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Ruby and Science
The document discusses the challenges of using Ruby in scientific research, highlighting its slow speed, lack of scientific libraries, and small academic user base. It proposes increasing Ruby's presence in academia by developing scientific libraries like SciRuby and encourages collaboration between Ruby developers and researchers. The goal is to make Ruby more recognized and utilized in research, ultimately becoming the preferred programming language for scientists.
Ruby and Science
- 1. Juanjo Bazán @xuanxu Ruby& Science
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- 3. Ruby & Science? FACT: RUBYIS NOT WIDELY USED IN RESEARCH PROJECTS
- 4. Ruby ∩Science ≃∅ ? Why? not suitable for scientific uses?
- 5. Can Ruby fillthe needs of scientists? What people in academia need?
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- 7. FACT: It doesn’t matterthe scientific discipline,
- 8. FACT: It doesn’t matterthe scientific discipline, It doesn’t matter the research field,
- 9. FACT: It doesn’t matterthe scientific discipline, it doesn’t matter the research field, (almost) every research project needs code.
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- 12. Ruby Slow Lack of scientificlibraries
- 13. Ruby Slow Lack of scientificlibraries Small academic user base
- 14. Ruby Slow Lack of scientificlibraries => Not suitable for science? Small academic user base
- 15. core research, simulations,modeling, calculations ... R, automatization tasks, graphs, formatting data ... Research Project’s code WHAT?
- 16. Wide spectrum ofvery different tasks Research Project’s code WHAT? Speed is not a factor
- 17. Not programmers Research Project’scode WHO? Experienced enough to tweak an existent solution Help wanted
- 18. What help arethey getting?
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- 20. Java Lots of libraries,easy to find
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- 22. How can wehelp?
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- 24. Ruby General purpose lang Increasedeveloper happiness Powerful & beautiful syntax
- 25. Ruby Researcher General purposelang Increase developer happiness Powerful & beautiful syntax Not programmers Experience tweaking existent solutions Wide range of different code tasks
- 26. Ruby Slow Lack of scientificlibraries Small academic user base
- 27. Ruby Lack of scientificlibraries Small academic user base Slow Speed not a factor
- 28. Ruby Slow Lack of scientificlibraries Small academic user base Speed not a factor Let’s push here!
- 29. SciRuby Goal: SciPy/NumPy forRuby: SciRuby/NMatrix pre-alpha/alpha state Active development SciRuby.com github.com/SciRuby/sciruby Help wanted
- 30. Let’s push Rubyinto Academia Goals: - Make Ruby known to/used by researchers - Create an ecosystem of scientific ruby libs
- 31. Let’s push Rubyinto Academia Goals: - Create an ecosystem of scientific ruby libs - Make Ruby known to/used by researchers
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- 34. Direct action 1. Choosea discipline you like
- 35. Direct action 1. Choosea discipline you like 2. Find your closest university department
- 36. Direct action 1. Choosea discipline you like 2. Find your closest university department 3. Offer help & code
- 37. Why? What’s in itfor you?
- 38. Why? More Ruby uses=> Good for Rubysts & Ruby
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- 42. Why? OS rewards aregood, helping science rewards are great
- 43. Why? Learning about interestingissues & problems
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- 46. Ruby & Science communities Sharinginformation is the norm Openness is a value Reputation based systems Members are welcoming and willing to help
- 47. Can we makeRuby the programming language of Science?
- 48. Probably No Maybe? Can wemake Ruby the programming language of Science?
- 49. Can we makeRuby the programming language of Science? Probably No Maybe?Who cares?
- 50. Let’s make Ruby thefavorite programming language of scientists!
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- 52. Questions? Juanjo Bazán @xuanxuhello@juanjobazan.com photo credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aai/6936657289 http://www.flickr.com/photos/3dking/148507938/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/morton1905/8638721846 http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanegorski/2449377038 http://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/5865762878