[Opensim-announcement] Webinar on OpenSim via Matlab plus New Tutorial and Resources

[Jennifer Hicks]

*Join Our Next Webinar "Automating OpenSim Workflows: An Intro to the
OpenSim API in Matlab"*
*July 7, 2020 at 10:00am PDT*
We invite you to join us for a webinar featuring Christopher Dembia from
Stanford University. In this webinar, Dr. Dembia from the OpenSim
development team will introduce you to OpenSim’s Application Programming
Interface (API) in Matlab, starting from the very basics. He will discuss
how to build a point-mass model, simulate it, and then analyze the
simulation. He will also discuss key concepts, such as the difference
between a Model and its State. For the hour following the webinar, those
interested in trying the example for themselves can participate in virtual
office hours. Anyone interested in this (optional) part of the webinar
should set-up OpenSim for Matlab
<https://simtk-confluence.stanford.edu/display/OpenSim/Scripting+with+Matlab#ScriptingwithMatlab-MatlabSetupSettingupyourMatlabScriptingEnvironment>
before
the webinar. Learn more and register
<https://stanford.webex.com/stanford/onstage/g.php?MTID=ef0292aee60cb5c3000ed0e6d8a273cdf>
.

*Learn About the OpenSim API and Static Optimization with a New Example*
We recently created a new example that guides you through the process of
writing your own code to perform static optimization in Matlab via the
OpenSim API. The development of this new example was led by Nick Bianco, a
PhD student at Stanford University. By working through this lab, you will
learn the basics of the static optimization problem, become familiar with
using the OpenSim API through MATLAB, and learn how to write your own
static optimization code. Try the new example
<https://simtk-confluence.stanford.edu/display/OpenSim/Custom+Static+Optimization+in+MATLAB>
.

*Using Pre-Operative Gastrocnemius Lengths to Predict Outcomes of
Gastrocnemius Lengthening Surgery*
Apoorva Rajagopal and colleagues, in a collaboration between Stanford
University, the University of Minnesota, and Gillette Children's Specialty
Healthcare, have used gastrocnemius lengths predicted via an OpenSim model
to predict gait changes following gastrocnemius lengthening surgery in
children with cerebral palsy. The paper was recently published in
*PLOS ONE* and
is accompanied by the motion data used in the study and an Excel
spreadsheet that allows the calculation of gastrocnemius lengths from
clinical gait analysis data. Read more
<https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0233706>
.

-- 
*Jennifer Hicks, Ph.D.*
Director of Data Science | Mobilize Center <http://mobilize.stanford.edu>
Associate Director | NCSRR
<http://www.stanford.edu/group/opensim/about/index.html>
R&D Manager | OpenSim <http://opensim.stanford.edu/>
Stanford University
650-498-4403 | jenhicks at stanford.edu
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