Present and future
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Present and future. Claude Gomez Scilab Consortium / INRIA Chief Technology Officer. 28 September 2006. Scilab players. High quality Open Source numerical software Professional Open Source numerical software. Group companies and academics. Future. INRIA. Funding. Development
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Present and future Claude GomezScilab Consortium / INRIAChief Technology Officer 28 September 2006
High quality Open Source numerical software • Professional Open Source numerical software Group companies and academics Future INRIA Funding Development Maintenance Assistance Promotion Make a team
Scilab Consortium 23 members in 2006 • 12 members in 2003 • ANAGRAM TECHNOLOGIES, APPEDGE, ARTENUM, • ATMEL ROMA, AXS INGENIERIE, CRIL TECHNOLOGY, • CEA, CNES, DASSAULT-AVIATION, ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, • ECOLE CENTRALE DE PARIS, EADS, EDF, ENPC, • ESTEREL TECHNOLOGIES, IFP, INRIA, KLIPPEL, • PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN, RENAULT, STYREL TECHNOLOGIES, • THALES, TNI
Key players of Scilab • INRIA • Consortium hosting • Legal responsibility • Main supplier in engineering breakthroughs • Funding (5 people) • Scilab Consortium • Project general management • Scilab roadmap decision-making authority • Funding • Consortium operational team with the help of external developers • Basic development of Scilab • First level assistance • Quality assurance, maintenance • Marketing and promotion • Contributors community coordination • 9 people in the team • External contributors • Dedicated and specialized toolboxes
Main features: • Improved Windows version • complete integration, virtual memory • compilers, performance (Atlas libraries) • Object oriented graphics • Powerful graphics functions with • Matlab syntax • Powerful Graphics Editor • Java interface • Import of Excel files • Improved Matlab -> Scilab translator • Latest release: Scilab 4.0 (February 2006)
Super calculator • Calculation engine • Making toolboxes • How using Scilab? • Advantages: • Use of calculation libraries of Scilab • Language + interpreter • Easy distribution of software built around Scilab • Possibility to modify Scilab kernel • Complete control of the software
520,000 downloadings since March 2003 • www.scilab.org 2003 ~ 4,000/month March 2006: 23,126/month!
700,000 distinct visitors since June 2004 • www.scilab.org Distinct visitors/day June 2004: ~750 April 2006: ~2400
Europe Scilab used in the European integrated project hArtes: THALES, ATMEL … EADS 1 LIAMA: Sino-French Laboratory in Computer Science, Automation and Applied Mathematics 2 NII: National Institute of Informatics - Japan 3 NMC: Numerical Mathematics Consortium Around the world • France • Strong presence in mechatronics and engineering sector: CEA, CNES, Dassault Aviation, EDF, IFP, PSA, Renault, Thales… • Scilab used as the numerical calculation platform in RNTL projects OMD and SCOS • Scicos used in RNTL projects SIMPA and ECLIPSE • Used at the “agrégation de mathématiques”, engineers schools, Universities… • China • Represented by LIAMA1 since 2001 • Numerous conferences • Since 2002: yearly Scilab Contest • Used in many universities • 2005: Scilab used in secondary schools • Japan • Collaboration with NII2 • 2006: Scilab Contest • India • Collaboration with IIT Bombay • North America • Collaboration with National Instruments: LabView / Scilab interface • Involved in NMC3 numerical calculation standard definition MORE THAN 250,000 INSTALLED SEATS WORLDWIDE
Scilab for everybody at all levels • Different from Matlab, better in a few domains • Scilab 5 • The Open Source numerical software integrating scientific • and technical breakthroughs • Easy standalone use • Modular use, services, interoperability and easy interface • with standard professional software
GUI Computation libraries (Fortran, C) System utilities GUI creation Graphics JAVA Windows / GNU Linux Librariesin Scilab language Variables memory Management routines Parser • Scilab 5 Interface routines Interoperability Modularity Computation, Visualization, GRID…
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