functional language for computing with geometry
At Dept of Informatica e Automazione (DIA) of University Roma Tre, Italy, we do research on design languages, knowledge representation and progressive combination and visualization of distributed 3D data sets.
A SUR award from IBM Corp. granted in 2004 the equipment for a new PLM Lab at DIA for Intelligent Computational Design, and made possible the start of new courses on PLM applications and on parallel computing.
The CAD/PLM Lab has strong links with people in computational and automation applications at Engineering School in Roma Tre:
Prof. Di Carlo, Mechanics of solids, Dept. of Structures; Prof. Nicolo`, Production automation, Dept. of Informatica; Prof. Morino. Aeroelasticity, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
and with US research groups:
Prof. Bajaj, CCV, Univ. of Texas at Austin; Prof. Shapiro, Spatial Automation, Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison; Dr. Bernardini, IBM Res. Division at Yorktown, NY; Dr. Pascucci, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. at Livermore, CA
Authored the XGE (eXtreme Geometric Environment) the kernel is currently based upon, and the SVG, XML and FFI interfaces.
Authored the current Scheme-based interpreter and the VRML animation, and contributed to colors, textures, lights and cameras.
Authored the Xplode (Is a PLasm Open Development Environment) multi-platform editor and IDE
Project coordinator: provided development directions and the PLaSM libraries. On the way, he is using PLaSM for teaching and research.