From: Markus K. <ma...@se...> - 2011-03-08 22:30:29
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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 _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wik...@li... https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l |
From: Markus K. <ma...@se...> - 2011-03-22 17:54:38
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Dear all, unfortunately, Google has rejected our GSoC application. Out of 430 applications, 175 organisations got accepted this year. There is still a chance that our ideas are realised in GSoC projects at Wikimedia (the Foundation got accepted), and we can only encourage all interested students to apply there. I trust that our mentors would also still be available in this case. We have just attended an online feedback session where Google explained the reasons for the negative decisions in each case. Here is a transcript of this discussion (Carol is the Google representative, Nightrose and I were there for SMW): [17:05] <carols> loved the ideas page, of course. i think it was spot-on [17:06] <Nightrose> heh [17:06] <markus_> thanks [17:07] <carols> unfortunately i think our conversation boiled down to us making tough decisions about who to cut and we knew you'd participated in the past under the wikimedia umbrella and hoped you could continue to [17:07] <carols> another tough call for me :-( [17:07] <Nightrose> that is what we feared yeah [17:07] <markus_> it is difficult since the WMF and SMW have quite different use cases [17:07] <carols> yeah, i'm sorry. :-( [17:07] <carols> i totally understand. [17:08] <carols> and when we're cutting orgs we have to have those tough conversations [17:08] <markus_> anything we could change or improve in the future? [17:08] <carols> let me take another look at the app and see if there's anything else [17:10] <carols> i think your app looks good. i'm sorry i can't give you more constructive feedback. this was another numbers decision :-( [17:10] <markus_> ok, thanks [17:10] <Nightrose> thx [17:11] <carols> please do apply next year, i'd like to see another app from you guys The feedback was generally very gentle, but what we got is still exceptionally positive. I would like to thank all who contributed to this application and the ideas page -- the above answer shows that we did a really great job. It seems that in order to be accepted, we need to demonstrate more relevance beyond Wikipedia to be acknowledged as a project that receives independent funding. We will take this specifically into account in the future. For this year, we need to rely on Wikimedia's support for our project, and we will do our best to ensure that our GSoC activities are as successful as the ones we had in previous years. Cheers, Markus On 08/03/11 22:30, Markus Krötzsch wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wik...@li... > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You > This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details > its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative > solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-devel mailing list > Sem...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel > |