GSoC 2018 Project - Autolev Parser (using ANTLR 4)

[Nikhil Pappu]

Hi,

I am a sophomore in Computer Science and Engineering at the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore and 

a theoretical computer science and applied math enthusiast.

I am well versed in Python. I am also well familiar with C, C++, Java and Javascript.

I have used various programming languages and frameworks related to machine learning, scientific computing, graphics, web dev and mobile dev.

I am a newcomer into the world of open source but I find it quite amazing.

I have a decent understanding of Git and Github.

I would like to work on this project over the course of the summer.

I got to know about ANTLR after looking at the ideas page. I found this tool to be incredibly powerful and user-friendly.

I really liked the ALL(*) approach that it takes over the usual bottom up parsing techniques like LALR(k) and LR(k).

I have taken Physics courses in college. I am well familiar with Classical Mechanics and am studying Quantum Mechanics

this semester.

I have watched the Stanford Compilers MOOC.

I have also read most of the book - The Definitive ANTLR 4 Reference.

I got to know about PyDy recently and I think it does an excellent job at completing the SymPy mechanics module.

I am currently trying to manually translate some examples given in the Autolev Tutorial to SymPy code using the mechanics module

to gain an insight into building the parser.

[Nikhil Pappu]

Here is the first draft of my application:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d26SzVfH0nW62D6zaB1bl5ZMV8MQKj36CCckuQct6aY/edit?usp=sharing

It would be great if I can get feedback on it.