Sci-Tech Special Interest Group

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
• Dominik Mierzejewski
• JoseMatos
• RexDieter
• PeterLemenkov
• PatriceDumas
• FabianAffolter
• SergioPascual
• Alex Lancaster
• MarekMahut
• StuartCampbell
• Kevin Kofler
• PierreYvesChibon
• ChristianIseli
• EricTanguy
• Jerry James
• NicolaSoranzo
• SantoshKumar

Documentation

• UsingMultipleMPIs - How to use lam and openmpi on the same system.

Packages awaiting review

• MPICH2: #171993
• gromacs - Molecular dynamics package #249831
• Trilinos - Collection of packages that support parallel linear algebra computations, solution of linear, non-linear and eigen systems of equations and related capabilities. #453703

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/
• SAGE Mathematica-like open source mathematics software ( SAGE packaging discussion )
• ITK - Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit - software system to support the Visible Human Project
• BkChem - A free chemical drawing program, a potential XDrawChem successor
• Asana Math font
• Ideas of packages for bioinformatics base on bio-linux: List

Bioinformatics WishList

• Bioinformatics WishList

Available Packages

• List of scientific/engineering packages

Ideas/Proposals

• SAGE packaging discussion
• MPI work:
• Use environment-modules to improve the "MPI alternatives" situation -- please see the proposal at the bottom of EdHill