projects/dfw/DSPCAD-Framework.md

+# DFW: The DSPCAD Framework
+
+This webpage describes the DSPCAD Framework, which is developed
+in the [Maryland DSPCAD Research
+Group](https://code.umd.edu/dspcad-pub/dspcadwiki/-/wikis/home)
+
+## Overview
+
+The DSPCAD Framework (DFW) provides a backbone for most of the software
+packages developed in the DSPCAD Group. In particular, most DSPCAD
+Group packages are either base packages, which means they are at the
+core of the framework, or they are plug-ins to base packages.
+
+The based packages of DFW consist of three complementary tools – the Data-flow
+Interchange Format (DIF), LIghtweight Data-flow Environment (LIDE) and DSPCAD
+Integrative Command Line Environment (DICE), which support flexible design
+experimen- tation and orthogonalization across three major dimensions in
+model-based DSP system design – abstract data-flow models, actor implementation
+languages, and integration with platform-specific design tools, respectively. 
+
+For a more detailed overview of the base packages in DFW, see [the DSPCAD
+Framework book
+chapter](https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-94-017-7267-9_36).
+
+## Current Project Participants
+
+- Shuvra Bhattacharyya, Xiaowen Qi, Yan Zhang (University of Maryland).
+
+## Previous Project Participants
+
+- Kyunghun Lee, Lin Li, Shuoxin Lin, Yanzhou Liu, William Plishker (University
+  of Maryland).
+
+## Software Download and Setup
+
+To set up the DFW
+
+## E-mail List and Contact for Questions
+
+News about DICE, including information about updates and new releases,
+is broadcast on the DSPCAD News Email List. To subscribe to this list,
+send email to the *[DSPCAD Manager](mailto:dspcad-manager@.umd.edu)* list.
+
+For questions about installing, using, or updating DICE, send email to
+the *[DSPCAD Manager](mailto:dspcad-manager@umd.edu)* list.
+
+## Publications
+
+A list of publications related to the DICE project, and PDF versions of
+selected publications can be found on the [DICE Project Publications
+Page](http://dspcad.umd.edu/projects/dice/pubs/contents.html).
+
+## Sponsorship
+
+This work has been sponsored in part by the U. S. National Science
+Foundation, the Laboratory for Telecommunication Science, and the US Air
+Force Research Laboratory.
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