After taking a picture, the overhead involved in displaying it on the screen is very complex and requires a large amount of processing operations. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have constructed a new Programming Language called Halide that stands for two things – first, it simplifies the process of writing Image Processing and Computational Photography Software and second, it’s designed to economize the use of mobile battery and processors while processing Images.
For a digital camera, transforming an Image onto screen to make it appear just like how human eye sees is not an easy task. There are certain processes that have to do a lot with capturing light, reading pixels to deduce the colors, Plus-Constant-Correction process so that the result is as similar to what human eye catches, explains GigaOM . And of course, more megapixel a camera has, more intense processes and more complex and lengthy algorithms are involved.
To rewrite the algorithms in this language, researchers have been able toaccelerate image processing up to threetimes and significantly with smaller code. In one case, Halide algorithm was actually pretty much longer than conventional MATLAB, but the Image Processing was 70x faster :
It is definitely an important step in as the web is becoming more and more visual. Halide is therefore an important programming language designed to make it easier to write short and clear image processing code on modern machines. Halide’s front end is an embedding in C++ and Hardware targets include x86-64/SSE, ARM v7/NEON, and CUDA.

These MIT guys are something else plus they are not our mates.

Djtm: These MIT guys are something else plus they are not our mates.

no they are not. when you give a bunch of smart guys lots of money, they do awesome things

^ Yeah yeah, they are well funded plus they've been making stuffs work and not learning how it works (like we do here) from a tender age.

Djtm: ^ Yeah yeah, they are well funded plus they've been making stuffs work and not learning how it works (like we do here) from a tender age.

i disagree sir, they are a lot of smart people here, with very little funding i can build a team from Nairaland programming section that would do wonders...

^ I was talking on a general basis. They are the best engineering university in the world. Sure, we have talented peeps in Nigeria, but on average, those guys are not our mates!

Mehn, provide me with fund, 24hrs light and a good internet connection dont bother about my feeding or bathing and i'd combine with my facebook/nairaland programming friends and take Naija places with my pals and our ideas. MIT by then would marvel

Ajibel: Mehn, provide me with fund, 24hrs light and a good internet connection dont bother about my feeding or bathing and i'd combine with my facebook/nairaland programming friends and take Naija places with my pals and our ideas. MIT by then would marvel

those are the greatest hindrances a programmer can encounter, and we have them in abundance in Nigeria

wetting them do gen for u for?

How many hours do you want to run on Gen?

Yup indeed. I have to admit the MIT guys are all not our mates.
Because as far as I know, I am only able to some image processing work using a 3rd party tool and do as its tutorials step by step. But I have never imagined that a new language canbe created for that.

arronlee: Yup indeed. I have to admit the MIT guys are all not our mates.
Because as far as I know, I am only able to some image processing work using a 3rd party tool and do as its tutorials step by step. But I have never imagined that a new language canbe created for that.

What are u saying? If u know about image processing and Digital Signal processing, and u know some very good programming and some language theory and u have access to the best algorithms outthere, u can create ur own image processing library or even a whole new programming language based on it. The problem is that we Nigerians neglect basic mathematics that is the foundation of all science and then find ourselves standing in awe of people who dont.

signal processing is one horrible course

PhenomenonVFX:

What are u saying? If u know about image processing and Digital Signal processing, and u know some very good programming and some language theory and u have access to the best algorithms outthere, u can create ur own image processing library or even a whole new programming language based on it. The problem is that we Nigerians neglect basic mathematics that is the foundation of all science and then find ourselves standing in awe of people who dont.