<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Acknowledgements - Untitled</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="Untitled"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="Preface.html#Preface" title="Preface"> <link rel="next" href="How-You-Can-Contribute-to-Octave.html#How-You-Can-Contribute-to-Octave" title="How You Can Contribute to Octave"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="Acknowledgements"></a> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="How-You-Can-Contribute-to-Octave.html#How-You-Can-Contribute-to-Octave">How You Can Contribute to Octave</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Preface.html#Preface">Preface</a> <hr> </div> <h3 class="unnumberedsec">Acknowledgements</h3> <p><a name="index-acknowledgements-3"></a> Many people have already contributed to Octave's development. The following people have helped code parts of Octave or aided in various other ways (listed alphabetically). <p><table summary=""><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Ben Abbott </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Andy Adler </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Joel Andersson <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Muthiah Annamalai </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Shai Ayal </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Roger Banks <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Ben Barrowes </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Alexander Barth </td><td valign="top" width="33%">David Bateman <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Heinz Bauschke </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Karl Berry </td><td valign="top" width="33%">David Billinghurst <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Don Bindner </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Jakub Bogusz </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Moritz Borgmann <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Richard Bovey </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Marcus Brinkmann </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Remy Bruno <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Marco Caliari </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Daniel Calvelo </td><td valign="top" width="33%">John C. Campbell <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Jean-Francois Cardoso </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Joao Cardoso </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Larrie Carr <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">David Castelow </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Vincent Cautaerts </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Clinton Chee <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Albert Chin-A-Young </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Carsten Clark </td><td valign="top" width="33%">J. D. Cole <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Martin Costabel </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Michael Creel </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Jeff Cunningham <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Martin Dalecki </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Jorge Barros de Abreu </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Carlo de Falco <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Thomas D. Dean </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Philippe Defert </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Bill Denney <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">David M. Doolin </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Pascal A. Dupuis </td><td valign="top" width="33%">John W. Eaton <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Dirk Eddelbuettel </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Paul Eggert </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Stephen Eglen <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Peter Ekberg </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Rolf Fabian </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Stephen Fegan <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Ramon Garcia Fernandez </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Torsten Finke </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Jose Daniel Munoz Frias <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Castor Fu </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Eduardo Gallestey </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Walter Gautschi <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Klaus Gebhardt </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Driss Ghaddab </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Nicolo Giorgetti <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Michael Goffioul </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Glenn Golden </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Tomislav Goles <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Keith Goodman </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Brian Gough </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Steffen Groot <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Etienne Grossmann </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Peter Gustafson </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Kai Habel <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">William P. Y. Hadisoeseno </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Jaroslav Hajek </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Benjamin Hall <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Kim Hansen </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Soren Hauberg </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Dave Hawthorne <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Daniel Heiserer </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Martin Helm </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Yozo Hida <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Ryan Hinton </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Roman Hodek </td><td valign="top" width="33%">A. Scottedward Hodel <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Richard Allan Holcombe </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Tom Holroyd </td><td valign="top" width="33%">David Hoover <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Kurt Hornik </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Christopher Hulbert </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Cyril Humbert <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Teemu Ikonen </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Alan W. Irwin </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Geoff Jacobsen <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Mats Jansson </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Cai Jianming </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Steven G. Johnson <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Heikki Junes </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Atsushi Kajita </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Jarkko Kaleva <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Mohamed Kamoun </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Lute Kamstra </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Thomas Kasper <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Joel Keay </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Mumit Khan </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Paul Kienzle <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Aaron A. King </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Arno J. Klaassen </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Geoffrey Knauth <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Heine Kolltveit </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Ken Kouno </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Oyvind Kristiansen <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Piotr Krzyzanowski </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Volker Kuhlmann </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Tetsuro Kurita <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Miroslaw Kwasniak </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Rafael Laboissiere </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Kai Labusch <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Claude Lacoursiere </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Walter Landry </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Bill Lash <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Dirk Laurie </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Maurice LeBrun </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Friedrich Leisch <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Timo Lindfors </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Benjamin Lindner </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Ross Lippert <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">David Livings </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Erik de Castro Lopo </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Massimo Lorenzin <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Emil Lucretiu </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Hoxide Ma </td><td valign="top" width="33%">James Macnicol <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Jens-Uwe Mager </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Ricardo Marranita </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Orestes Mas <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Makoto Matsumoto </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Tatsuro Matsuoka </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Laurent Mazet <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">G. D. McBain </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Alexander Mamonov </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Christoph Mayer <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Thorsten Meyer </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Petr Mikulik </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Stefan Monnier <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Antoine Moreau </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Kai P. Mueller </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Victor Munoz <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Carmen Navarrete </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Todd Neal </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Al Niessner <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Rick Niles </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Takuji Nishimura </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Kai Noda <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Eric Norum </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Krzesimir Nowak </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Michael O'Brien <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Peter O'Gorman </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Thorsten Ohl </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Arno Onken <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Luis F. Ortiz </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Scott Pakin </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Gabriele Pannocchia <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Sylvain Pelissier </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Per Persson </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Primozz Peterlin <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Jim Peterson </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Danilo Piazzalunga </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Nicholas Piper <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Robert Platt </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Hans Ekkehard Plesser </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Tom Poage <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Orion Poplawski </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Ondrej Popp </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Jef Poskanzer <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Francesco Potorti </td><td valign="top" width="33%">James B. Rawlings </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Eric S. Raymond <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Balint Reczey </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Michael Reifenberger </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Jason Riedy <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Petter Risholm </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Matthew W. Roberts </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Andrew Ross <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Mark van Rossum </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Kevin Ruland </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Ryan Rusaw <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Olli Saarela </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Toni Saarela </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Juhani Saastamoinen <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Radek Salac </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Ben Sapp </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Aleksej Saushev <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Alois Schloegl </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Michel D. Schmid </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Julian Schnidder <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Nicol N. Schraudolph </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Sebastian Schubert </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Ludwig Schwardt <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Thomas L. Scofield </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Daniel J. Sebald </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Dmitri A. Sergatskov <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Baylis Shanks </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Joseph P. Skudlarek </td><td valign="top" width="33%">John Smith <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Julius Smith </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Shan G. Smith </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Joerg Specht <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Quentin H. Spencer </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Christoph Spiel </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Richard Stallman <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Russell Standish </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Doug Stewart </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Jonathan Stickel <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Thomas Stuart </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Ivan Sutoris </td><td valign="top" width="33%">John Swensen <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Ariel Tankus </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Georg Thimm </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Duncan Temple Lang <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Kris Thielemans </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Olaf Till </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Thomas Treichl <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Frederick Umminger </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Utkarsh Upadhyay </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Stefan van der Walt <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Peter Van Wieren </td><td valign="top" width="33%">James R. Van Zandt </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Gregory Vanuxem <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Ivana Varekova </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Thomas Walter </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Olaf Weber <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Thomas Weber </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Rik Wehbring </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Bob Weigel <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Andreas Weingessel </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Michael Weitzel </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Fook Fah Yap <br></td></tr><tr align="left"><td valign="top" width="33%">Michael Zeising </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Federico Zenith </td><td valign="top" width="33%">Alex Zvoleff <br></td></tr></table> <p>Special thanks to the following people and organizations for supporting the development of Octave: <ul> <li>The United States Department of Energy, through grant number DE-FG02-04ER25635. <li>Ashok Krishnamurthy, David Hudak, Juan Carlos Chaves, and Stanley C. Ahalt of the Ohio Supercomputer Center. <li>The National Science Foundation, through grant numbers CTS-0105360, CTS-9708497, CTS-9311420, CTS-8957123, and CNS-0540147. <li>The industrial members of the Texas-Wisconsin Modeling and Control Consortium (<a href="http://www.che.utexas.edu/twmcc">TWMCC</a>). <li>The Paul A. Elfers Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. <li>Digital Equipment Corporation, for an equipment grant as part of their External Research Program. <li>Sun Microsystems, Inc., for an Academic Equipment grant. <li>International Business Machines, Inc., for providing equipment as part of a grant to the University of Texas College of Engineering. <li>Texaco Chemical Company, for providing funding to continue the development of this software. <li>The University of Texas College of Engineering, for providing a Challenge for Excellence Research Supplement, and for providing an Academic Development Funds grant. <li>The State of Texas, for providing funding through the Texas Advanced Technology Program under Grant No. 003658-078. <li>Noel Bell, Senior Engineer, Texaco Chemical Company, Austin Texas. <li>John A. Turner, Group Leader, Continuum Dynamics (CCS-2), Los Alamos National Laboratory, for registering the <a href="octave.org">octave.org</a> domain name. <li>James B. Rawlings, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. <li>Richard Stallman, for writing GNU. </ul> <p>This project would not have been possible without the GNU software used in and to produce Octave. </body></html>