From Java Woes to AI Flows: The HDF5 2.0 Direction - Gerd Heber on Call the Doctor 10/7/25

Описание: Hear from Gerd: About four months ago, I was lamenting the state of HDFView and the poor Java developer experience with the HDF5 library. With the help of AI, my colleague Allen Byrne has made significant strides, including:

Maven integration for the HDF5 library Java bindings (JNI-based)
Maven integration for the HDF5 library Java bindings (Foreign Function and Memory - FFM-based)
HDFView builds against Maven packages

I will give a brief update on Allen’s achievements. How much of this will show up in HDF5 2.0.0 remains to be seen, but the direction of travel is clear: HDF5 2.0 will be open for AI-assisted development, documentation, and tools.

Secondly, I would like to give you a preview of the work we will do to enhance the safety, security, and privacy (SSP) of HDF5 over the next two years and invite you to join this effort.

You can find the notes for this session here: https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf-clini...

This session was recorded on October 7, 2025.

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