[sage-devel] Re: Grant Ideas: sage days workshops

2009-10-19 Thread Rado
+1 for workshop on error-correcting codes. One thing I can contribute to such a workshop (if it is accepted) is adding improved Feng-Rao (aka order bounds) algorithms for min. distance of AG codes, developed by my advisor Iwan Duursma and me. Currently we have standalone code in Python, which

[sage-devel] Re: Grant Ideas: sage days workshops

2009-10-16 Thread David Joyner
I'd love to see an error-correcting codes workshop! On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:00 PM, William Stein wst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm applying to NSF for some Sage Days workshops (off in the future: think 2-4 years from right now).   If anybody has any idea about what might constitute a good

[sage-devel] Re: Grant Ideas: sage days workshops

2009-10-16 Thread William Stein
2009/10/16 David Joyner wdjoy...@gmail.com: I'd love to see an error-correcting codes workshop! What would be involved? Can you send more details? On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:00 PM, William Stein wst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm applying to NSF for some Sage Days workshops (off in the

[sage-devel] Re: Grant Ideas: sage days workshops

2009-10-16 Thread David Joyner
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:38 AM, William Stein wst...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/10/16 David Joyner wdjoy...@gmail.com: I'd love to see an error-correcting codes workshop! What would be involved?  Can you send more details? There are a huge number of things missing. 1. a fast minimum_distance

[sage-devel] Re: Grant Ideas: sage days workshops

2009-10-15 Thread Timothy Clemans
One topic I would like to see is Applied Math. Maybe it would attract some developers who would make Sage more attractive to applied math folks. On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 6:00 PM, William Stein wst...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm applying to NSF for some Sage Days workshops (off in the future:

[sage-devel] Re: Grant Ideas: sage days workshops

2009-10-15 Thread Jarrod Millman
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 6:00 PM, William Stein wst...@gmail.com wrote: I'm applying to NSF for some Sage Days workshops (off in the future: think 2-4 years from right now).   If anybody has any idea about what might constitute a good topic for their dream Sage Days, please respond to this