Zig Data Kernels for Scientific Hosts: Contiguous Arrays, Strides, Null Masks, and Batch Calls

A practical two-hour session on Zig Data Kernels for Scientific Hosts, focused on Contiguous Arrays, Strides, Null Masks, and Batch Calls. The session treats Zig as a native component exposed through C-compatible boundaries, with attention to exported symbols, allocators, packaging, host-runtime tests, and failure handling.

Audience: entry-level and intermediate developers who want a practical engineering session, not a language tour.

Outcomes:

• Explain the practical boundaries of Zig Data Kernels for Scientific Hosts
• Apply Contiguous Arrays in a small working example
• Apply Strides in a small working example
• Apply Null Masks in a small working example

Format: two hours with a short framing walkthrough, a concrete example, discussion of tradeoffs, and a closing checklist for practice.