August 25–29, 2025

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August 25, 2025

FIMS hex icon and noaa logo with text saying FIMS Weekly

THREE BIG THINGS THIS WEEK

  1. Bai is busy revamping the way users interact with the model parameters as lists of lists has gotten unwieldy.

  2. Matthew and Andrea are working on different parts of the model using feature branches off of the latest dev branch that has a draft of the Surplus Production Model (SPM).

  3. This Thursday (see below) will be our first tutorial session to give new users a glimpse into how to run a FIMS model. Please share this information wide and far.

FIMS ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • 71 calendar days until the FIMS CIE Review, we still need a chair.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, document SPM

FIMS Code Club Time: 13:00–14:00 E; 10:00–11:00 P; 9:00–10:00 AK; 7:00–8:00 H Location: Virtual Online: Google Meet

Thursday, Tutorial

FIMS Seaside Chat Time: 13:00–14:00 E; 10:00–11:00 P; 9:00–10:00 AK; 7:00–8:00 H Location: Virtual Online: Google Meet

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

I recently learned about Deep Wiki where you can view a Wiki about any repository that is available on GitHub. I looked to see what Deep Wiki had to say about FIMS and first found it was not indexed but all it took to change that was proving my email. Within minutes, FIMS had its own page. Several diagrams were generated but the one that I thought was the most helpful (see below) summarized what is available in the main branch for the C++ code. I think this image will be extremely helpful as FIMS becomes more complex. I just wish I knew how we can create it dynamically ☹️

The linkages between modules in the C++ source code of FIMS, which can be seen on Deep Wiki at https://deepwiki.com/NOAA-FIMS/FIMS#population-dynamics-system