Devoxx 2016 - day 5: notes (2016/11/11)

Java Language and Platform Futures: A Sneak Peek

Brian Goetz

possible improvements

• type inference for local variables
• taming boilerplate
  • equals, hashCode toString...
  • IDE help for writing but not reading
  • e.g. data classes class Point(int x, int y){ } (but complex issues to solve)
• improved switch: eg pattern matching
• project valhalla: value types / better Data layout (complex)
• specialized generics
• project panama: efficient native code (better JNI)

others:

• https://www.eclipse.org/collections/ efficient collections

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Flying services with the drone

Krzysztof Kudrynski, Blazej Kubiak

• parrot
• yadrone library: https://vsis-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/oldServer/teaching//projects/yadrone/
• blended map: focus mask + average
• edge based distance
• ffmpeg on android/windows
• camera distortions: "camera calibration" (opencv)
• particle filtering:

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Building Chat Bots - The Next Gen UI

James Ward

• chat channels: slack, facebook messenger
• natural language / interactive
• protocols: no standards
• demo