The rapid and widespread adoption of the Java language and environment for network-based computing has created a demand for reliable and reusable numerical software components to support a growing number of scientific applications now under development. In this talk I describe both the positive and negative aspects of Java when considered as a language and environment for numerical computing. The status and prospects of various community activities, such as the Java Grande Forum, which aim to improve the environment for numerical computing in Java will be described in some detail.
The talk opens with an overview of the work of the NIST Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division.
This talk was presented at the NIST Boulder Laboratories on October 19, 1999.
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Background: NIST Math & Computational Sciences Division Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF) Analysing Real Microstructures What is Java Java Grande Forum |
Numerics Working Group Report Issue: Multidimensional Arrays Benchmarks The Future |