Hello all
Just finished preparing the Ideas page for GSoC 2021 [1]
[1] https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/GSoC-Ideas:-2021
EX-GSoC students & developers If you want to participate as a mentor please read the mentor guide [2] add your name to [1] (if needed) & and a YES to indicate availability.
[2] https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/index
If you want to participate in GSoC as a student:
You can have a heads up by reading [1] and understanding in detail what is going to be needed for your participation to be successful.
Remember that the participation of pgRouting on GSoC 2021 depends on the acceptance of OSGeo organization within the GSoC program and that will be known by march 9, 2021. see the full timeline in [3]
[3] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/#timeline
For GSoC 2021 there are a lot of changes at the end of this mail you can find a summary.
Happy Holidays!
pgRouting team
Smaller project size - all students participating in the 2021 program will be working on a 175 hour project (instead of a 350 hr project). This change will also result in a few other changes including the student stipend being cut in half.
- Currently we are missing out on many wonderful students who could never commit to such a huge project and time commitment but would be great contributors to your community. This is a significant change as we now are no longer strongly encouraging students to focus only on GSoC over their summer. Students have many other responsibilities especially during the pandemic that make it hard for them to spend 30 hours a week on a project.
Shortened coding period - the coding period will be 10 weeks with a lot more flexibility for the mentor and student to decide together how they want to spread the work out over the summer. Some folks may choose to stick to a 17-18 hour a week schedule with their students, others may factor in a couple of breaks during the program (for student and mentor) and some may have students focus 30 hours a week on their project so they wrap up in 6 weeks. This also makes it a lot easier for students with finals or other commitments (weddings, etc.) to adjust their schedules.
2 evaluations (instead of 3) - There will be an evaluation after 5 weeks and the final evaluation will take place after the 10th week. We are also no longer requiring students complete their first evaluation (though we encourage them to do so), so if a student doesn’t complete the first evaluation they will not automatically be removed from the program. They are still required to complete the final evaluation.
Eligibility requirements - In 2020 there are many ways students are learning and we want to acknowledge that so we will be allowing students who are 18 years old AND currently enrolled (or accepted into) a post-secondary academic program as of May 17, 2021 or have graduated from a post-secondary academic program between December 1, 2020 and May 17, 2021 to apply to the GSoC program.
- What this means is that now the program will be open to folks participating in a variety of different academic programs, not just accredited university programs. This includes licensed coding camps, community colleges, and many other programs that may not be accredited yet but are post-secondary academic programs.
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