Re: [science-iwg] RCP and JOGL

["Wade Walker" <wwalker3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello everyone,

I actually started out using RCP to create engineering design automation
(EDA) tools inside a large microprocessor company. I used it and Java OpenGL
(JOGL) to create a 2D standard-cell placement application, which let
engineers drag and drop cells into hierarchical bins to create cell
placements that were more compact than those created by synthesis tools like
Synopsys Design Compiler.

My own research is in the area of computational fluid dynamics and
elastodynamics. I used RCP and JOGL to make a front end for the simulator
that implements the algorithm I described in
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0039999.
I've found that Java and RCP are a good framework for this sort of research
coding, because Java's garbage collection makes it easier to modify a
program to test research ideas, without having to worry about whether the
modifications might introduce memory leaks. My blog and tutorials that
Philip mentioned below document the basics of my research simulator
framework.

At work, I'm currently involved in the Department of Energy's Fast Forward 2
program which aims to accelerate R&D for new "extreme-scale" computers, in
collaboration with Cray and several U.S. national labs. This involves more
old-school C/C++/OpenMP coding rather than Java, however :)

-w

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:science-iwg-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Philip Wenig
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 1:34 AM
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Subject: [science-iwg] RCP and JOGL

Hi folks,

recently, Wade Walker joined our mailing list. He helped me to track down a
RCP/JOGL bug in Eclipse 4.5Milestone releases:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=457534

He has a lot of experience in using JOGL and published some tutorials:

https://github.com/WadeWalker/com.jogamp.jogl
https://github.com/WadeWalker/name.wadewalker.tutorial
https://wadeawalker.wordpress.com

Furthermore, he has written a fluid dynamics and elastodynamics simulator in
RCP, which could be an interesting topic for some of us.
So, Wade, if you'd like to, feel free to give a short introduction to your
simulator.


Best,
Philip

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