Call for Scientists using LiveCode

[David Bovill]

Looking into this a bit further I am wandering how many other core open
source scientific libraries are out there that would create real scientific
value if we could fund porting them to LiveCode - either as externals or
integrated directly into the engine or as a forked project? Would be great
to create a list of these.

The proposed project involves the creation of a number of domain specific
languages in science, in order to make it easier for scientist to
incorporate programming into their work. The open language framework that
is to be added to LiveCode following the KickStarter would be the basis for
this.

So does anyone have any ideas on how to create easy to use syntax for
scientists, by wrapping opne language modules around existing science
libraries - like BLAS?


On 21 April 2013 16:08, David Bovill <david.bovill at scimatch.org> wrote:

> Thanks Francois - sorry about the old email address. I'll look into
> porting the BLAS library<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_Linear_Algebra_Subprograms>,
> will need to get a quote on how much it would cost - so if anyone is
> interested in doing the work - and doesn't mind sending in a quote that
> would be incorporated in the funding bid - great.
>
> Francois - out of interest what sort of applications would you be
> interested in developing, and why would you use LiveCode for this?
>
> NB - my interest specifically is in graphing, semantic networks, and
> generative landscapes. More generally we are looking at science simulations
> and games. I've been doing some work on a training simulation for A&E
> Departments, which we'd like to take forwards with this project. Another
> project partner is interested in 3D structures of Dendrimers and similar
> macromolecular structures. Project partners would get access to the shared
> resource or programmers and designers. International collaborations are
> welcome, as are commercial companies that are seeking to build commercial
> apps that utilise open content in some way.
>
>
> On 18 April 2013 21:54, François Chaplais <
> francois.chaplais at mines-paristech.fr> wrote:
>
>> I would like very much to be able to do applied maths on it, but the
>> would require stricter typing of objects to be able to implement the IEEE
>> standard on number representations. For starters, an port of the BLAS
>> library, which includes routines for linear algebra and linear problem
>> solving would be useful. Also, support for 64bit and Cocoa on the mac would
>> be welcome, this a well needed update on the writing and building of
>> externals, notably with decent support of multicore processors.
>> Until then...
>> Best regards
>>         François
>>
>> François Chaplais
>> MINES ParisTech
>> Centre Automatique et systèmes
>> Ecole des Mines de Paris
>> http://cas.ensmp.fr/~chaplais/en/
>>
>> Le 18 avr. 2013 à 13:11, David Bovill a écrit :
>>
>> > This is a call out to anyone using LiveCode in a Scientific setting -
>> or in
>> > the area of public engagement in Science.
>> >
>> > I am putting together a bid to create an open archive for scientific
>> games,
>> > and simulations in Science. There will be a particular emphasis on
>> mobile,
>> > but we will also be working with real science data, and API's. I am
>> making
>> > the application to the Wellcome Trust for a 2 year project, at a new
>> Hub to
>> > be built in London. The project will start in September 2014.
>> >
>> > The core team are a great group of architect, game designers, and
>> > scientists each with many years experience in biomedical modelling.
>> Prior
>> > to LiveCode going open source, we had concentrated on the Unity3D
>> platform,
>> > but now the real benefits of openly licensed content, and code, which
>> is a
>> > perfect fit for science and the Wellcome remit - makes LiveCode an
>> > important aspect of the project.
>> >
>> > We are looking for partners, advice and expressions of interest - the
>> > resource, should we succeed will be open to scientists, companies,
>> > not-for-profits and individual with ideas to develop games, mobile apps,
>> > simulations, for the benefit of biomedical science and it's appreciation
>> > and understanding by the wider public. A bit of a mouthful, but you get
>> the
>> > point :)
>> >
>> > So if anyone is interested, or has any suggestions of any individuals or
>> > organisations that may be interested please point them this way. An
>> initial
>> > project web site and description of the project aims and focus will be
>> > online in a couple of weeks.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> >
>> >
>> > David
>>
>