Acknowledgments

KnitScript is the result of collaborative research, development, and community support. We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of individuals, institutions, and organizations that have made this project possible.

πŸ›οΈ Institutional Support

Northeastern University

ACT Lab (Accessible Creative Technologies Laboratory)

The primary research group developing KnitScript and the broader knitting software ecosystem.

  • Principal Investigator: Dr. Megan Hofmann

  • Research Focus: Accessible design tools, creative technologies, human-computer interaction

  • Lab Website: ACT Lab

Khoury College of Computer Sciences

Providing institutional support, resources, and research infrastructure.

πŸ’° Funding Acknowledgments

National Science Foundation (NSF)

This work has been supported by the following NSF grants:

NSF Grant 2341880: HCC:SMALL:Tools for Programming and Designing Interactive Machine-Knitted Smart Textiles

  • Program: Human-Centered Computing (HCC)

  • Focus: Development of accessible programming tools for smart textile design

  • Duration: 2023-2026

  • Impact: Primary funding for KnitScript language development and user interface design

NSF Grant 2327137: Collaborative Research: HCC: Small: End-User Guided Search and Optimization for Accessible Product Customization and Design

  • Program: Human-Centered Computing (HCC)

  • Focus: User-centered design tools and optimization frameworks

  • Collaboration: Multi-institution research partnership

  • Duration: 2023-2026

  • Impact: Support for accessibility features and user-centered design research

πŸ”¬ Technical Acknowledgments

Open Source Dependencies

KnitScript builds upon excellent open source software:

parglare

  • Author: Igor DejanoviΔ‡

  • Purpose: LR/GLR parser generator used for KnitScript grammar

  • License: MIT License

  • Repository: textX/parglare

Python Ecosystem

  • Python Software Foundation: For the Python programming language

  • PyPI: For package distribution infrastructure

  • Sphinx: For documentation generation framework

  • pytest: For testing framework and infrastructure

πŸ“ Citation

If you use KnitScript in academic research, please cite:

@software{knitscript2025,
  title={KnitScript: A High-Level Programming Language for V-Bed Knitting Machines},
  author={[Hofmann, Megan]},
  year={2025},
  url={https://github.com/mhofmann-Khoury/knit_script},
  institution={Northeastern University ACT Lab}
}