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OctConf 2012 | OctConf 2012 will bring together users and developers for five days in July in the French Canadian summer. | ||
Please email [mailto:jordigh@octave.org Jordi (jordigh@octave.org)] if you think you could attend. Also write your name below in the Participants section if you think of attending with high probability. | Please email [mailto:jordigh@octave.org Jordi (jordigh@octave.org)] if you think you could attend. Also write your name below in the Participants section if you think of attending with high probability. | ||
'''IMPORTANT''': In order to give you wireless access during the conference, our host university requires your name and address 3 weeks in advance to the conference date. Email this information to Jordi so he can make arrangements. | |||
[[File:octave-poster.png|200px|thumb|right|OctConf 2012 poster]] | [[File:octave-poster.png|200px|thumb|right|OctConf 2012 poster]] | ||
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The CRM will be offering its [http://www.umontreal.ca/ Université de Montréal] facilities for the conference. There is a metro station named after the eponymous university that reaches it. | The CRM will be offering its [http://www.umontreal.ca/ Université de Montréal] facilities for the conference. There is a metro station named after the eponymous university that reaches it. | ||
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|Tutorial 1: Working the REPL | |Tutorial 1: Working the REPL | ||
|Tutorial 3: Writing oct files | |Tutorial 3: Writing oct files | ||
|Talk &mdash | |Talk &mdash Octave and JIT compiling (Max) | ||
| | |Open presentations | ||
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|12:30 | |12:30 | ||
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Code sprints and informal discussion will happen every day. The following are topics of interest for these sessions. | Code sprints and informal discussion will happen every day. The following are topics of interest for these sessions. | ||
=== Clean up Bugs === | === Clean up Bugs === | ||
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Comparison of functionality between Octave and Matlab (what is the same, what is close, what is either different or significantly slower). | Comparison of functionality between Octave and Matlab (what is the same, what is close, what is either different or significantly slower). | ||
=== Profiling === | === Profiling === | ||
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64-bit indexing for extremely large arrays. | 64-bit indexing for extremely large arrays. | ||
=== Octave and Octave-Forge === | === Octave and Octave-Forge === | ||
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Making Octave updates trivial for maintenance in large scale computing infrastructures. Octave binary for OS X. What should be included in an all-in-one installer? What versions of OS-X can/should be "supported"? Octave binary for Windows. What should be included in an all-in-one installer? What versions of Windows can/should be "supported". | Making Octave updates trivial for maintenance in large scale computing infrastructures. Octave binary for OS X. What should be included in an all-in-one installer? What versions of OS-X can/should be "supported"? Octave binary for Windows. What should be included in an all-in-one installer? What versions of Windows can/should be "supported". | ||
== Participants == | == Participants == | ||
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* [http://jweaton.org John W. Eaton] | * [http://jweaton.org John W. Eaton] | ||
* [http://jordi.inversethought.com Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso] | * [http://jordi.inversethought.com Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso] | ||
* [http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/carbajal/ Juan Pablo Carbajal] [[User:KaKiLa]]. Confirmed | * Joanna Cheng (pending funding and leave) | ||
* [http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/carbajal/ Juan Pablo Carbajal] [[User:KaKiLa]]. Confirmed. Planning trip and hotel. | |||
* [[User:carandraug|Carnë Draug]] . | * [[User:carandraug|Carnë Draug]] | ||
* Ben Abbott (pending pregnant wife can travel) | |||
* [http://bd.linkedin.com/in/mohammadnasiruddin Mohammad Nasiruddin] (pending funding) | |||
* [http://simexp-lab.org/brainwiki/doku.php?id=pierrebellec Pierre Bellec] | * [http://simexp-lab.org/brainwiki/doku.php?id=pierrebellec Pierre Bellec] | ||
* Rik Wehbring | * Rik Wehbring | ||
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* Alex Marcotte | * Alex Marcotte | ||
* Max Brister | * Max Brister | ||
* [http://mat.caminos.upm.es/~iht Israel Herraiz] (confirmation pending) | |||
* [http://www-ce.ccny.cuny.edu/nir/ Nir Krakauer] | * [http://www-ce.ccny.cuny.edu/nir/ Nir Krakauer] | ||
* [[User:Ben_zen|Ben Lewis]] | * [[User:Ben_zen|Ben Lewis]] | ||
== Funding == | == Funding == | ||
There is limited funding to cover the travel expenses of selected participants. | There is limited funding to cover the travel expenses of selected participants. | ||