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WhatsApp Codec Prototyped in Julia: Have you noticed recent improvements in audio and visual quality when using WhatsApp? Julia may be part of the reason why. In a new presentation, Revamping Audio Quality for Real-Time Calling, Meta engineers Sriram Srinivasan, Jatin Kumar and Bikash Agarwalla describe how they used Julia for prototyping to improve WhatsApp audio and video call quality. Jatin Kumar explains, ‘Think of Julia as a powerful combination of MATLAB and Python, with an amazing collection of DSP libraries. It allows writing expressive code through first-class support for vector operations.’ The use of Julia is described in this video starting at 8 minutes, 15 seconds. Results and rollout are described at the end of the video.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Uses Julia to Fast-Track Hydrogen Supply Chain Infrastructure Deployment: According to Mark Chung, group manager for Infrastructure and Energy Storage Analysis at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), “We recently made several upgrades to [the Scenario Evaluation and Regionalization Analysis model], including translating the tool into the Julia programming language which has drastically increased the model’s computational efficiency, whether run on a desktop or on NREL’s high-performance computer.”

Quarto 1.5 Now Includes Julia: Quarto 1.5 was just released, and ‘its most important update is the addition of Julia.’ Click here to learn more.

2024 Julia Community Prize: The winners of the 2024 Julia Community Prize have been announced. The Julia Community Prize honors those who have made important contributions to the Julia community. Winners receive a certificate of accomplishment and a cash award. This year’s winners are:

  • Guillaume Dalle, for contributions to the Julia ecosystem, including DifferentiationInterface and Modern Julia Workflows
  • Makie team (Simon Danisch, Julius Krumbiegel, Frederic Freyer and Anshul Singhvi), for contributions to Makie and improving interactive data visualization in Julia
  • JuMP team (Oscar Dowson, Benoît Legat and Miles Lubin), for their long-term commitment and contributions to JuMP

JuliaCon 2024: This year’s JuliaCon was the biggest and best yet, featuring more than 330 talks, presentations, posters and workshops, 600+ in-person attendees and thousands more online. Nearly all JuliaCon presentations will be available via the Julia YouTube channel.

New Free Online Julia Workshops from JuliaHub: JuliaHub is pleased to announce a new free online workshop series. The first workshop is Julia for Engineers: Part 1 - Algorithms with Dr. Matt Bauman, JuliaHub Director of Customer Success. This workshop will take place Friday, August 30 starting at 1 pm Eastern (US). Participation is free but space is limited and registration is required. Click here to register and for more information.

Free Webinars from JuliaHub: JuliaHub provides free one-hour Webinars on a variety of topics. Registration is free but space is limited. Click the link below to register, or watch past Webinars here.


This Month in Julia World: Click here for Stefan Krastanov’s monthly newsletter, This Month in Julia World, for more of the latest Julia news.

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