I have posted the text of our proposal on figshare https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/SymPy_CZI_EOSS_Round_4_Application_pdf/16590053.
Aaron Meurer On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 10:51 AM Aaron Meurer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all. > > > I am very happy to announce that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has > awarded an Essential Open Source Software for Science (EOSS) cycle 4 grant 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%3D6KvCtuijnTm1xT%3D58nPt0F1G4OLN4-mjsMzmvh60Ok9CQ%40mail.gmail.com.
