Hi Aaron, On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Aaron Meurer <asmeu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone. > > Google has officially announced that they will be running Google > Summer of Code 2012. See > http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012. There is > also a linke to a timeline on that page. > > We plan to apply again. Google will not release the questions we have > to answer until the application period begins on Feburary 27, but they > will likely be similar to the ones that were used last year. So I > have started a page on the wiki for it at > https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/GSoC-2012-Organization-Application, > based on last year's application. Please feel free to edit it, though > note that the questions listed there may not be the exact ones that > are asked. > > Aside from that, we need people to update the student application > template (https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/GSoC-2012-Application-Template) > and, more importantly, the ideas page > (https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/gsoc-2012-Ideas). Please go > through the ideas page and add new ideas, and remove ones that are > already implemented. In particular, any projects that were done last > year should be removed, or updated to reflect things that can be done > to extend the project. And some of the ideas that are already there > are getting a little stale, so we could really use novel ideas. > Discuss on the mailing list if you're not sure if something fits > within the scope of the project. > > Regarding the template, do people have any comments about how we ran > the program last year that they think should be changed? This is the > time to start discussing this. Also, if any mentors from last year > have any comments about the applications, changing the template is one > way to fix things. > > I guess we should start getting a list of people who are willing to > mentor. In particular, for those who mentored last year, who are > willing to mentor again? If you participated in the past as a
I will help with the application. (I think we can wait until we know the exact questions.) We should put there information about the last GSoC and links to our results/blogposts/reports. And in general refresh it, I think we have learned a lot during the last GSoC. I will be available as a mentor again. Ondrej > student, and are still a student, you are welcome to apply again as a > student. Or, if you like, you can participate as a mentor. > > Finally, it's not too soon to start talking to us if you want to > apply. If you are interested, write to the mailing list and introduce > yourself. > > Aaron Meurer > > -- > 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.
