Instumentation

仪器仪表

基本信息

批准号：
8216012
负责人：
JOHN RICHARD JENNINGS
金额：
$ 33.61万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2011
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2011-02-01 至 2013-01-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, First, Middle): Manuck, Stephen B. 1.0 Description The value of a program project lies in the integration of the work of diverse investigators pursuing a unifying scientific goal. An instrumentation core becomes central to a program project by providing the shared technology, nurturing that technology, and supplying efficient means of communication. The aims of the Instrumentation Core support the over-arching goal of integrating investigators and methods and the critical but, more mundane, goal of obtaining the highest quality scientific data. Since the initiation of this program project, our emphasis has shifted away from the construction of electronic circuits and the development of biological measurement instrumentation to the development and maintenance of computer systems/networks and the integration of laboratory and ambulatory equipment with these systems/networks. We have increasingly recognized that it is more cost-effective to contract for special purpose equipment design and equipment modification. Similarly, we have evolved away from performing the programming of large special purpose signal detection and analysis packages to the use of commercially programmed packages. Our role has evolved into the testing of these packages and the development of special purpose routines that mesh with these packages to provide efficient data reduction and analyses geared specifically to the needs of the projects. This core supports the projects forming the program project in the areas of development, acquisition, and maintenance of software and instrumentation. The core is designed to consult and collaborate with other cores and the projects, as well as providing direct high-level technical service. Day-to-day activities ensure that the project hardware and software are current and operating appropriately. Typically such routine activities combine with technical consultation and 'hands-on' service whenever problems arise. The core, because of its role in developing and maintaining project software, is closely allied with the statistics core. This is particularly evident in areas such as data transfer, storage, and reduction. These activities will increase greatly given that data handling requirements inherent in the aims the current program project proposal. The volume of data generated by both brain imaging and ambulatory procedures generate massive data files that must be checked, transformed, and reduced without compromising our high standards for data integrity. We further view education as one aspect of the core. Our project laboratories retain a good competence level in computing and instrumentation; the core seeks to foster this independence by increasing the level of technical expertise within the staffs of the project laboratories. The core is located in Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, where an electronics laboratory serves as an office and workspace. The Core also has an office/work site in Engineering Hall adjacent to other program project offices and laboratories. Coordination of core activities is accomplished by a weekly meeting (currently Mondays from 3:45 to 5 pm). The prioritized activities assigned for the prior week are reviewed (See sample weekly activity sheet used to discuss tasks in Table 1), new activities are discussed as they are brought up by project personnel attending the meeting as well as core personnel, and a prioritized list of activities for the upcoming week is developed. Core staff is organized around their specialized skills rather than on a project basis. Mr. Eddy specializes in software support and acts as network administrator/systems manager for the computers in the project. He has additional special skills in the development of hardware- software interfaces. This function continues to be critical. Mr. Haff has special skills in computer languages permitting us to shift between web-based applications and desktop based applications. He has become proficient in the programming of hand-held computers for use with ecological momentary assessment. He is now also expert in writing small programs that facilitate the use of package programs aiding efficiency and 'tuning' them to our particular needs. Finally, Mr. Haff has the mathematical and programming skills to effectively support our imaging work (skill with UNIX, Matlab and SPM). Dr. Jennings serves as both supervisor and translator between scientific needs and technical solutions.

首席调查员/计划主任（最后，第一，中间）：马纳克，斯蒂芬·B。 1.0说明计划项目的价值在于集成各种调查员的工作，追求统一科学目标。通过提供共享技术，培养该技术，并提供有效的交流手段。目的仪器核心支持整合研究人员和方法以及关键的目标但是，更平凡的目标是获得最高质量的科学数据。由于启动了该程序项目，我们的重点已从电子电路的构建和发展生物测量仪器开发和维护计算机系统/网络以及将实验室和门诊设备与这些系统/网络集成。我们有越来越认识到，为特殊用途设备设计合同和设备修改。同样，我们从执行大型特别节目的编程中发展了目的信号检测和分析软件包，用于使用商业编程的软件包。我们的角色已经演变为对这些包装的测试以及与与这些软件包可提供有效的数据减少和分析专门针对的需求项目。该核心支持在开发，收购领域组成计划项目的项目维护软件和仪器。核心旨在与其他核心协商和合作以及项目，并提供直接的高级技术服务。日常活动确保项目硬件和软件是当前的，并且适当运行。通常是这样的例行活动每当出现问题时，与技术咨询和“动手”服务结合使用。核心，因为它的在开发和维护项目软件中的作用与统计核心密切相关。尤其是在数据传输，存储和还原等领域中很明显。考虑到这一点，这些活动将大大增加目的是当前的计划项目建议中固有的数据处理要求。数据量由大脑成像和卧床产生过程生成必须检查，转换和减少的大量数据文件，而不会损害我们的数据完整性的高标准。我们进一步将教育视为核心的一个方面。我们的项目实验室在计算和仪器方面保持了良好的能力；核心试图通过提高项目实验室工作人员内的技术专长水平来促进这种独立性。核心位于西方精神病学研究所和诊所，电子实验室充当办公室和工作空间。核心还设有一个与其他计划项目办公室和实验室相邻的工程厅的办公室/工作地点。核心活动的协调是通过每周一次的会议（目前从3:45到下午5点）完成的。审查了上一周分配的优先活动（请参阅表1中用于讨论任务的样本每周活动表），由于由参加会议的项目人员和核心人员提起的新活动，并开发了即将到来的一周的活动清单。核心员工围绕他们的专业技能而不是在项目的基础上组织。 Eddy先生专业在软件支持并充当项目中计算机的网络管理员/系统管理器中。他在硬件软件界面的开发方面具有其他特殊技能。此功能继续为批判的。 Haff先生在计算机语言方面具有特殊的技能，可以在基于Web的基础上转移基于应用程序和桌面的应用程序。他已经精通手持编程用于生态瞬时评估的计算机。他现在还是编写小节目的专家促进包装程序的使用辅助效率，并根据我们的特定需求“调整”它们。最后，先生 Haff具有数学和编程技能，可以有效地支持我们的成像工作（unix的技能， MATLAB和SPM）。詹宁斯博士是科学需求之间的主管和翻译技术解决方案。