MeTA Studio is programmable IDE tailored for a computational chemist. Main features include:

A programmable interface primarily through BeanShell with support for other languages Workspace support Visualization and Rendering (through JRman) Support for 3-D scalar field visualization Access to embedded Jmol and its libraries Access to parts or modifications of quantumj and mathutils libraries (hosted on java.net) for Quantum Chemical calculations A peer-to-peer networking interface for grouping instances of MeTA studio running on multiple machines to perform varied tasks including computation, rendering and collaboration To be included:

A new Mathematica type interface tailored for computational chemistry A collaborative environment for interaction among computational chemists working on similar problems Ahead in future:

MeTA Studio is not meant to be restricted for use in Computational Chemistry domain, although currently it is more focused towards it. I expect many frameworks in MeTA Studio to expand on to other computational science(s) in near future, with hopefully strong contributions from experts in other fields. I envisage MeTA Studio to be a complete platform for doing computational science, whether it be as a tool, as a programming platform for building new scientific applications, or even as a teaching aid. Installation and other information:

For installation instructions check http://code.google.com/p/metastudio/wiki/Installation. Also check http://code.google.com/p/metastudio/wiki/ for general help articles on various topics related to MeTA Studio. For latest updates and screen shots check out my blog at http://tovganesh.blogspot.com/search/label/MeTA Latest Version: 2.0.04062009 Online Update Release Date: (None at the moment, upgrade to latest binary release) Full Binary Release Date: 4 June, 2009 Stable Source Tarball Release Date: 14 January, 2009 Daily source update (SVN access): http://code.google.com/p/metastudio/source/browse/ To get involved check: How you can help News! Happy to say that a report describing MeTA Studio is published in J. Comput. Chem. (Volume 30, Pages 661 - 672, 2009). I hope that this brings in more developers and users for the MeTA Studio platform!

Citation

If you use MeTA Studio in a research publication, you may cite the following:

"MeTA studio: A cross platform, programmable IDE for computational chemist", V. Ganesh, J. Comput. Chem., 30, 661 (2009). (Web: http://code.google.com/p/metastudio/)
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