Hi everyone, I have submitted the application. However, we can continue to add projects (and mentors) at any point. So if you are interested or have any features that you want to request, please either add it to the wiki page, post it here, or email me.
Best, Travis On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 11:54:08 AM UTC+9 Travis Scrimshaw wrote: > Hi Linden, > Thank you. I added the project at the "standard" length 350 hours. > > Best, > Travis > > On Monday, February 5, 2024 at 7:24:38 PM UTC+9 Linden Disney wrote: > >> I have a proposal for a project I would be willing to mentor (detailed >> below for completeness), but I'm unsure about how best to estimate the >> length (I did GSoC 2021 but estimates of length weren't around then). The >> initial coding would not be too challenging, but the mathematical research >> which is within scope may be harder (but certainly more interesting). >> >> Title: Poincare normal form of Riemann matrices. >> Areas: Algebra, Algebraic Geometry. >> Skills: Knowledge of abstract algebra and Riemann surfaces desirable. >> Length: ? >> Difficulty: Medium-Easy, becoming harder if desired by tackling the >> research questions. >> >> Description: Riemann surfaces are key objects in many areas of maths, >> from mathematical physics to algebraic and arithmetic geometry, with modern >> usage of Sage typically focusing around computing the Riemann matrix and >> calculating the associated theta function. The project would involve an >> implementation of Poincare reduction of the Riemann matrix which allows the >> theta function to be factorised, following the paper of Martens ( >> http://www.jstor.org/stable/43737152), which in turn will require some >> matrix methods to be implemented. There is scope for an enterprising >> applicant to make this into a research paper in two directions, either by >> analysing the improvement to complexity from computing with factorised >> theta functions, or by developing an algorithm to go from one reduction to >> a complete reduction. >> >> On Monday, February 5, 2024 at 12:49:41 AM UTC Travis Scrimshaw wrote: >> >>> I have added it. (For reference on editing the pages, you login using >>> your trac credentials from the upper left corner.) >>> >>> Best, >>> Travis >>> >>> >>> On Monday, February 5, 2024 at 5:38:52 AM UTC+9 Martin R wrote: >>> >>>> I would like to propose the exact same project I had for last year >>>> again, but I am currently at a conference and additionally don't see how I >>>> could edit the page. >>>> >>>> Martin >>>> >>>> On Sunday 4 February 2024 at 05:19:17 UTC+1 Travis Scrimshaw wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sorry for the multiple messages. >>>>> >>>>> For potential mentors, there is no commitment required at this time. >>>>> >>>>> You can also decide later to add a project and/or be a mentor. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Travis >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 1:17:54 PM UTC+9 Travis Scrimshaw wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> For the potential projects, you can either edit the corresponding >>>>>> wiki page in Matthias's link or directly post them here (you do not need >>>>>> to >>>>>> be the mentor). >>>>>> >>>>>> Also, I would like to have a list of potential mentors. Any SageMath >>>>>> developer can be a mentor for a GSoC project; so if you are willing to >>>>>> be a >>>>>> mentor (typically just a few hours a week), please directly email me, >>>>>> post >>>>>> it here, or put your name down as a project mentor. (You do not need to >>>>>> have a specific project in mind either.) >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Travis >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 1:09:07 PM UTC+9 Travis Scrimshaw >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you for doing that. I updated my projects and removed all of >>>>>>> those with named mentors as they have not agreed at present (AFAIK) to >>>>>>> be a >>>>>>> potential mentor. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I was expecting to be the main administrator for GSoC again this >>>>>>> year. We will discuss this on the mentors list. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For the proposal, what we need from the community is a list of >>>>>>> projects they are willing to mentor. There is no commitment at this >>>>>>> time. >>>>>>> However, it is important for our GSoC proposal that it contains a list >>>>>>> of >>>>>>> new projects each year. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>> Travis >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 7:19:44 AM UTC+9 Matthias Koeppe >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> To get the process started for this year, I have created the page >>>>>>>> https://wiki.sagemath.org/GSoC/2024 by copying last year's page, >>>>>>>> removing a completed project and adding a new project that I hope to >>>>>>>> mentor >>>>>>>> this summer. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The deadline for our project to apply as a GSoC mentoring >>>>>>>> organization is rapidly approaching: >>>>>>>> https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/timeline#february_6_-_1800_utc >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Do we have any volunteers for the administrator role? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. 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