hi, thanx for the information. i'll forward the information regarding this workshop it to everyone i can.
bye ;-) On 5/18/06, Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>>>> "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 > > -- > Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ > GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F > It is the mind that moves > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > > -- o1p2e3n4g5l6 _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
