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CMU Sphinx

A set of reasonably mature, world-class speech components that provide a basic level of technology to anyone interested in creating speech-using applications without the once-prohibitive initial investment cost in research and development; the same components are open to peer review … Continue reading

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SphinxTrain

SphinxTrain is a suite of programs, script and documentation for building acoustic models from data for the Sphinx suite of recognition engines. Find SphinxTrain at: http://www.speech.cs.cmu.edu/SphinxTrain/

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CMU Sphinx and SphinxTrain

Two new entries today in the Speech Communication section. CMU Sphinx is a set of components for speech processing, and SphinxTrain is a suite of programs for building acoustic models from the data generated by the Sphinx recognition engines.

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POOMA and Blitz++

Two new entries today, both numerical libraries in C++ that specialize in linear algebra. POOMA and Blitz++ both use Expression templates, and POOMA appears to support parallel computation with MPI.

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FreePOOMA C++ Numerical Library

FreePOOMA is a C++ library supporting element-wise, data-parallel, and stencil-based physics computations using one or more processors. The library automatically handles all interprocessor communication, obviating the need for any explicit communication code. The library supports high-level syntax close to mathematical … Continue reading

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Blitz++ library

Blitz++ is a C++ class library for scientific computing which provides performance on par with Fortran 77/90. It uses template techniques to achieve high performance. The current versions provide dense arrays and vectors, random number generators, and small vectors and … Continue reading

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PSI3

The PSI3 suite of quantum chemical programs is designed for efficient, high-accuracy calculations of properties of small to medium-sized molecules. The package’s current capabilities include a variety of Hartree-Fock, coupled cluster, complete-active-space self-consistent-field, and multi-reference configuration interaction models. Find PSI3 … Continue reading

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Psicode.org

Psicode.org is the web site for a relatively new quantum chemistry package that is a great Open Source contribution to this important field.

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OpenSim – a dynamic 3D robotics simulator for AI research

A robotics simulator that utilizes a constrained rigid-body (Newtonian) solver to simulate multiple mobile robots and manipulator systems, including sensors. Intended for robotics/AI researchers. Currently includes various sensor simulations and inverse kinematics solvers for redundant serial-chain manipulators. Find OpenSim – … Continue reading

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Linux SBIG’s STV CCD autoguider

a Linux GTK app to control the SBIG STV autoguider Find Linux SBIG’s STV CCD autoguider at: http://www.prl.res.in/~shashi/instruments/stv_linux.html

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