Re: Letters of Support for VTK proposal
Will Schroeder <[email protected]> Tue, 26 Jun 2018 05:57:04 -0400
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--===============1407300526== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000f4d299056f88850f" --000000000000f4d299056f88850f Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We really can use more letters of support, they mean a lot in the review process. Please consider sending us one. And thanks to those of you that already have. Best, Will On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 11:06 AM Will Schroeder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Dear VTK Community-Kitware is submitting a VTK development grant proposa= l > to the NIH in early July, and we=E2=80=99d like you to send us a letter o= f support > for that proposal. This four year proposal aims to make significant > improvements to VTK including rendering enhancements (VR and AR), better > support for the web (such as VTK.js), improved data integration (supporti= ng > deep learning systems and federated, distributed databases, for example), > and updated mechanisms for community support (improving the software and > contribution process, documentation).We are very excited about the propos= al > since it will make a very positive impact on VTK, its community, and the > many applications that use VTK. Several years ago we received a similar > award and were able to revamp our rendering support (OpenGL), improve our > software processes, and lay the foundation for VTK.js (among other > achievements). Now, we can really use your help with our follow-on > proposal. Part of the strategy of our proposal is to demonstrate to the > reviewers that VTK plays a critical part in medical innovation. Along thi= s > line, we want to hear from the developers and users of VTK, so that they > can indicate their support for VTK and our proposal.If you=E2=80=99d like= to help, > we have included three example letters. Please modify one of them to fit > your circumstances, copy it to your letterhead, sign it, and then send it > (a scanned pdf is fine) directly to me by June 30. These letters in no wa= y > obligate you or your employer, they simply state =E2=80=9CVTK is great an= d > important to my work.=E2=80=9D Also, don=E2=80=99t worry if you are not d= oing biomedical > research, we want to hear from everybody. Note that this information (i.e= ., > the names of endorsers) is considered private, only the writers of the VT= K > proposal and the NIH review team will see this information.If you have an= y > questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me directly. Thanks an= d > we hope to hear from you (by June 30). Feel free to forward this to frien= ds > and family.Sincerely,Will SchroederStephen AylwardKen MartinExample suppo= rt > letters follow:Example 1=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3DDr. Ken MartinKitware,= Inc.28 Corporate > DriveClifton Park, NY 12065, USADear Dr. Martin,I am writing to indicate = my > support for your NIH proposal for the continued development of VTK. The V= TK > standards and software are absolutely critical to my lab, the ___ Lab at > ___ University, and to my collaborators around the world. Even as we spea= k, > I am working on a project involving complex visualizations using 3D Slice= r, > Osirix, ParaView, and ITKSnap (which are largely built on VTK). Several o= f > my students also use VTK software libraries to write customized user > interfaces and visualizations for my scientific and clinical collaborator= s. > Our most recent application was for a physiologist who wanted to explore > very specialized data related to the movement of the tongue in speech aft= er > glossectomy surgery.There are many worthy software projects under > development around the world, but very few who can claim to be > foundational. VTK can claim this, and I'm certain it can claim to be at t= he > core of hundreds of software products that will be used by many biomedica= l > researchers and thousands more that will be developed and used in-house. > The complexity of visualization tasks has continued to grow with the volu= me > of data and its connections across scales and from anatomy to function an= d > from individuals to populations. VTK is keeping up with the demand=E2=80= =94leading > the rest, in fact=E2=80=94and should be a high priority for continued > funding.Example 2=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3DDr. William J. SchroederKitwa= re, Inc.28 Corporate > DriveClifton Park, NY 12065, USADear Dr. Schroeder,I enthusiastically > endorse your proposed effort to support and improve VTK. We use this open > source software in our work and have found it extremely helpful as we > create new technological solutions. We have developed a software > application that is currently being used by around the world for scientif= ic > data visualization to gain new insights. Your Visualization Toolkit has > provided the software tools needed to develop that application that has > satisfied the needs of a very diverse customer base. We definitely would = be > interested in your proposed VR/AR enhancements and improved integration > with web services. VTK fills a vital role in the international community= =E2=80=99s > scientific computing infrastructure; additional developments along the > lines that you propose will certainly accelerate innovation.Example > 3=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3DDr. Stephen R. AylwardKitware, Inc.101 East W= eaver St, Ste > G4Carrboro, NC 27510, USADear Dr. Aylward,I am writing in ardent support > of your NIH proposal to continue the development, enhancement, and > dissemination of the Visualization Toolkit (VTK). Not only do I use it in > several projects myself, but I have found that it fosters the disseminati= on > and extension of research by allowing the community to efficiently > reproduce research, to easily combine contributions in unexpected ways, a= nd > to transfer research into production. Developing and maintaining a projec= t > as large and complex as VTK while fostering such an active community is a > breathtaking achievement, and I hope Kitware obtains the funding it needs > to keep this work up. * > > > -- > William J. Schroeder, PhD > Kitware, Inc. - Building the World's Technical Computing Software > 28 Corporate Drive > Clifton Park, NY 12065 > [email protected] > http://www.kitware.com > (518) 881-4902 > --=20 William J. Schroeder, PhD Kitware, Inc. - Building the World's Technical Computing Software 28 Corporate Drive Clifton Park, NY 12065 [email protected] http://www.kitware.com (518) 881-4902 --000000000000f4d299056f88850f Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:verdana,= sans-serif">We really can use more letters of support, they mean a lot in t= he review process. Please consider sending us one. And thanks to those of y= ou that already have.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-famil= y:verdana,sans-serif">Best,</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font= -family:verdana,sans-serif">Will</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div d= ir=3D"ltr">On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 11:06 AM Will Schroeder <<a href=3D"ma= ilto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<= br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;borde= r-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font= -family:verdana,sans-serif"> <b id=3D"m_5242278551336847832gmail-docs-internal-guid-d553a2eb-dfe0-2d8b-c= 366-4e7b09607b02"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-weight:normal;line-height:1.= 38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fam= ily:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;fon= t-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:base= line;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear VTK Community-</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr"= style=3D"font-weight:normal;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:= 0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);backg= round-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:norm= al;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kitwa= re is submitting a VTK development grant proposal to the NIH in early July,= and we=E2=80=99d like you to send us a letter of support for that proposal= . This four year proposal aims to make significant improvements to VTK incl= uding rendering enhancements (VR and AR), better support for the web (such = as VTK.js), improved data integration (supporting deep learning systems and= federated, distributed databases, for example), and updated mechanisms for= community support (improving the software and contribution process, docume= ntation).</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-weight:normal;line-hei= ght:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;fo= nt-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:4= 00;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-alig= n:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are very excited about the proposal sin= ce it will make a very positive impact on VTK, its community, and the many = applications that use VTK. Several years ago we received a similar award an= d were able to revamp our rendering support (OpenGL), improve our software = processes, and lay the foundation for VTK.js (among other achievements). No= w, we can really use your help with our follow-on proposal. Part of the str= ategy of our proposal is to demonstrate to the reviewers that VTK plays a c= ritical part in medical innovation. Along this line,</span><span style=3D"f= ont-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transpare= nt;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:no= ne;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> we want to hear from the = developers and users of VTK, so that they can indicate their support for VT= K and our proposal.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-weight:norma= l;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-si= ze:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;fon= t-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;ver= tical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you=E2=80=99d like to help, w= e have included three example letters.=C2=A0 Please modify one of them to f= it your circumstances, copy it to your letterhead, sign it, and then send i= t (a scanned pdf is fine) directly to me by June 30. These letters in no wa= y obligate you or your employer, they simply state =E2=80=9CVTK is great an= d important to my work.=E2=80=9D Also, don=E2=80=99t worry if you are not d= oing biomedical research, we want to hear from everybody. Note that this in= formation (i.e., the names of endorsers) is considered private, only the wr= iters of the VTK proposal and the NIH review team will see this information= .</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-weight:normal;line-height:1.38= ;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-famil= y:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-= style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseli= ne;white-space:pre-wrap">If you have any questions or concerns, please feel= free to contact me directly. Thanks and we hope to hear from you (by June = 30). Feel free to forward this to friends and family.</span></p><br><p dir= =3D"ltr" style=3D"font-weight:normal;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin= -bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,= 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-vari= ant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wra= p">Sincerely,</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-weight:normal;line-hei= ght:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;fo= nt-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:4= 00;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-alig= n:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Will Schroeder</span></p><p style=3D"font-= weight:normal;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span styl= e=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:tra= nsparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decorat= ion:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Stephen Aylward</spa= n></p><p style=3D"font-weight:normal;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin= -bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,= 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-vari= ant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wra= p">Ken Martin</span></p><p style=3D"font-weight:normal;line-height:1.38;mar= gin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Ar= ial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-styl= e:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;w= hite-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style=3D"font-weight:normal;line-hei= ght:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;fo= nt-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:4= 00;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-alig= n:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style=3D"line-height:1.3= 8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fami= ly:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;fo= nt-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><u>Example = support letters follow:</u></span></p><p style=3D"font-weight:normal;line-h= eight:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;= font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight= :400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-al= ign:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style=3D"font-weight:n= ormal;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"fon= t-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent= ;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none= ;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b style=3D"font-weight:norm= al" id=3D"m_5242278551336847832gmail-docs-internal-guid-751c7172-dfe1-113f-= b287-ddf58ebb184f"></b></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;= margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style=3D"font-weight:normal" id=3D"m_5= 242278551336847832gmail-docs-internal-guid-751c7172-dfe1-113f-b287-ddf58ebb= 184f"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);back= ground-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:nor= mal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Exam= ple 1</span></b></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt= ;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style=3D"font-weight:normal" id=3D"m_524227855133684= 7832gmail-docs-internal-guid-751c7172-dfe1-113f-b287-ddf58ebb184f"><span st= yle=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:t= ransparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decor= ation:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D</span></b></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top= :0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style=3D"font-weight:normal" id=3D"m_52422785513= 36847832gmail-docs-internal-guid-751c7172-dfe1-113f-b287-ddf58ebb184f"><spa= n style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-col= or:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-d= ecoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. Ken Martin= </span></b></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;marg= in-bottom:0pt"><b style=3D"font-weight:normal" id=3D"m_5242278551336847832g= mail-docs-internal-guid-751c7172-dfe1-113f-b287-ddf58ebb184f"><span style= =3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:tran= sparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decorati= on:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kitware, Inc.</span><= /b></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-botto= m:0pt"><b style=3D"font-weight:normal" id=3D"m_5242278551336847832gmail-doc= s-internal-guid-751c7172-dfe1-113f-b287-ddf58ebb184f"><span style=3D"font-s= ize:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;fo= nt-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;ve= rtical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">28 Corporate Drive</span></b></= p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt= "><b style=3D"font-weight:normal" id=3D"m_5242278551336847832gmail-docs-int= ernal-guid-751c7172-dfe1-113f-b287-ddf58ebb184f"><span style=3D"font-size:1= 1pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-we= ight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertica= l-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Clifton Park, NY 12065, USA</span></= b></p><b style=3D"font-weight:normal" id=3D"m_5242278551336847832gmail-docs= -internal-guid-751c7172-dfe1-113f-b287-ddf58ebb184f"><br><p dir=3D"ltr" sty= le=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"fon= t-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent= ;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none= ;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Dr. Martin,</span></p><= br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0p= t"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgro= und-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal= ;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I am wr= iting to indicate my support for your NIH proposal for the continued develo= pment of VTK. The VTK standards and software are absolutely critical to my = lab, the ___ Lab at ___ University, and to my collaborators around the worl= d. Even as we speak, I am working on a project involving complex visualizat= ions using 3D Slicer, Osirix, ParaView, and ITKSnap (which are largely buil= t on VTK). Several of my students also use VTK software libraries to write = customized user interfaces and visualizations for my scientific and clinica= l collaborators. Our most recent application was for a physiologist who wan= ted to explore very specialized data related to the movement of the tongue = in speech after glossectomy surgery.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"= line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size= :11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-= weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;verti= cal-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There are many worthy software pro= jects under development around the world, but very few who can claim to be = foundational. VTK can claim this, and I'm certain it can claim to be at= the core of hundreds of software products that will be used by many biomed= ical researchers and thousands more that will be developed and used in-hous= e. The complexity of visualization tasks has continued to grow with the vol= ume of data and its connections across scales and from anatomy to function = and from individuals to populations. VTK is keeping up with the demand=E2= =80=94leading the rest, in fact=E2=80=94and should be a high priority for c= ontinued funding.</span></p><br><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.3= 8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fami= ly:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font= -style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:basel= ine;white-space:pre-wrap">Example 2</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-= height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt= ;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weigh= t:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-a= lign:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</span></p><= p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><= span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-= color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;tex= t-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. William= J. Schroeder</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top= :0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;col= or:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:norma= l;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-sp= ace:pre-wrap">Kitware, Inc.</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1= .38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fa= mily:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;fo= nt-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bas= eline;white-space:pre-wrap">28 Corporate Drive</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" sty= le=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"fon= t-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent= ;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none= ;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Clifton Park, NY 12065, USA<= /span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margi= n-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0= ,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-var= iant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wr= ap">Dear Dr. Schroeder,</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1= .38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fa= mily:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;fo= nt-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bas= eline;white-space:pre-wrap">I enthusiastically endorse your proposed effort= to support and improve VTK. We use this open source software in our work a= nd have found it extremely helpful as we create new technological solutions= . We have developed a software application that is currently being used by = around the world for scientific data visualization to gain new insights. Yo= ur Visualization Toolkit has provided the software tools needed to develop = that application that has satisfied the needs of a very diverse customer ba= se. We definitely would be interested in your proposed VR/AR enhancements a= nd improved integration with web services. VTK fills a vital role in the in= ternational community=E2=80=99s scientific computing infrastructure; additi= onal developments along the lines that you propose will certainly accelerat= e innovation.</span></p><br><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;ma= rgin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:A= rial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-sty= le:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;= white-space:pre-wrap">Example 3</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-heig= ht:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;fon= t-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:40= 0;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align= :baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</span></p><p di= r=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span= style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-colo= r:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-de= coration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. Stephen R. = Aylward</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;m= argin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb= (0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font= -variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pr= e-wrap">Kitware, Inc.</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;ma= rgin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:A= rial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-sty= le:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;= white-space:pre-wrap">101 East Weaver St, Ste G4</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" s= tyle=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"f= ont-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transpare= nt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:no= ne;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Carrboro, NC =C2=A027510, = USA</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;m= argin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb= (0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font= -variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pr= e-wrap">Dear Dr. Aylward,</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height= :1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-= family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;= font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:b= aseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I am writing in ardent support of your NIH pr= oposal to continue the development, enhancement, and dissemination of the V= isualization Toolkit (VTK). Not only do I use it in several projects myself= , but I have found that it fosters the dissemination and extension of resea= rch by allowing the community to efficiently reproduce research, to easily = combine contributions in unexpected ways, and to transfer research into pro= duction. Developing and maintaining a project as large and complex as VTK w= hile fostering such an active community is a breathtaking achievement, and = I hope Kitware obtains the funding it needs to keep this work up.</span></p= ></b><br class=3D"m_5242278551336847832gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"> <br><p></p></b><br class=3D"m_5242278551336847832gmail-Apple-interchange-ne= wline"> <br clear=3D"all"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"m_5= 242278551336847832gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div = dir=3D"ltr"><div>William J. Schroeder, PhD<br>Kitware, Inc. - Building the = World's Technical Computing Software<br>28 Corporate Drive<br>Clifton P= ark, NY 12065<br><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_b= lank">[email protected]</a><br><a href=3D"http://www.kitware.com" = target=3D"_blank">http://www.kitware.com</a><br>(518) 881-4902</div></div><= /div></div> </blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"= class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"l= tr"><div>William J. Schroeder, PhD<br>Kitware, Inc. - Building the World= 9;s Technical Computing Software<br>28 Corporate Drive<br>Clifton Park, NY = 12065<br><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">wi= [email protected]</a><br><a href=3D"http://www.kitware.com" target= =3D"_blank">http://www.kitware.com</a><br>(518) 881-4902</div></div></div><= /div> --000000000000f4d299056f88850f-- --===============1407300526== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the VTK FAQ at: http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ Search the list archives at: http://markmail.org/search/?q=vtkusers Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: https://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/vtkusers --===============1407300526==--