We have been working on the HPCS project for the last two years. During that time we've been studying just how real scientific programmers spend their time, and just what gets in the way of their getting science done using computers. It's about time that we started telling people about it.
This blog is the informal channel for our work on productivity in scientific computing.
Besides, we find the subject interesting, and we really like talking about it.
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Michael S. Ball
I've been working on compilers since 1970, and have been at Sun since 1993. Most of that time has been spent in the Developer Tools group working on C++ and other languages. I'm especially interested in ways to make programs correct and easy to understand, but I'm also an unashamed performance geek. I have a personal Sun blog on blogs.sun.com where I cover a variety of tool-related issues. |
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Susan Squires I'm not going to put words in Sue's mouth. |
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Michael L. Van De Vanter
I've been studying, teaching, and actually doing software development since about 1970; much of my research has concerned the human factors of software development tools, i.e. making them useful to people. I've been at Sun since 1992: first at Sun Labs, then in the Developer Tools group, and now with the HPCS program looking at the software development issues in the HPC community. My personal web page says more about my work, my background, and my publications. |