>>>>> "Saleem" == saleem ansari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Saleem> hi, i m saleem from Jamia Millia Islamia. on which date
Saleem> is the programme going to begin?
We'll probably begin on June 1 (Thursday).
I've created a page on the Mentorship Wiki, please refer potential
participants to that. I (or anyone else) can add more questions and
answers to that page as required.
The Wiki page is available at (URL may wrap):
http://shanta.linuxops.net/~raju/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/BioInformaticsWorkshop
Regards,
-- Raju
Saleem> thanx ;-)
Saleem> On 5/17/06, Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> We had a meeting with Prof. Andrew Lynn of the JNU
>> bio-informatics centre last Monday, and while some fiscal
>> details still need to get sorted out at their end, we would
>> like to start getting commitments from people to participate in
>> the program.
>>
>> It will be a 6-week workshop held on the JNU campus, from the
>> beginning of June, to mid-July. Over the longer term, the idea
>> is to come up with a complete suite of open-source software for
>> bio- informatics. The work will be sub-divided into smaller
>> projects, and student programmers from local Delhi colleges
>> will be partnered with people from JNU having expertise in
>> bio-informatics. The student programmers will do the actual
>> coding, working alongside bio-informatics students from
>> JNU. The process will be guided by mentors with expertise in
>> open-source software practices. Over these six weeks, we would
>> be doing well to have a software requirements specification
>> (SRS) completed for all projects, and maybe coding started.
>>
>> Thus, there are two kinds of participants that we need, namely
>> mentors and student programmers. Mentors will need to be able
>> to show prior involvement in at least one open-source software
>> project or group. While programming skills, especially in Perl,
>> Python, Java, C and C++, are desirable, knowledge of software
>> design is a must. Mentors would also need to have at least 2
>> years experience in software design and development. Mentors
>> will be approved by a committee drawn from ILUG-D and JNU, will
>> be paid about Rs. 750/day, and will have to commit to being
>> available over the 6-week period, though, of course, not every
>> day.
>>
>> Students should have excellent programming abilities, and will
>> be screened through a simple programming test. Students will
>> need to commit to being at the workshop every working day of
>> the six weeks. Arranging payment for students is a little more
>> difficult for JNU, but we should be able to at least cover
>> travel expense, and it might be possible to arrange
>> accomodation in JNU hostels. Students will also be given a
>> certificate of participation from JNU at the end of the six
>> weeks, pending succesful progress in their project.
>>
>> Please discuss any aspects of the program here on the list. If
>> you are interested in participating, please make sure to also
>> copy your email to Raj Mathur and/or me. You can also reach me
>> on my mobile at 9868527992. The final list of chosen mentors
>> and students will be posted here.
>>
>> Regards, Gora
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