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Sad news about Warren DeLano

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Dan Gezelter

I just heard the sad news about Warren DeLano, one of the giants of open source scientific software (and the author of PyMOL). Warren passed away suddenly a few days ago. Like everyone else, I’m stunned and saddened by this … Continue reading →

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Debellor

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Dan Gezelter

Debellor is an open source Java framework for scalable data mining and machine learning. You may implement your own algorithms in Debellor’s architecture and combine them with pre-existing ones to create complex data processing networks and experimental setups. The unique … Continue reading →

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Science Laboratory Inventory

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Dan Gezelter

Science Laboratory Inventory Control Management System and Orders: Web-based system that is useful for managing chemical and equipment inventory management and handling science labs orders from teachers to technicians for their practical sessions. Find Science Laboratory Inventory at: http://sciencelabinv.sourceforge.net

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Webolab

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Dan Gezelter

A web-based platform for collaborative research and high-performance computing interface, a tool for implementation of virtual labs. Supports Condor cluster management engine. Find Webolab at: http://www.webolab.net

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OpenOpt

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Dan Gezelter

Universal cross-platform (Win, Linux, Mac OS) Python-written numerical optimization toolbox. License: new BSD. Problems: NLP, LP, QP, SDP, SOCP, DFP(Non-linear Data Fit), NSP(nonsmooth), MILP, LSP, LLSP, MMP, GLP, MINLP etc. Connects to dozens of solvers (some are C- or Fortran-written). … Continue reading →

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Adevs

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Dan Gezelter

Adevs (A Discrete EVent System simulator) is a C++ library for constructing discrete event simulations based on the Parallel DEVS and Dynamic DEVS (dynDEVS) formalisms. Find Adevs at: http://www.ornl.gov/~1qn/adevs

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Saros: Distributed Pair Programming

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Dan Gezelter

I’m a big fan of pair programming, which is one of the primary modes of software development in my research group. Usually, two people sitting together can spot errors that one alone can’t, and the pace of the coding and … Continue reading →

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Saros

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Dan Gezelter

Saros is a research project to enable distributed pair programming (also called remote pair programming) in the Java IDE Eclipse. Saros supports real-time collaboration by two and more peers and adds many features to increase awareness and presence regarding the … Continue reading →

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Machine learning open source software

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Dan Gezelter

Cheng Soon Ong just emailed me about mloss.org, a community creating a comprehensive open source machine learning environment. Mloss.org is essentially a community portal with lots of detailed information about each of the listed projects. One of the more interesting … Continue reading →

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meep

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Dan Gezelter

meep is a free finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation software package developed at MIT to model electromagnetic systems. Find meep at: http://ab-initio.mit.edu/meep/

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