On Apr 6, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Helena wrote: > My name is Helena Scheuble and I am an undergraduate computer science > student (with a mathematics minor) at Washington State University. I > just recently encountered the Google Summer of Code program, and just > discovered your project today. > > I have taken Calculus I & II and discrete mathematics. Since I am > technically a freshman in the computer science program (although a > senior in credits as a result of changing majors), I have not had an > extensive programming history, but my first class was in Python and I > have also viewed the MIT open courses on Python development. I am > proactive with becoming fluent in computer languages and methods, and > am currently learning Ruby on my own. I have programmed in Python > (including creating a GUI and an artificial intelligence player using > a mini-max algorithm.)
What did you change majors from, out of curiosity? > > I am interested in your program because of my passion for math, and a > strong interest in utilizing libraries. I received an A in Calculus I > and am on target to also receive A's in Calculus II and Discrete Math. > I recently completed series and sequences and Taylor/MacLaurin > polynomials. However, I do have some concern about your protocol for > applying and its feasibility recognizing the time constraints. I was > wondering if the expectations to write a patch, etc. were expected to > be completed prior to the application deadline? So I think we are going to set a deadline to submit a patch by the application deadline, i.e., you should have put in a pull request by then. The patch should then be full reviewed and pushed in before the decision deadline (though ideally much sooner than that). This is because we are a little short on reviewing manpower with all the people we need to get patches in for them to be eligible. So try to submit a patch before then. > > Although I am not an advanced programmer, I do have a quick learning > curve. I am currently working on an undergraduate research project > using the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud to create a web-based interface > to run engineering simulations on cloud nodes. I am utilizing Python, > Java, Ruby (and Ruby on Rails), postgresql, ubuntu, Linux, Mozilla EC2 > plug-ins, Apache and PHP, etc. Many of these platforms I had no > familiarity with prior to the project, and am learning as I go. > > Perhaps you could answer the question of how much specifically needs > to be done prior to applying, so that I can consider whether this is > feasible within the next day or so. Other than the patch requirement, you (obviously) need to submit an actual proposal. If you have enough time in the next day, I think it is doable, but you need to hurry. Do you know what you want to apply to do? It sounds like you don't have too advanced of a mathematics background, but there are still projects you can do. Take a look at our ideas page and see what interests you. Aaron Meurer > > Thanks so much for your help! > > Helena Scheuble > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to sympy@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
