Contribute to Scilab : Ideas of development
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ESA / Google Summer of Code 2013
Numerical Computing
Title |
Short description |
Language |
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Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
freefem |
Build a freefem module |
C/C++ |
7/10 |
High |
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Geometric module |
Extend the CGLAB module / CGAL based |
C/C++ |
5/10 |
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Design of experiments |
Add design of experiment capabilities in Scilab |
Scilab/Fortran / C / C++ |
5/10 |
High |
||
PDE module |
Develop Partial Differential Equation module under Scilab |
C/C++ |
8/10 |
High |
||
Gecode |
Develop a constraint solver module under Scilab |
C/C++ |
8/10 |
|
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COIN-OR |
Add advanced linear programming capabilities under Scilab. |
C/C++ |
5/10 |
|
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QHull |
Build an interface to QHull |
C / C++ / Scilab |
5/10 |
|
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Probabilities |
Provide accurate probability distribution functions |
Scilab |
5/10 |
High |
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Statistical Visualization |
Provide statistical visualization functions |
Scilab |
4/10 |
High |
Missing mathematical features are also analyzed in Missing Mathematical features in Scilab, which contains additional information.
Extend Scilab
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
Network module |
Add network capabilities |
C/C++ |
5/10 |
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DCOM module |
Add a DCOM interface to allow to talk between scilab and Word / Excel / Powerpoint |
C/C++ |
8/10 |
High |
||
Compression/decompression module |
Add a compression module (zip, rar, bzip2, tar, etc) |
C/C++ |
6/10 |
|
||
Interaction with the interface |
Allow a customization of all GUI component through the Java API |
C/C++/API |
8/10 |
High |
||
Scilab ctypes |
Implement in Scilab an equivalent of types |
C/C++ / Scilab |
7/10 |
High |
||
Instrument Control module |
Add drivers and GUIs to enable control of oscilliscopes and stream measurement data into Scilab. |
C/C++/Scilab/Java |
5/10 |
Medium |
||
Gstreamer Interface |
Support the Gstreamer API into Scilab. |
C/Scilab |
5/10 |
Low |
||
PDF generation |
Improvement of the help PDF generation |
Java |
5/10 |
High |
||
Improved completion |
Improvement of the completion (console + scinotes) |
Java / C |
5/10 |
Medium |
||
spreadsheet |
Manage the latest versions of LibreOffice/OpenOffice and Microsoft Excel |
C/C++ |
5/10 |
Medium |
Xcos
Xcos is a Hybrid dynamic systems modeler and simulator and a Simulink alternative. See the product description for more information
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
Improve the palette management |
Improve the Xcos palette usability |
Java |
5/10 |
High |
||
Automatic layout |
Improve the Xcos rendering of schema |
Java |
5/10 |
High |
GPU
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
Extends GPGPU capabilities with CUBLAS |
Provide more CUBLAS based features into Scilab |
C/C++/Scilab |
5/10 |
High |
||
Extends GPGPU capabilities with CUSPARSE |
Provide more CUSPARSE based features into Scilab |
C/C++/Scilab |
5/10 |
High |
||
Extends GPGPU capabilities with CURAND |
Provide more CURAND based features into Scilab |
C/C++/Scilab |
5/10 |
High |
Extend Xcos
Xcos is a Hybrid dynamic systems modeler and simulator and a Simulink alternative. See the product description for more information
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
Fixed-point blockset |
Add fixed point capability to Xcos. |
C/C++/Scilab |
5/10 |
Medium |
||
RF blockset |
Add radio frequency system component models to Xcos. |
C/C++/Scilab |
5/10 |
Medium |
||
Signal processing blockset |
Add signal processing of audio, video, radar, and baseband communication blocks to Xcos. |
C/C++/Scilab |
5/10 |
Medium |
||
TI and Microchip microprocessor blockset |
Add blocks that support TI and Microchip families of microprocessors in Xcos. |
C/C++/Scilab |
5/10 |
Medium |
||
Communications blockset |
Add blocks that model networking and telecommunications systems in Xcos. |
C/C++/Scilab |
5/10 |
Medium |
||
Power Systems blockset |
Add blocks that model components used in developing power systems in Xcos. |
C/C++/Scilab |
5/10 |
Medium |
||
Driveline blockset |
Add blocks that model components used in drivetrain systems in Xcos. |
C/C++/Scilab |
5/10 |
Medium |
||
Electronics blockset |
Add blocks that simulate electronic and electromechanical components in Xcos. |
C/C++/Scilab |
5/10 |
Medium |
||
Physical Modeling blockset |
Add blocks that simulate mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic components in Xcos. |
C/C++/Scilab/Java |
5/10 |
Medium |
||
Allow usage of OpenModelica |
|
Scilab/Modelica |
5/10 |
Medium |
||
SPICE |
Add a SPICE block |
Scilab |
7/10 |
|
||
Configurable Scope |
To be able to configure the Scope (title, color of lines, etc) in Xcos |
C/C++ |
7/10 |
High |
||
Use FAUST to generate blocs |
Use FAUST to convert FAUST scripts into Xcos blocs |
C/C++ |
7/10 |
High |
ATOMS
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
Improve ATOMS system |
Improve various thing in the Scilab packaging system |
C/C++/Scilab |
8/10 |
High |
Q/A
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
Code coverage in Scilab 6 |
Introduce code coverage for the Scilab language |
C++ |
7/10 |
High |
||
Performance feedback |
Based telemetry (Use by Firefox & Chrome) |
C++ |
7/10 |
High |
Connection to other languages/applications
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
R import |
To be able to access to R from Scilab |
C/C++/R |
7/10 |
High |
||
R Scilab API |
To be able to load Scilab from R |
C/C++/R |
7/10 |
|
||
.net Scilab API |
To be able to load Scilab from .net (C#, vb.net...) |
C/C++/.net |
7/10 |
|
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Code Saturne |
Interconnect Scilab / Code Saturne |
C/C++ |
8/10 |
Low |
Scilab graphics
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
Scilab/Paraview gateway |
Link Scilab with Paraview |
C/C++ (?) |
7/10 |
|
Scilab UI elements
Note that these items all together can be the subject of Google Summer of Code project: Contributor - Scilab UI Element
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
Spreadsheet UI |
add an uicontrol spreadsheet element |
C/C++/Java |
7/10 |
|
||
Progress bar |
add an uicontrol for an integrable progress bar |
C/C++/Java |
7/10 |
|
||
Contextual menus |
add a contextual menu (right click) |
C/C++/Java |
7/10 |
|
File import/export
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
NetCDF |
Import/export NetCDF files |
C/C++ |
5/10 |
|
||
CGNS |
Import/export CGNS files |
C/C++ |
5/10 |
|
||
VTK |
Export a scene/scilab graphic to the VTK format |
C/C++/Java(?) |
4/10 |
high |
||
X3D |
Export a scene/scilab graphic to the X3D format |
C++/Java(?) |
5/10 |
high |
||
Collada |
Export a scene/scilab graphic to the collada format |
C++/Java(?) |
5/10 |
high |
||
Graphiz/dot |
Export a graph to the graphviz/dot format |
C/C++ |
3/10 |
|
||
ROOT |
Import/export the ROOT file format. ROOT is a C++ framework used at CERN (see http://root.cern.ch) |
C/C++ |
8/10 |
|
||
XDMF |
Import/export / the eXtensible Data Model and Format developped by Kitware |
C/C++ |
|
|
|
|
Protocol Buffer |
Import/export Protocol buffer files |
C/C++ |
4/10 |
high |
Distributed
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
XML-RPC Client |
Introduce a XML-RPC client in Scilab |
C/C++ |
4/10 |
Medium |
||
XML-RPC Server |
Introduce a XML-RPC server in Scilab |
C/C++ |
7/10 |
Medium |
Interface
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
Multiple consoles |
Add the capabilities to run multiple console in the Scilab instance of Scilab (as tab) |
Java / C/C++ |
7/10 |
Matlab linking
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
m2sci: Matlab to Scilab |
Improve/extend the Matlab => Scilab translator |
Scilab |
5/10 |
Porting
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
Scilab on iPhone |
Port Scilab or Scilab-cli on the Apple iPhone |
C |
5/10 |
||
Scilab on Android |
Port Scilab or Scilab-cli on Google Android |
C/Java |
5/10 |
Packaging
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
Fink Scilab package |
Create a Fink package of Scilab |
Packaging |
5/10 |
||
Macport Scilab package |
Create a macport package of Scilab |
Packaging |
5/10 |
Scilab compilation
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
Scilab for Cygwin |
build a scilab package for Cygwin |
|
6/10 |
Documentations / testing
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
Generates documentation from Scilab code |
Creates an equivalent to javadoc for Scilab. IE from the source code generates a documentation |
C/C++ |
4/10 |