[Vp-integration-subgroup] [Vp-reproduce-subgroup] White paper revision

John Gennari gennari at uw.edu
Fri May 14 17:34:18 PDT 2021


Easy-peasy. Attached, find a marked up "differences" version. As you 
might guess, it's almost completely "red ink". Fee

-John G.


On 5/14/2021 4:43 PM, Jacob Barhak wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> You removed massive parts - can you share the changes made from the 
> original - there is a reason I opened up the paper for changes - we 
> need to see what was changed - Can you please somehow send a 
> differential version with changes highlighted?
>
> Hopefully this is attainable.
>
>              Jacob
>
> On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 4:48 PM John Gennari <gennari at uw.edu 
> <mailto:gennari at uw.edu>> wrote:
>
>
>     Potential co-authors:
>
>     As promised, attached find the skeleton of a complete re-writing
>     and revision of the white paper. This new version is tentatively
>     titled "A dozen challenges to biosimulation model reproducibility
>     and integration", reflecting a new focus to the paper.
>
>     I have also placed this document on a shared drive, where all of
>     you have the ability to comment (not edit):
>     https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VvyP3YZQdQYjj8DFKOpQ4pn_0pdDGgiT/edit
>     <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VvyP3YZQdQYjj8DFKOpQ4pn_0pdDGgiT/edit>
>     (I hope I've done the settings correctly! Let me know if not.)
>
>     It's important to note that this new draft is just a skeleton, and
>     not a complete paper yet. I have provided a new introduction based
>     on Fig 1 and Table 1 as I suggested in my earlier email. I have
>     not yet adapted or modified any of the 12 subsections that
>     correspond to the 12 challenges. This is work that could be
>     distributed among co-authors, of course.
>
>     I also have not yet created any good organization of these 12
>     challenges, although I put in one idea (in yellow, at the end).
>     Others would be very welcome.
>
>     Although I think this provides a much stronger organization to the
>     paper, I'm aiming to nonetheless be faithful to the central ideas
>     of the earlier draft, and thus I view it as a revision, rather
>     than a completely new paper.
>
>     My main goal for disseminating the attached is to get feedback --
>     is this a reasonable direction to head in for the revision? Are
>     there critical elements or ideas that I'm missing from the
>     introduction? As you can see below, Eric has kindly set up a
>     "whenisgood" poll for a potential meeting on Monday or Tuesday
>     (5/17 or 5/18). Eric, please let us know if we have a quorum for
>     any particular time. (The earlier you can let us know, the better!)
>
>     Of course, if you aren't available to chat on Mon/Tues, email
>     comments and discussion are welcome!
>
>     -John Gennari
>
>
>     On 5/12/2021 8:04 PM, Eric Forgoston wrote:
>>     Here is a link to a meeting poll for next Monday/Tuesday, 17/18
>>     May. Please fill out by Friday, 14 May, so we can set a day/time
>>     to discuss the revision.
>>
>>     http://whenisgood.net/kdrzmkj <https://whenisgood.net/kdrzmkj>
>>
>>     Cheers,
>>
>>     Eric
>>     ---------------------
>>     Dr. Eric Forgoston
>>     Professor of Applied Mathematics
>>     Chair, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
>>     Montclair State University
>>     Montclair, NJ 07043 USA
>>     +1 973 655-7242
>>     https://eric-forgoston.github.io/ <https://eric-forgoston.github.io/>
>>
>>
>>     On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 2:09 PM John Gennari <gennari at uw.edu
>>     <mailto:gennari at uw.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>         This is definitely a good idea. The challenge might be to
>>         schedule a time when a sufficient quorum of us are available....
>>
>>         My plan over the rest of this week is to draft up a
>>         significant re-working of the paper, and then distribute that
>>         to all. This won't be a complete revision, but rather some
>>         example of the kinds of things to say, and some outlines of
>>         the proposed re-organization. I should have this done by
>>         Friday, or this weekend at the latest. So then a Zoom call
>>         next week (Monday, May 17?) might make sense to talk thru the
>>         ideas that I send out by this Friday.
>>
>>         -John G.
>>
>>
>>         On 5/11/2021 7:37 PM, Eric Forgoston wrote:
>>>         Dear all,
>>>
>>>         It is probably worth having a zoom chat to discuss the
>>>         revision so that we are all working in concert.  In
>>>         particular, John Gennari sent an email last week on May 3
>>>         with some thoughts that are well-worth discussing.
>>>
>>>         Is there interest in doing this?
>>>
>>>         Cheers,
>>>
>>>         Eric
>>>         ---------------------
>>>         Dr. Eric Forgoston
>>>         Professor of Applied Mathematics
>>>         Chair, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
>>>         Montclair State University
>>>         Montclair, NJ 07043 USA
>>>         +1 973 655-7242
>>>         https://eric-forgoston.github.io/
>>>         <https://eric-forgoston.github.io/>
>>>
>>>
>>>         On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 10:26 AM Jacob Barhak
>>>         <jacob.barhak at gmail.com <mailto:jacob.barhak at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             Greetings white paper contributors,
>>>
>>>             The voting period is over and the vote did not change,
>>>             so it is now time to act.
>>>
>>>             The paper will be revised as requested by 10 voters and
>>>             the target journal will be Bioinformatics - James
>>>             Glazier and Yaling Liu will share publication costs.
>>>
>>>             All those who asked to revise are requested to make the
>>>             revisions and discuss those.
>>>
>>>             I ask to reach a revised version by May 25 so that we
>>>             can finish an approval round by June 1st.
>>>
>>>             So far only Sheriff provided suggestions for revisions
>>>             prior to submission so I suggest we start discussing those:
>>>             https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ag4ipuybjtthxgV0YjXqYP7AwwNSYcWh/edit
>>>             <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ag4ipuybjtthxgV0YjXqYP7AwwNSYcWh/edit>
>>>
>>>             However, since it is out of format and out of date, I
>>>             suggest that all those who want to make changes login
>>>             and request to access the main document and introduce
>>>             changes there:
>>>             https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IMEgmdNkx-EsnOjGuegpenSIMmKIkK00Lc8Gred3QxM/edit?usp=sharing
>>>             <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IMEgmdNkx-EsnOjGuegpenSIMmKIkK00Lc8Gred3QxM/edit?usp=sharing>
>>>
>>>             I do ask that this will not be delayed any further and
>>>             those who asked for changes give this task priority so
>>>             it can be completed in time.
>>>
>>>             I look forward to your contributions.
>>>
>>>                         Jacob
>>>
>>>
>>>             On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 4:25 PM Jacob Barhak
>>>             <jacob.barhak at gmail.com <mailto:jacob.barhak at gmail.com>>
>>>             wrote:
>>>
>>>                 Greetings white paper contributors,
>>>
>>>                 Allow me to remind you that the Voting and vote
>>>                 changes are still possible until 11-May 1am CDT
>>>
>>>                 The current votes I saw are:
>>>
>>>                 10 votes for revision
>>>                 Jonathan Karr
>>>                 Eric Forgoston
>>>                 William Waites
>>>                 James Glazier  - RS Interface or Bioinformatics
>>>                 Rahuman Sheriff
>>>                 Yaling Liu - Bioinformatics
>>>                 John Rice
>>>                 Winston Garira
>>>                 Gilberto Gonzalez-Parra
>>>                 James Osborne
>>>
>>>                 It seems 2 people supported Bioinformatics - James
>>>                 Glazier and Yaling Liu  so if this vote is accepted,
>>>                 they will split publication costs and the terget
>>>                 venue for revisions will be Bioinformatics.
>>>
>>>                 There is currently 1 minority vote:
>>>                 Jacob Barhak for direct submission to Nature -
>>>                  Scientific Reports
>>>
>>>                 If revision is selected, time will be limited, so I
>>>                 suggest those who voted to start working on revisions.
>>>
>>>                 Hopefully this reminder will move us forward.
>>>
>>>                             Jacob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                 On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 12:18 PM Jacob Barhak
>>>                 <jacob.barhak at gmail.com
>>>                 <mailto:jacob.barhak at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>                     Greetings white paper contributors,
>>>
>>>                     It is time to vote again for the target venue.
>>>                     Here are the options again.
>>>
>>>                      1. Cureus - resubmission after
>>>                         addressing editor comments
>>>                      2. Nature - if you vote for this venue please
>>>                         specify flavour such as Nature Scientific
>>>                         Reports
>>>                      3. Science
>>>                      4. Briefings in Bioinformatics
>>>                      5. Trends in Biotechnology - requires
>>>                         distilling the paper
>>>                      6. Journal of The Royal Society Interface
>>>                      7. Annual Review of Public Health
>>>                      8. BMJ
>>>                      9. Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering
>>>                     10. F1000research - if you vote for this this
>>>                         venue please specify Gateway / Collection
>>>                     11. bulletin of mathematical biology
>>>                     12. Bioinformatics.
>>>                     13. Do not submit now - instead open for
>>>                         revisions for 2 weeks and then submit. If
>>>                         you choose this option also vote for the
>>>                         target venue after revisions so that we will
>>>                         not have to delay further.
>>>
>>>
>>>                     I will ask that contributors pick one journal
>>>                     from that list - I ask that you REPLY ALL so
>>>                     votes will be transparent and time of vote will
>>>                     be registered since first to vote will break ties.
>>>
>>>                     The voting period will be until Tuesday 11-May
>>>                     1am CDT
>>>
>>>                     Again, if a journal costs for open publication,
>>>                     whoever voted, will split publication costs. If
>>>                     anyone on this list is funded for this, please
>>>                     vote.
>>>
>>>                     I urge contributors to vote - just so that we
>>>                     will have a preference order to follow in case
>>>                     of rejection.
>>>
>>>                     Looking forward to your votes.
>>>
>>>                                 Jacob
>>>
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