Great, thanks a lot, Travis, also for taking on the role of the GSoC admin for another year!
On Monday, February 5, 2024 at 9:55:25 PM UTC-8 Travis Scrimshaw wrote: > 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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