[Semediawiki-user] Plans for Google Summer of Code

[Markus K. <ma...@se...>]

Dear all,

SMW is planning to participate in Google Summer of Code this year (in 
previous years, we did this under the umbrella of the Wikimedia 
Foundation). This is a great opportunity for young hackers from around 
the world to make key contributions to SMW-related projects while 
earning both money and experience. Semantic Maps and RDFIO are examples 
of projects that came out of earlier GSoCs.

As the name suggests, actual work will happen in summer, but it is not 
too early to make a mental note, or to get in touch with the people you 
would like to work with. I forward below an email from Sumana, the GSoC 
coordinator for the Wikimedia Foundation, which contains many helpful 
hints for students. The initial project page for SMW is at

http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/GSoC_2011

Students (and interested users) can also propose their own projects -- 
the best place to do this is is on the SMW developers list (CCed) or on 
the SMW IRC channel. In principle, we can host all projects which are 
related to SMW extensions and to MediaWiki in general, as long as SMW 
users will clearly benefit from them.

Cheers,

Markus


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Recruiting students to apply for Google Summer of Code
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:57:47 -0500
From: Sumana Harihareswara <su...@pa...>
Reply-To: Wikimedia developers <wik...@li...>
To: wik...@li...


      I'll be administering MediaWiki's participation in Google Summer of
Code this year, so I'd like to recruit bright students to consider applying.

      Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a program where you get paid to
hack an open source project during the summer.  It's never too early to
start thinking about summer internships! There's a good explanation of
the program here:

http://www.booki.cc/gsocstudentguide/_v/1.0/what-is-google-summer-of-code/

      Community college, university, and graduate students around the
world are eligible.  You don't need to be a Computer Science or IT major:

http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/faqs#who

      If you'd like to participate, check out the timeline.  Make sure
you are available full-time from 23 May till 22 August this summer, and
have a little free time from 25 April till 23 May for ramp-up.

http://www.google-melange.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/timeline

      Then sign up on our wiki page and start talking with us in
#wikimedia-dev about a possible project!

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2011


Good luck,
Sumana Harihareswara
interim Wikimedia volunteer/community development coordinator

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