RoadMap

This document contains tentative plans for changes and improvements of note in upcoming versions of the HELICS library. All dates are approximate and subject to change, but this is a snapshot of the current planning thoughts. See the projects for additional details

[3.6] ~ Summer 2024

  • Single thread cores

  • Update IPC core

  • Some of the other features listed below

  • This release will likely update HELICS to use C++20 and update minimum Compilers, CMake, boost, and other dependencies.

    • GCC 11

    • clang 14

    • CMake 3.22

    • MSVC 16.10

    • XCode 14

Nearer term features

  • Full xSDK compatibility

  • Separate Java Interface

  • Observer App

  • Tag based subscriptions

Further in the future

  • Updated MPI core

  • Some sort of rollback operations

  • Remote procedure call type of federate

  • Plugin architecture for user defined cores

  • Separate octave interface

  • Enable mesh networking in HELICS