Thanks for your quick response. Yes, I am clearly not as advanced mathematically as others (I have reviewed some of the other proposals), but this program piqued my interest. Coming at it with such a limited time, however, I do need to evaluate whether the process is feasible. I was encouraged by my mentor/research advisor to apply this year, even though I am in my first year of computer science and was a bit intimidated (and still am). I will review the project ideas and see if there is one that feels realistic. I do have time to generate a proposal if I find that to be the case, and was more concerned about the patch. I was particularly interested in the integration one, but that is labeled hard, so perhaps not.
Thanks so much for your help! Helena Scheuble On Apr 6, 2:03 pm, "Aaron S. Meurer" <asmeu...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > athttp://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.
