Peer-to-Peer Numeric Computing with JavaScript
3,156 views · Published 11 December 2015 · 21:26 · Indexed 6 November 2026
Channel: node.js · 2015 · People & Blogs
Athan Reines, Verbify, Inc. Traditionally, if you wanted to write fast code for numeric computation, you used Fortran or C. Within the past two decades, we have seen an enormous shift toward languages which favor expressiveness over absolute speed. Much of scientific computing is now performed using dynamic, loosely typed languages, such as R or Python. Taking into account JavaScript's expressiveness, why not do your computing in Node? In this talk, Athan Reines will discuss numeric computation in JavaScript, libraries currently available, and what makes these libraries competitive with and even superior to alternatives on other platforms. He will discuss how to leverage Node libraries when building P2P compute applications, culminating in a demo showcasing WebRTC and RPC over a peer network. Finally, he will outline future steps and identify opportunities for community development of next-generation tools.
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