g. funding). Please be prepared to talk about your weekly progress and plans in more depth.

===== Long-term Planning Meetings =====
At least twice per year, each graduate student and Lyndia will have a longer-term planning meeting to discuss your goals for the next few months, and how best to achieve those goals. It is recommended that you come to these meetings prepared with the main goals, deliverables, and timelines for the upcoming months to help guide the discussion. At these meetings, you will also have the opportunity to give each other general feedback (e.g. on mentorship), and have general discussion of career goals/needs.

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ChunWu: /* Teach, Inspire, and Learn Thursdays (TILT) */

== Meetings ==

===== Lab Weekly Meetings =====
* Time: Wednesdays at 3-4:30pm
* Location: ICICS X015 meeting space unless otherwise noted
* Format: Individual 30-second slide updates followed by a research talk/journal club talk
* Description and Expectations: Weekly lab meetings are joint with the CARIS lab. You should try to attend the lab meeting every week. Each week, you are expected to give a short update on your weekly progress. Summarize the progress in a slide with a few concise key points that are also understandable by other students who may not be familiar with your project (Google slide deck link will be sent around). You will be expected to have an in-depth presentation of your work in lab meetings at least once per year. For this kind of presentations, you should prepare a 15-20min presentation with introduction/background, methods, results, and discussion. The presentation would likely be followed by approximately 10-15 minutes of discussion and feedback. When others present, you should work to develop the highly valued ability to offer ''constructive criticism''. Although this does not mean that you should feel pressure to make comments in lab meetings, quality remarks can help the speaker and make a good impression. For journal club presentations, you are expected to review a journal article that is relevant to our research in depth, by giving a summary of the paper and expressing your opinions on the work, as well as what we can learn and apply.

===== Teach, Inspire, and Learn Thursdays (TILT) =====
* Time: Thursdays at 2-3pm
* Format: One lab member presents on a topic they specialize in or have an interest in to the rest of the group.
{| class="wikitable"
|+TILT Presenter Sign Up
!Date
!Presenter
!Topic
|-
|May 21, 2020
|Lyndia
|How do research grants work, and general lab resources
|-
|May 28, 2020
|Calvin Qiao
|Fun with Java
|-
|June 4, 2020
|Calvin Kuo
|Signal processing in music
|-
|June 11, 2020
|Han Nguyen
|Using Blender to make Sculpture CAD
|-
|June 18, 2020
|Jesse Li
|Using Web APIs for Fun and Profit (note: If you want to follow along, please install Python 3.6 or higher, and have code editor of your choice - I'm using Visual Studio Code)
|-
|June 25, 2020
|Ahmad
|How to use compute Canada and UBC ARC for high performance computing (HPC)?
|-
|July 2, 2020
|Michael
|How to Create Android Apps
|-
|July 9, 2020
|Calvin Kuo
|How to Coffee
|-
|July 16, 2020
|
|
|-
|July 23, 2020
|Calvin Qiao / Ahmad
|DRL
|-
|July 30, 2020
|
|
|-
|August 6, 2020
|
|
|-
|August 13, 2020
|Lyndia
|Basic infectious disease models and COVID-19
|-
|August 20, 2020
|Lyndia
|Sleep science and my postdoc research
|-
|August 27, 2020
|
|
|}
Other topics of interest, potentially for future presentations:
* General Information on Injuries (types, mode of transmission, mechanics of injury etc.)
* Neuroprosthetics
* Using Blender to make Sculpture CAD
* Making a video using Wondershare Filmora
* Making Android App using Android Studio
* How do research grants work
* How to become a professor
* Deep reinforcement learning
* How to Java
To add suggestions for other topics or upvote topics go to [[Menti.com]] and enter 103831

[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Boen_vxFIbsFlygjJErz9eSsrNYiWivL?usp=sharing Link] to Google Drive of TILT presentations.

===== One-on-one/Subgroup Weekly Meetings =====
You can expect to have weekly individual or subgroup meetings with Lyndia to discuss research progress and other topics. The length of these meetings is expected to be half an hour, but could be lengthened/shortened as needed. These meetings give an opportunity for Lyndia to provide you with feedback on research progress (e.g. results, data, analyses), advise you on any obstacles, give you feedback on your plans/next steps, provide resources you need, and update you on any new lab development related to your project (e.g. funding). Please be prepared to talk about your weekly progress and plans in more depth.

===== Long-term Planning Meetings =====
At least twice per year, each graduate student and Lyndia will have a longer-term planning meeting to discuss your goals for the next few months, and how best to achieve those goals. It is recommended that you come to these meetings prepared with the main goals, deliverables, and timelines for the upcoming months to help guide the discussion. At these meetings, you will also have the opportunity to give each other general feedback (e.g. on mentorship), and have general discussion of career goals/needs.

Back to main page [[SimPL|'''here''']]