Ruby and Science
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The document discusses the challenges of using Ruby in scientific research, highlighting its slow speed, lack of scientific libraries, and small academic user base. It proposes increasing Ruby's presence in academia by developing scientific libraries like SciRuby and encourages collaboration between Ruby developers and researchers. The goal is to make Ruby more recognized and utilized in research, ultimately becoming the preferred programming language for scientists.
Ruby and Science
- 1. Juanjo Bazán @xuanxu Ruby & Science
- 3. Ruby & Science? FACT: RUBY IS NOT WIDELY USED IN RESEARCH PROJECTS
- 4. Ruby ∩Science ≃ ∅ ? Why? not suitable for scientific uses?
- 5. Can Ruby fill the needs of scientists? What people in academia need?
- 7. FACT: It doesn’t matter the scientific discipline,
- 8. FACT: It doesn’t matter the scientific discipline, It doesn’t matter the research field,
- 9. FACT: It doesn’t matter the scientific discipline, it doesn’t matter the research field, (almost) every research project needs code.
- 10. enter Ruby
- 11. Ruby Slow
- 12. Ruby Slow Lack of scientific libraries
- 13. Ruby Slow Lack of scientific libraries Small academic user base
- 14. Ruby Slow Lack of scientific libraries => Not suitable for science? Small academic user base
- 15. core research, simulations, modeling, calculations ... R, automatization tasks, graphs, formatting data ... Research Project’s code WHAT?
- 16. Wide spectrum of very different tasks Research Project’s code WHAT? Speed is not a factor
- 17. Not programmers Research Project’s code WHO? Experienced enough to tweak an existent solution Help wanted
- 18. What help are they getting?
- 20. Java Lots of libraries, easy to find
- 21. Excel Really!
- 22. How can we help?
- 23. Ruby
- 24. Ruby General purpose lang Increase developer happiness Powerful & beautiful syntax
- 25. Ruby Researcher General purpose lang Increase developer happiness Powerful & beautiful syntax Not programmers Experience tweaking existent solutions Wide range of different code tasks
- 26. Ruby Slow Lack of scientific libraries Small academic user base
- 27. Ruby Lack of scientific libraries Small academic user base Slow Speed not a factor
- 28. Ruby Slow Lack of scientific libraries Small academic user base Speed not a factor Let’s push here!
- 29. SciRuby Goal: SciPy/NumPy for Ruby: SciRuby/NMatrix pre-alpha/alpha state Active development SciRuby.com github.com/SciRuby/sciruby Help wanted
- 30. Let’s push Ruby into Academia Goals: - Make Ruby known to/used by researchers - Create an ecosystem of scientific ruby libs
- 31. Let’s push Ruby into Academia Goals: - Create an ecosystem of scientific ruby libs - Make Ruby known to/used by researchers
- 33. Direct action
- 34. Direct action 1. Choose a discipline you like
- 35. Direct action 1. Choose a discipline you like 2. Find your closest university department
- 36. Direct action 1. Choose a discipline you like 2. Find your closest university department 3. Offer help & code
- 37. Why? What’s in it for you?
- 38. Why? More Ruby uses => Good for Rubysts & Ruby
- 42. Why? OS rewards are good, helping science rewards are great
- 43. Why? Learning about interesting issues & problems
- 45. Why?
- 46. Ruby & Science communities Sharing information is the norm Openness is a value Reputation based systems Members are welcoming and willing to help
- 47. Can we make Ruby the programming language of Science?
- 48. Probably No Maybe? Can we make Ruby the programming language of Science?
- 49. Can we make Ruby the programming language of Science? Probably No Maybe?Who cares?
- 50. Let’s make Ruby the favorite programming language of scientists!
- 51. Thank you! Danke! Juanjo Bazán @xuanxu
- 52. Questions? Juanjo Bazán @xuanxu hello@juanjobazan.com photo credits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aai/6936657289 http://www.flickr.com/photos/3dking/148507938/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/morton1905/8638721846 http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanegorski/2449377038 http://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/5865762878