Re: What software tools would be useful?

From: Russell Wallace (wallacethinmintr_at_eircom.net)
Date: 11/01/04 

Date: 1 Nov 2004 17:35:23 GMT

On 31 Oct 2004 05:14:04 GMT, jsn@panix.com (John S. Novak, III) wrote:

>If you're talking about CAD tools-- and especially if you're not
>already familiar with them, as I'm sure at least some readers aren't--

Yep, both of these are the case :)

>1) Manual design
>2) Automated design
>3) Simulation
>4) Abstraction and integration

[rest of excellent explanation snipped]

Thanks! That makes sense.

So the next step then would be to find out what the current state of
the art is in tool support for each of these activities as applied to
nanotechnology, and where improvements are both easiest and
potentially most helpful. (I'm biased towards #2 due to my background
in AI, but I'm prepared to look at the possibility that e.g.
improvements in support for #1 might at this time be lower-hanging
fruit.) 

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