Hi everyone,
I came across a summary of GSoC for the R project. I thought the the
idea of having two mentors per student had value. I know that we didn't
participate in GSoC 2011 for lack of mentors. Perhaps having two mentors
per student could ease the burden on each individual mentor.
From
http://csgillespie.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/development-of-r-user-2011/ :
<...snip...>
Aims: introduce students to the R developer community and push
forward their project. roxygen and cran2deb were
previous GSoC projects.
Communication channels: email, IM, skype, personal meetings.
Experiences:
Two mentors per student. The two admins ping projects
every now and again;
Time lines are based on US summer holidays;
Vanishing mentor and student.
Advice for Mentors:
Start to look early (January) for students. Look for a
co-mentor;
Plan the time carefully;
Remember that coding time is also holiday time and students
range from 1st year to PhD students.
Sincerely,
Jason
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