Good news. Congratulations. On Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at 8:41:32 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote:
> This sounds great! Congratulations. > > Jonathan > > Dr. Jonathan Gutow > Chemistry Department > UW Oshkosh > web: https://cms.gutow.uwosh.edu/Gutow > e-mail: [email protected] > Ph: 920-424-1326 <(920)%20424-1326> > > On Aug 31, 2021, at 11:51 AM, Aaron Meurer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not > click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know > the content is safe. > > > Hello all. > > I am very happy to announce that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative > <https://chanzuckerberg.com/> (CZI) has awarded an Essential Open Source > Software for Science <https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/> (EOSS) cycle 4 > grant > <https://chanzuckerberg.com/newsroom/czi-awards-16-million-for-foundational-open-source-software-tools-essential-to-biomedicine/> > > to the SymPy project > https://chanzuckerberg.com/eoss/proposals/sympy-improving-foundational-open-source-symbolic-mathematics-for-science/ > > The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was founded in 2015 to help solve some of > society’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease and improving > education, to addressing the needs of our local communities. Their mission > is to build a more inclusive, just, and healthy future for everyone. CZI’s > Essential Open Source Software for Science program supports software > maintenance, growth, development, and community engagement for open source > tools critical to science. > > The grant will be for two years, and will focus on three key areas of > improvement in SymPy: performance, documentation, and code generation. > Oscar Benjamin will be working half time to improve the performance of > SymPy. This will be achieved in two ways: firstly, by using faster > algorithms and data structures, and secondly, by optionally interfacing > with libraries such as FLINT (via python-flint) and SymEngine that are > written in C and C++ and are designed to be as fast as possible. > > I will be working half time on documentation. As many of you know, SymPy > is quite large with over 1000 public functions and methods, but the > documentation for parts of SymPy is often lacking. Particularly lacking are > high-level user guides and tutorials. My work will focus on writing new > documentation, with a focus on these high-level things. > > Finally, Jason Moore at TU Delft will be hiring one postdoc full time for > one year to work on numerical code generation. SymPy is already able to > convert symbolic expressions into equivalent numerical code for many > languages and frameworks, including C, C++, Fortran, Julia, Rust, > Tensorflow, PyTorch, and more. The postdoc will work on improving the > numerical stability of the generated code, as well as improving support for > more complex expressions. The code generation work will be targeted towards > performance critical musculoskeletal models, part of Jason’s research in > Biomechanical Engineering at TU Delft. If you or someone you know may be > interested in this position, we will be sharing a job posting in the coming > months. > > We would like to thank the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for this wonderful > opportunity. We believe this direct funding of SymPy development will > drastically improve the library and the ecosystem surrounding it. > > Aaron Meurer > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAKgW%3D6LZa-uKKdTufCmsBGoR_0K__VuW%3D7eZX9dKVVBjAAe%2BQw%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAKgW%3D6LZa-uKKdTufCmsBGoR_0K__VuW%3D7eZX9dKVVBjAAe%2BQw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/be61c7a8-f67f-4f4a-884e-2e84d758b12fn%40googlegroups.com.
