Sorry to reply to myself but I want to point something else out to all possible GSoC students:
All proposals we had until now are new additions of algorithms. In my opinion this is always welcome, given that several conditions are checked: the algorithm should have proved to be useful generally, and it should fit the scikit-learn API and spirit. However, I think it would be nice to have some proposals that focus on internals: consistency, clean up, refactoring of modules that need it or documentation improvements. As long as the task is measurable, closed-ended and well-defined, I think such a project could really push scikit-learn towards version 1.0, whereas adding more and more algorithms are actually ant-steps backwards in terms of global tightness of the package. Just my 2 yen, Vlad. On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Vlad Niculae <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear students interested in applying for this year's GSoC with scikit-learn: > > As of a couple of days, applications are open. Scikit-learn is a > suborganization of the PSF this year, like in previous years, so you > will apply with PSF as an organzation, specifying that you will work > on scikit-learn. The PSF were kind enough to provide instructions and > a template for the proposals, so you are > invited to peruse them. I am forwarding the specific e-mail here. > > I would like to stress that there is a strict requirement for having > contributed some code to scikit-learn, and to blog weekly about your > project. > > But most importantly, please discuss your proposal on the mailing > list, the sooner the better. There have been discussions until now, > maybe less active than they should have been, but I hope ideas and > directions have crystallised a bit and we will soon see good > discussion and competitive proposals. > > Yours, > Vlad > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Terri Oda <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 7:22 AM > Subject: [Soc2013-general] Student Application Template (Applications > start April 22!) > To: [email protected] > > > As hopefully all of you are aware, student applications to GSoC will > be opening April 22 19:00 UTC (tomorrow to me) and closing May 3rd. I > highly recommend that you all submit applications early -- you can > modify them up until the final deadline. Google will not extend the > deadline for any reason, including technical problems with the melange > system (which have been known to happen at the last minute in the > past), so the sooner you can get an application in the better! > > We have a template to help you prepare your application with the PSF: > > http://wiki.python.org/moin/SummerOfCode/ApplicationTemplate2013 > > Your sub-organizations may have additional requirements; ask them if > there's any extra information they need from you. > > Please note a few things we ask for that are not always required by other > orgs: > * We do require students to blog about their projects, so you will > need to set up a GSoC blog for weekly status updates and any other > thoughts you wish to record about your project. > > * We do require students to submit a link to some sort of code sample, > preferably a patch to the sub-org to which you are applying. Talk to > your mentors if you're uncertain what would be appropriate. > > * Don't forget to put the name of your sub-organization (e.g. > OpenHatch, MNE-Python) into the title of your application. > > If you're not sure about how to write a good proposal, ask your > prospective mentors: they're the ones who will be deciding if they > hire you or not, so they get the final word as to what a good proposal > looks like for them. > > Terri > > _______________________________________________ > Soc2013-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/soc2013-genera ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr _______________________________________________ Scikit-learn-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scikit-learn-general
