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= Sci-Tech Special Interest Group =
#REDIRECT[[Category:SciTech_SIG]]
 
== Mission ==
 
The purpose of the Fedora Sci-Tech SIG is to improve the number and quality of packages available for scientific and technical users.
 
== Packagers/Reviewers/People interested ==
* [[EdHill]]
* [[JasonTibbitts]]
* [[DejiAkingunola]]
* [[GerardMilmeister]]
* [[OrionPoplawski]]
* [[QuentinSpencer]]
* [[ChitleshGoorah]]
* [[User:Rathann|Dominik Mierzejewski]]
* [[JoseMatos]]
* [[RexDieter]]
* [[PeterLemenkov]]
* [[PatriceDumas]]
* [[FabianAffolter]]
* [[SergioPascual]]
* [[User:Alexlan|Alex Lancaster]]
* [[MarekMahut]]
* [[StuartCampbell]]
* [[User:kkofler|Kevin Kofler]]
* [[PierreYvesChibon]]
* [[ChristianIseli]]
* [[EricTanguy]]
* [[User:Jjames|Jerry James]]
* [[NicolaSoranzo]]
 
== Documentation ==
 
* [[UsingMultipleMPIs]]  - How to use lam and openmpi on the same system.
 
== Packages awaiting review ==
* MPICH2: [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=171993 #171993]
* [http://www.gromacs.org/ gromacs]  - Molecular dynamics package [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=249831 #249831]
* [http://www.brics.dk/automaton/ automaton]  - Java finite state automata/regular expression library [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=394871 #394871]
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/ PSPP] - statistical software trying to be compatible with SPSS [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451012 #451012]
 
== Potential Packages ==
* GAP - Computer algebra system - JasonTibbitts has a working and up-to-date GAP package in http://www.math.uh.edu/~tibbs/rpms/gap, but it needs significant cleanup before it has a chance of passing review.
* ROOT - High energy physics data analysis package - http://root.cern.ch/
* [http://www.sagemath.org SAGE]  Mathematica-like open source mathematics software ([[SIGs/SciTech/SAGE|  SAGE packaging discussion]] )
* [http://www.itk.org/ ITK]  - Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit - software system to support the [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html Visible Human Project]
* [http://trilinos.sandia.gov/ Trilinos]  - Collection of packages that support parallel linear algebra computations, solution of linear, non-linear and eigen systems of equations and related capabilities. (LGPLv2+)
* [http://bkchem.zirael.org/ BkChem] - A free chemical drawing program, a potential XDrawChem successor
 
== Bioinformatics WishList ==
 
* [[SIGs/SciTech/BioinformaticsWishList|  Bioinformatics WishList]]
 
== Available Packages ==
 
* [[SIGs/SciTech/PackageList|  List of scientific/engineering packages]]
 
== Ideas/Proposals ==
* [[SIGs/SciTech/SAGE|  SAGE packaging discussion]]
* MPI work:
* Use environment-modules to improve the "MPI alternatives" situation -- please see the proposal at the bottom of [[EdHill]]
 
[[Category:SIGs]]

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