Octave2006 Workshop

NIST Gaithersburg April 20-21, 2006.
Administration building, rooms B111 and B113
Contact: Paul Kienzle <paul kienzle at nist gov>

Talks should be about 20 min with 10 min for discussion

Day 1 - Thursday April 20, 2006
08:30 - 09:00Registration 
09:00 - 09:20Welcome and Opening RemarksPaul Kienzle
09:20 - 10:20State of Octave (notes)John Eaton
 Near term featuresJohn Eaton
 Project managementJohn Eaton
10:20 - 10:40Break (with snack) 
10:40 - 12:20Graphics and UIJohn Eaton
 Octave-GTK: A GTK binding for GNU OctaveMuthiah Annamalai
 Model-driven user interface designPaul Kienzle
12:20 - 14:00Lunch 
14:00 - 15:50Promoting OctaveAlois Schloegl
 Collaborative open scientific software: the EIDORS experienceAndy Adler
 Bringing GIS to OctaveRick Niles
15:50 - 16:10Break (with snack) 
16:10 - 17:30Octave hacking session/NIST tourPrzemek Klosowski
18:30 - 21:30Conference BBQ 
Day 2 - Friday April 21, 2006
09:00 - 09:10Opening Announcements 
09:10 - 10:20Octave ApplicationsPrzemek Klosowski
 BioSig - An application of OctaveAlois Schloegl
 CISM DXRobert Weigel
 Computer vision tools for OctaveEtienne Grossmann
10:20 - 10:40Break (with snack) 
10:40 - 12:20Octave TypesPaul Kienzle
 Sparse matrix implementation in OctaveDavid Bateman
 Implementing units in Octave calculationsPrzemek Klosowski
 Fixed point type for OctaveDavid Bateman
12:20 - 14:00Lunch 
14:00 - 15:50Octave in ResearchEtienne Grossmann
 Type Estimating Octave to C++ CompilerJens Ruecknagel
 Challenges of Octave use in life sciencesWilliam Denney
15:50 - 16:10Break (with snack) 
16:10 - 17:30Octave FutureAndy Adler
 Meeting Users Needs with OctaveTom Holroyd
 ppeval: Pleasant Parallel Processing in OctaveSudarshan Raghunathan
 Octave2006 Workshop SummaryPaul Kienzle