FYI: The full list of ideas for GSoC from Apache are:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?filter=12323652&startIndex=50 I've added 2 for cTAKES: CTAKES-189<CTAKES-189%20-%20GSoC:%20Implement%20OCR/Tika%20to%20standardize%20text%20input%20for%20cTAKES> - GSoC: Implement OCR/Tika to standardize text input for cTAKES CTAKES-188<CTAKES-188%20-%20GSoC:%20Create%20an%20interface%20for%20cTAKES> - GSoC: Create an interface for cTAKES --Pei > -----Original Message----- > From: Chen, Pei [mailto:pei.c...@childrens.harvard.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 11:54 AM > To: dev@ctakes.apache.org > Subject: Google Summer of Code 2013 for cTAKES > > Hi cTAKES committers, > > If you have time to potentially mentor a student, please consider GSoC[1] : > > Mentor registration is open now. Students can begin applications in April 22, > 2013. > > > > I think this is such a great program- Students get a $5000 stipend and > potentially grows the Apache cTAKES as well as additional coding resources. > > For cTAKES mentors (I signed up as a mentor already but encourage other > committers to participate if they're available): > > 1) If you have an interested problem/proposal, just create a Jira item and > mark it with a 'gsoc2013','mentor','newdev' label. And then Wait for students > who may be interested in it. For example: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-4922 > > 2) If you already have students in mind, you can also approach them. But > don't make promises, they will be judged by their proposals alone. > > --- > > If you want to mentor a project in this year's SoC you will have to > > 1. Be an Apache committer. > > 2. Register with Melange and set up a profile [3]. > > 3. Add your username (formerly known as link_id) to [4]. This is NOT your > email address but your Melange username. You can find it at the top of any > page once you are logged in. > > 4. Request an acknowledgement from the PMC for which you want to > mentor projects. Use the below template and do not forget to copy > code-<mailto:code-awa...@apache.org%3cmailto:code-awa...@apache.org> > awa...@apache.org<mailto:code-awa...@apache.org<mailto:code-awa...@apache.org%3cmailto:code-awa...@apache.org>>. > > 5. Once a PMC member acknowledges the request to mentor, and only then, > go to [2] and click the "Start a connection" button. > > > > [1] > https://google-<https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2013> > melange.appspot.com/gsoc/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2013<https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2013> > > [2] https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/org/google/gsoc2013/apache > > [3] https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013 > > [4] https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/GsocLinkId.txt >
