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OctConf 2012 brought together users and developers for five days in July in the French Canadian summer.
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.


{{Note|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.}}
'''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.
The CRM is located on the 5th floor of the Pavillon Andre-Aisenstadt on the campus of the Universite de Montreal. See [http://www.crm.math.ca/act/theme/theme_2012_2_en/gettingtoCRM_e.php building #20 on the campus map].
The meeting will be held in room 5340 (5th floor, Andre-Aisenstadt building). Registration will take place on Monday morning, July 16, from 08:30 to 09:00, in room 5345. Information will then be available daily in room 5345, from 9:00 to 11:30 and from 14:00 to 16:00.
Coffee breaks will be served in room 4361 (4th floor, Andre-Aisenstadt building).




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July 16-20, 2012. First two days are intended for newbies and casual users, who may possibly be interested in getting involved in development. Next three days are for code sprints and development. Participants are encouraged to attend for all five days, but may choose only the first two or last three as convenient.
July 16-20, 2012. First two days are intended for newbies and casual users, who may possibly be interested in getting involved in development. Next three days are for code sprints and development. Participants are encouraged to attend for all five days, but may choose only the first two or last three as convenient.


=== Schedule ===
Schedule:


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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 — Octave and JIT compiling (Max)
|Open presentations
|Talk — The Octave GUI (Jacob)
|Open presentations
|Talk — Least squares spectral analysis (Ben)
|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.
=== Avoiding Maintainer Burnout ===
Or, if we can't find ways to avoid burnout, can we find ways to ensure that no maintainer tasks are the responsibility of a single individual.  That way, there is someone available to handle the task even if a maintainer drops out of sight from the project.
=== Socializing Octave ===
To increase the visibility of GNU/Octave to a wider audience, we could create profiles in several social networks. There are ones based on proprietary software (G+, twitter, facebook) and others free, like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identi.ca identi.ca]. We should discuss the perspectives of using them.
Perhaps we could invite [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EvanProdromou Evan Prodromou] to the discussion. He lives in Montreal.


=== 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).
Here are some major features and classes of functions that are present in core Matlab but not Octave.  Some are currently under development in Octave, but most are not (at least that I know of)
* Classdef classes (handle and value)
* Packages (+dir names in the load path)
* containers.Map class (handle class)
* InputParser class (handle class)
* MException objects (handle class)
* cdflib interface (package)
* netcdf interface (package)
* hdf (4 and 5) functions (packages)
* Camera viewpoint functions
* Volume visualization
* Foreign function interface
* Java interface
* COM and Active X
* .NET
* Serial port device functions


=== Profiling ===
=== Profiling ===
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64-bit indexing for extremely large arrays.
64-bit indexing for extremely large arrays.
Related to this topic, support for large files.


=== 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".
We have a good relationship with Debian and Fedora maintainers.  Not so much other GNU/Linux distriubtions.  Can we improve our relationships with others?  How?


== 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://mox.polimi.it/~carlo Carlo de Falco]. Planning trip and hotel.
* [http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/carbajal/ Juan Pablo Carbajal] [[User:KaKiLa]]. Confirmed. Planning trip and hotel.
* [[User:carandraug|Carnë Draug]] . Confirmed.
* [[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]]
* [[User:Eem2314|Ed Meyer]]


== 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.
== Pictures from The Conference ==
Here are some pictures from OctConf 2012
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