Domain-Specific Language Development for Microfluidic Biochips

Microfluidic biochips have been gaining great achievements in academia and industry in recent years. Some algorithms are capable of the automation design of these devices. Several automation tools based on those algorithms have been published, yet there have been no standard languages for the data description and information exchange. This thesis proposes to specify a domain-specific language UMF in this field, which supports Columba S and is compatible with other tools. UMF is an extensible, object-oriented, Data Description & Schema Language. It will enable researchers to describe and validate their input and output formats quickly. The implementation of compiler and IDE will also be included in this thesis.