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Where should I start?

To learn about how to use STEM please read the Tutorials

The most important tutorial is probably the one that teaches about Creating a STEM Scenario

To learn about the design of STEM please read the STEM Design Document

What is the STEM project release schedule?

STEM V1.0 was officially released on Feb. 18, 2010, all platforms

For the latest release and plan information, please visit the STEM Project Plan Page

Older Releases

  • Incubation Release 0.5.0 was released on June 14th, 2009, all platforms
  • Incubation Release 0.4.0 was released on January 28th, 2009, all platforms
  • Incubation Release 0.3.0a was released on September 13th, 2008 (Windows only), replacing release 0.3.0 from September 9th, 2008.
  • Incubation Release 0.2.1 became available December 17th, 2007, updating release 0.2.0 dated June 8th, 2007.

All releasese include the current STEM source code and downloadable executables for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

What platforms are supported?

STEM will run on any platform supported by Eclipse. Downloads are available for RCP versions of Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX. Java 1.6 and the latest is required. The STEM development environment requires the latest version of Eclipse.If a downloadable RCP version is not available for your platform, you must download the STEM source from Eclipse and run from the source.

What features are new?

http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/STEM#What.27s_New

What are other features are available in STEM?

  • A full implementation of the STEM graph based simulation engine for spatiotemporal modeling
  • Geographic visualization of the spread of disease using internally implemented graphics
  • Geographic visualization of the spread of disease using Google Earth
  • "Wizards" to create Projects, Graphs, Models, Scenarios, Sequencers, and Diseases
  • Visual editors to edit Graphs, Models, Scenarios, Sequencers, and Diseases
  • A complete data set that defines all of the countries specified by the ISO-3166 standard includes area land mass and recent human population data
  • An extensive set of predefined "Graph" fragments that can be reused in user Models
  • An extensive set of predefined "Models", one for each country, that can be reused in user Models and Scenarios
  • A set of predefined "Scenarios" that illustrate disease spread models around the Earth
  • A wide variety of mathematical models of infectious disease.
  • Lots more. We are adding features all the time.

What features are planned for future releases?

For the latest release and plan information, please visit the STEM Project Plan Page


Can STEM be used for more than just disease modeling?

In principle, yes (but only in principle). The core components of STEM implement a graph based spatiotemporal simulation engine. The components that extend it to disease modeling are in separate plug-ins and integrate themselves using Eclipse extension points. Today we are focused on supporting a framework for modeling diseases.

Where can I find some tutorials on STEM?

Tutorials for Developers

Where can I learn about the design of STEM?

STEM Design Document

Are there publications where I can read more about STEM ?

Publications and Presentations on STEM

How can I contribute to STEM ?

New Contributors to STEM are always welcome (please contact the developers). This includes not only researchers interested in disease modeling but also experts in GIS data or any other data that might be important in understanding or modeling the spread of infectious disease. We also welcome input from users and contributions to our documentation.

To contribute to STEM, please use the standard Eclipse process. Open a "bug" in our bugzilla (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/) A bug can be more than just a new defect - it can also be a new feature or other contribution. You can attach your contribution as a "patch" to your bug (http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Bug_Reporting_FAQ) Please also feel free to e-mail the STEM development team, many of whom are Eclipse Committers The STEM Development Team. For those interested in joining the project, we also have a weekly phone call and a newsgroup, etc.

Where can I get more help ?

Please start by reading the extensive documentation on our wiki and our website. The STEM community also has a weekly conference call. The call is held most Wednesdays at 1PM ET (10AM PDT). For more information, or if you wish to join, please send mailto:judyvdouglas@verizon.net

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