Physiome/VPH projects tools (CellML tutorial)

Abstract

Both CellML and cmgui are core elements of the Virtual Physiological Human ToolKit. CellML (http://www.cellml.org/) is an XML-based language for description of quantitative mathematical models. The primary goal of the CellML project is to provide a lingua franca for such models to facilitate their distribution and reuse by the research community. cmgui (http://www.cmiss. org/cmgui) is a application for visualizing complex multidimensional data, for example, the kinds of detailed functional models of human organ systems developed within the Physiome Project. This is a combined tutorial that will consist of a one hour lecture style introduction, followed by 90 minutes of hands-on exposure to either CellML or cmgui, (according to the attendee's choice) supervised by senior members of both projects. The CellML tutorial will show attendees how to build and simulate a well known model in the OpenCell software, while the cmgui tutorial will give an introduction to cmgui, demonstrating how to create a custom visualisations of 3D organ models and data. Attendees should bring their own computers if possible, but workstations will be provided.