GSoC Proposal - Interactivity and visualization tools

[luyuzhe111]

Hi! I am Bryan, a junior majoring in maths and computer science at Vanderbilt University. I have been doing research in medical imaging, data visualizations, and deep learning. This project is listed as open-ended yet I feel like it might be really related to what I am interested in. So, I am just wondering whether there is any specific algorithm or interface that I can start with. Thanks!

[johnnychen94]

I guess you're talking about making ImageViews.jl a better visualization tool by adding more convenient helpers/buttons. ImageViews.jl is built on top of Gtk.jl, which is a Julia wrapper of the GTK GUI library. Doing this would be easier if you have GUI development experiences.

For what it worths, another similar toolbox to GTK is Makie.jl, which is a GPU enabled plot framework.

[luyuzhe111]

Hi Johnny, thank you so much for your advice and explanations! I will definitely check out the repositories you mentioned! Also, to be more specific, I am referring to this project Interactivity and visualization tools.

[johnnychen94]

I think @timholy's original expectation is to bring more love to ImageViews.jl. But still, depending on how ambitious you're, if you want to rebuild the whole ImageViews functionality on top of Makie or other similar GUI framework, go ahead and try it. I don't have GUI experiences so this is all the advice I can give.

BTW, if it's only related to visualization, you can also take a look at ImageShow, ImageInTerminal, and ImageDraw and probably get some detailed project ideas from them.

[luyuzhe111]

Thank you so much Johnny! This information is super helpful! I will look into them and see what inspirations I can get 😄.