# 2024.11.12 Weekly Meeting

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2024-11-12-weekly-meeting/40130>\
**Category:** Weekly meetings\
**Created:** [November 11, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2024-11-12-weekly-meeting/40130 "2024-11-11T18:57:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sam\_Horvath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/sam_horvath/32/3092_2.png) [@Sam\_Horvath](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sam_Horvath)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2024-11-12-weekly-meeting/40130/1 "2024-11-11T18:57:51Z")

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Tomorrow, we will be having our next weekly hangout at **10:00 AM ET until 11:00 AM ET**

Anyone is welcome to join at this link: [https://bit.ly/slicer-googlemeet-hosted-by-kitware](https://bit.ly/slicer-googlemeet-hosted-by-kitware)

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> **Weekly Meeting**
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> **Starts:** November 12, 2024, 10:00am (America/New\_York)\
> **Link:** <https://bit.ly/slicer-googlemeet-hosted-by-kitware>

**Agenda:**

Please post to this thread to put a topic on the agenda! We will try to prioritize agenda items during the meeting.

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Thanks  
Sam and J-Christophe

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2024-11-12-weekly-meeting/40130/2 "2024-11-26T16:08:11Z")

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### Meeting Notes

#### Slicer 5.8 Release

- Discussed updating Slicer from version 3.9 to 3.10. For more details, see [GitHub Issue #7060](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/7060).
- Highlighted the documentation on free threading support available at [py-free-threading.github.io](https://py-free-threading.github.io/).

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#### First-Time Attendees

- Welcomed **Керим Хемраев** (Kerim, @keri ) to the meeting.

#### Slicer & Trame Integration

- @keri expressed interest in contributing to the Slicer & Trame integration.
- Suggested following up on the post at [Discourse: Slicer & Trame Discussion](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2024-10-15-weekly-meeting/39707/4#p-118449-slicer-trame-3).
- Discussed potential for using Slicer in geosciences. Recommended engaging with @fbordignon, who originally posted about [GeoSlicer Open-Source Release](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/geoslicer-open-source-release/37157).

#### Terra & IDC Collaboration

- Discussed using **Terra** ([terra.bio](https://terra.bio)) to provision ~20,000 instances over ~9 hours for AI-based segmentation tasks. Relevant publication: [Cloud-based large-scale curation of medical imaging data using AI segmentation](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38746269/).
  - Proposed running similar experiments on **Jetstream2** for SlicerMorphCloud.
  - Explored the possibility of the IDC team assisting Terra in leveraging Jetstream2 for future efforts.