IP : image processor

This project is about MetaOcaml / PLT typed Scheme experiments with C
code generation for image processing applications.  This is a hands-on
exercise to bring together the following elements:

  - deforestation of image processing 
  - datastructure traversal as delimited continuation

Practical goals:

  - integration in GIMP (still) and Packet Forth (video).

Image processing is used instead of audio processing due to its
multi-dimensional nature which makes sequence iteration non-trivial.

This project is a side-track of Staapl.  While Staapl aims mostly at
metaprogramming event/control applications, this project aims at
dataflow/DSP applications.  These two domains are too different to
tackle them in the same framework.  Rest assured, IP doesn't use the
Forth language ;)


Entry: The practical goal
Date: Mon Mar 30 15:42:54 CEST 2009

A project I'm involved in uses a core DSP routine based on edge
detection and the Hough transform.  I'd like to play with these
algorithms to get a hands-on feel about how to tackle memoization and
deforestation of composed operations.