Pearu Peterson, PhD

Contact:	pearu@cens.ioc.ee

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I am author of:

IOCBio --- open-source software from the Laboratory of Systems Biology (status: active)
SympyCore --- an efficient pure Python Computer Algebra System (status: active)
F2PY --- Fortran to Python Interface generator (status: active)
pylibnidaqmx --- a Python wrapper to libnidaqmx library (status: active)
pylibtiff --- a a Python TIFF library (with pure Python support as well as with a ctypes wrapper to libtiff) (status: active)
ftpsync2d --- a bidirectional tool to synchronize remote and local directory trees using FTP (status: 2008)

I have made contributions to:

SymPy --- Python library for symbolic mathematics
Mpmath --- Python library for arbitrary-precision floating-point arithmetic
SciPy --- Scientific tools for Python (status: active, core developer), see my Scipy page.
GiNaC --- Symbolic computation within the C++ programming language (status: December 2001, Python output support)
GMPY --- General Multiprecision PYthon project (status: January 2001, frozen)

Here follows a list of software that I have produced in past and that are maintained only occasionally:

polyhedron --- Python interface to cddlib (status: 2007)
pythonrun.sty --- LaTeX interface to Python. See the User's Guide (status: May 1999)
mgppp --- Preprocessor for MagicPoint presentation files for inclusion LaTeX text. See mgppp Tutorial. (status: October 2001)
pyvtk --- Tools for manipulating VTK files in Python (status: January 2003)
cozer --- Competition organizer for Aquatic Motorsports events (status: January 2002)
pyginac --- Python interface to GiNaC (status: March 2002, stilled)
My sandbox --- Various Python related modules (status: unmaintained)

Most of my software is released under GNU Lesser General Public License or BSD License with few exceptions (e.g. cozer is released under GNU GPL).

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