Contribute to Scilab : Ideas of development
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Google Summer of Code 2013
The list of GSoC 2013 projects
Numerical Computing
Title |
Short description |
Language |
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Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
Flint |
Arithmetics and Polynomial factoring |
C/C++ |
5/10 |
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PDE module |
Develop Partial Differential Equation module under Scilab |
C/C++ |
8/10 |
High |
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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 |
Low |
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 |
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Compression/decompression module |
Add a compression module (zip, rar, bzip2, tar, etc) |
C/C++ |
6/10 |
|
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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 |
|
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Instrument Control module |
Add drivers and GUIs to enable control of oscilloscopes and stream measurement data into Scilab. |
C/C++/Scilab/Java |
5/10 |
Medium |
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 |
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Extends GPGPU capabilities with CUFFT |
Provide more CUFFT 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 |
||
Aerospace blockset |
Add blocks that are frequently used in the aerospace industry 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 |
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Allow usage of OpenModelica |
|
Scilab/Modelica |
5/10 |
Medium |
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SPICE |
Add a SPICE block |
Scilab |
7/10 |
|
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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 |
Scilab language and tools
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
Scilab Profiling in Scilab 6 dev version |
Extends the profiling Scilab code capabilities in Scilab 6 |
C/C++ |
8/10 |
High |
||
Test coverage in Scilab 6 dev version |
Add the possibility to get the test coverage of a Scilab unitary test (Scilab 6) |
C/C++ |
8/10 |
High |
||
Implement tests from shootout |
Add Scilab on shootout and optimized the software |
Scilab/C/C++ |
8/10 |
|
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 |
Connection to other languages/applications
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
Matlab MEX-Files management |
To be able to load MEX-Files from Scilab (based on API Scilab) |
C/C++ |
5/10 |
High |
||
GObject import |
To be able to use any GObject-based library |
C/C++ |
7/10 |
Medium |
||
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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C++ Scilab API |
To be able to develop Scilab interface in C++ |
C/C++ |
5/10 |
|
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Python module for GIWS |
Write a plugin for GIWS to be able to generate C/C++ interfaces to Python |
C/C++/Python |
7/10 |
|
||
Octave Oct-Files management |
To be able to load Oct-Files from Scilab (based on API Scilab) |
C/C++ |
5/10 |
|
||
freefem |
Build a freefem module |
C/C++ |
7/10 |
|
||
Code Aster |
Build a Code Aster module |
C/C++ |
8/10 |
Medium |
||
Code Saturne |
Interconnect Scilab / Code Saturne |
C/C++ |
8/10 |
Medium |
||
.NET called from Scilab |
Using .NET from Scilab |
C/C++/.NET |
8/10 |
Medium |
Scilab graphics
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
Scilab/Paraview gateway |
Link Scilab with Paraview |
C/C++ (?) |
7/10 |
|
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CGAL |
Upgrade the CGAL/Scilab module |
C/C++ |
5/10 |
High |
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 |
|
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Progress bar |
add an uicontrol for an integrable progress bar |
C/C++/Java |
7/10 |
|
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Contextual menus |
add a contextual menu (right click) |
C/C++/Java |
7/10 |
|
Editor
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
Integration in Eclipse |
Provide a Scilab plugin in Eclipse |
Java |
5/10 |
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Integration in Netbean |
Provide a Scilab plugin in Netbean |
Java |
5/10 |
File import/export
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
NetCDF |
Import/export NetCDF files |
C/C++ |
5/10 |
||
CGNS |
Import/export CGNS files |
C/C++ |
5/10 |
||
HDF |
Import/export HDF files |
C/C++ |
5/10 |
||
MED |
Import/export MED files |
C/C++ |
5/10 |
||
VTK |
Export a scene/scilab graphic to the VTK format |
C/C++/Java(?) |
4/10 |
||
X3D |
Export a scene/scilab graphic to the X3D format |
C++/Java(?) |
5/10 |
||
Collada |
Export a scene/scilab graphic to the collada format |
C++/Java(?) |
5/10 |
||
Graphiz/dot |
Export a graph to the graphviz/dot format |
C/C++ |
3/10 |
||
XLS |
Add the missing writexls function to write data in several Excel sheet, with formula, etc ... |
C/C++ |
8/10 |
||
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++ |
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|
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Protocol Buffer |
Import/export Protocol buffer files |
C/C++ |
4/10 |
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 |
||
REST Server |
Introduce a REST server in Scilab |
C/C++ |
7/10 |
High |
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++ |
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 |
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 |
Quality check of the code |
Develop a tool to check the quality of the code |
Scilab/other language (python) ? |
7/10 |
||
Documentation |
Develop the Scilab documentation |
Easy XML |
1/10 |
||
Tests |
Develop and improve Scilab automatic tests |
Scilab |
2/10 |
||
C++ Tests |
Integration tools of C/C++ unitary test and test coverage. |
C/C++ |
2/10 |
||
Generates documentation from Scilab code |
Creates an equivalent to javadoc for Scilab. IE from the source code generates a documentation |
C/C++ |
4/10 |
||
Add Scilab management in Doxygen |
Despite it is not a Scilab project, it would be great to have a management of Scilab code in doxygen |
Doxygen (C) |
8/10 |
||
Examples |
Add more examples in the Scilab documentation |
Easy XML / Scilab |
4/10 |
||
LyX for Scilab |
Add some tools to use the docbook 5 / XML capability of LyX for writing documentation for Scilab |
C / C++ / Python |
6/10 |
Localization
Title |
Short description |
Language |
|
Difficulty |
Contact |
GSoC priority |
Localization |
Help us to localize Scilab in other language |
|
1/10 |
Low |