From: Stephan G. <f....@gm...> - 2011-07-04 19:03:44
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Hi, "ESA Summer of Code in Space (SOCIS) is a pilot program run by ... the European Space Agency that offers student developers stipends to write code for various space-related open source software projects. ... The program is inspired by (but not affiliated or related in any way to) Google's Summer of Code initiative." [1] Ok, lets face it, it's a copy of GSoC. The managers former GSoC participants (students). There are some caveats: * extremely tight timeframe, mentoring organizations application deadline is on 15 July * only European universities, at least half the participating students of each university must be from ESA states * there are around 10 to 30 student slots, depending on the number of applications * "it does not need to be already in use ..... just space related (you need to report what is the potential space use of the software in the org application form)" (Dario Izzo, one of the program managers) So, can we and do we want to whip up an application that sounds sufficiently space related within 10 days? With the short time frame I think we certainly have a chance if only because few projects even noticed. And space-related does not mean it has to be useable onboard a spacecraft, could be knowledge management or project management or scientific applications. Cheers, Stephan [1] http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2011/ |
From: Yaron K. <ya...@wi...> - 2011-07-05 14:51:07
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Hi Stephan, This sounds interesting. I wish they were more specific about what it means to be "space-related", since a space mission, like any large-scale project, could end up making use of every open-source software application there is, from Wine to StatusNet to Inkscape. Their "about" page and FAQ don't provide any clues - so I guess the answer is just that the organizations have to make the case that they're space-related. I've heard that SMW is already used, to a small extent, at NASA, for what it's worth; and I think we could definitely make a viable case for ourselves. So, I'm in. Does anyone else have any thoughts? Markus? -Yaron On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Stephan Gambke <f....@gm...> wrote: > Hi, > > "ESA Summer of Code in Space (SOCIS) is a pilot program run by ... the > European Space Agency that offers student developers stipends to write > code for various space-related open source software projects. ... > > The program is inspired by (but not affiliated or related in any way to) > Google's Summer of Code initiative." [1] > > Ok, lets face it, it's a copy of GSoC. The managers former GSoC > participants (students). > > There are some caveats: > * extremely tight timeframe, mentoring organizations application > deadline is on 15 July > * only European universities, at least half the participating students > of each university must be from ESA states > * there are around 10 to 30 student slots, depending on the number of > applications > * "it does not need to be already in use ..... just space related (you > need to report what is the potential space use of the software in the > org application form)" (Dario Izzo, one of the program managers) > > So, can we and do we want to whip up an application that sounds > sufficiently space related within 10 days? With the short time frame I > think we certainly have a chance if only because few projects even > noticed. And space-related does not mean it has to be useable onboard a > spacecraft, could be knowledge management or project management or > scientific applications. > > Cheers, > Stephan > > [1] http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2011/ > -- WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com |
From: Stephan G. <f....@gm...> - 2011-07-05 20:13:17
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Hi Yaron, I agree with you. I got the impression that it is very much a prototypic project. They seem to work under a tight schedule themselves - else they could hardly call it _Summer_ of Code. So, yes, I think the point is to make a sufficiently convincing case. Maybe it would help if one of the tasks would be to implement a showcase. E.g. there is SNPedia. Why not have something similar for celestial objects (stars, planets, comets, ...). It would certainly help to find out where and how SMW is used in NASA. (Btw, SMW is also used at ESA already, although to such a small extent that only two people really know about it, so it probably does not count. :) ) Cheers, Stephan Am 05.07.2011 16:50, schrieb Yaron Koren: > Hi Stephan, > > This sounds interesting. I wish they were more specific about what it > means to be "space-related", since a space mission, like any large-scale > project, could end up making use of every open-source software > application there is, from Wine to StatusNet to Inkscape. Their "about" > page and FAQ don't provide any clues - so I guess the answer is just > that the organizations have to make the case that they're space-related. > > I've heard that SMW is already used, to a small extent, at NASA, for > what it's worth; and I think we could definitely make a viable case for > ourselves. |
From: Benedikt K. <ben...@ki...> - 2011-07-06 19:38:38
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Hi, Sounds interesting. I am not too familiar with space technology. Do you know whether they are publishing some public domain data about space (e.g., about stars etc.)? Considering SMW's new Triple Store Connection and my interests in using SMW with numerical Linked Data, I'd be happy to propose a project and mentor a student. I cannot contribute much to the proposal effort, though. Best, Benedikt -- AIFB, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Phone: +49 721 608-47946 Email: ben...@ki... Web: http://www.aifb.kit.edu/web/Hauptseite/en -----Original Message----- From: Stephan Gambke [mailto:f....@gm...] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 10:13 PM To: Yaron Koren Cc: Markus Krötzsch; sem...@li... Subject: Re: [SMW-devel] ESA Summer of Code Hi Yaron, I agree with you. I got the impression that it is very much a prototypic project. They seem to work under a tight schedule themselves - else they could hardly call it _Summer_ of Code. So, yes, I think the point is to make a sufficiently convincing case. Maybe it would help if one of the tasks would be to implement a showcase. E.g. there is SNPedia. Why not have something similar for celestial objects (stars, planets, comets, ...). It would certainly help to find out where and how SMW is used in NASA. (Btw, SMW is also used at ESA already, although to such a small extent that only two people really know about it, so it probably does not count. :) ) Cheers, Stephan Am 05.07.2011 16:50, schrieb Yaron Koren: > Hi Stephan, > > This sounds interesting. I wish they were more specific about what it > means to be "space-related", since a space mission, like any large-scale > project, could end up making use of every open-source software > application there is, from Wine to StatusNet to Inkscape. Their "about" > page and FAQ don't provide any clues - so I guess the answer is just > that the organizations have to make the case that they're space-related. > > I've heard that SMW is already used, to a small extent, at NASA, for > what it's worth; and I think we could definitely make a viable case for > ourselves. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-c2 _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-devel mailing list Sem...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel |
From: Stephan G. <f....@gm...> - 2011-07-07 14:50:05
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Hi Benedikt, ESA's policy is to make data publicly available if possible (e.g. were not forbidden by the policy of a partner). They had a star cataloguing mission in the 90s called Hipparcos. It's data can be found under [1]. I did not investigate how suitable or easily convertible for SMW use it is. If you were looking for earth observation data you'd find it on [2]. You have to register for that, though. Cheers, Stephan [1] http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=HIPPARCOS&page=Research_tools [2] http://eopi.esa.int/esa/esa?topSelectedNavigationNodeId=DATA_ACCESS&cmd=dataAccess -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 21:38:31 +0200 > Von: "Benedikt Kämpgen" <ben...@ki...> > An: "Stephan Gambke" <f....@gm...>, "Yaron Koren" <ya...@wi...> > CC: "Markus Krötzsch" <ma...@se...>, sem...@li... > Betreff: RE: [SMW-devel] ESA Summer of Code > Hi, > > Sounds interesting. > > I am not too familiar with space technology. Do you know whether they are > publishing some public domain data about space (e.g., about stars etc.)? > Considering SMW's new Triple Store Connection and my interests in using > SMW > with numerical Linked Data, I'd be happy to propose a project and mentor a > student. I cannot contribute much to the proposal effort, though. > > Best, > > Benedikt -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de |
From: James H. K. <jam...@gm...> - 2011-07-06 21:14:12
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Hi, Without having a real clue about the topic at hand in how space-related/space technology open source can be directly link to SMW, one thing that came to my mind was that SMW could be used in helping to visualize planetary attribution data sets. Building on existing data sets that are maintained in selected wiki systems (wikipedia etc.), export those data sets relevant for the case into an enabled SMW system, select data attributes that seem worthwhile to put into relation (visualization). The challenge than for the developer would be to use different kind of visualizations (with the help of something like protovis[1] or d3[2]) on selected data sets to help ease categorization (for example planetary system/objects are formed (grouped by distance to each other) into abstract data sets; visualize atmospheric information and compare them to other planetary objects etc.) One selling point could be summed-by using SMW as an aggregation tool for different data set sources by facilitating various visualizations to simplify understand of their relations to each other. Importing/Exporting RDF/External data to help importing/exporting data sets SF to help structure imported data sets Aggregation/Categorization Special:Ask, RunQuery be used to change selection on data sets and attributes Compound Queries to group data sets during the selection process SIO to bound data sets to one particular planetary object Visualization SRF helps with the visualization of those selected data sets [1] http://mbostock.github.com/protovis/ [2] http://mbostock.github.com/d3/ Cheers, MWJames |
From: Benedikt K. <ben...@ki...> - 2011-07-08 05:33:33
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Stephan, Thanks for this. I'll have a look at it, next week. Best, Benedikt -- AIFB, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Phone: +49 721 608-47946 Email: ben...@ki... Web: http://www.aifb.kit.edu/web/Hauptseite/en -----Original Message----- From: Stephan Gambke [mailto:f....@gm...] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 4:50 PM To: Benedikt Kämpgen; ya...@wi... Cc: sem...@li...; ma...@se... Subject: Re: RE: [SMW-devel] ESA Summer of Code Hi Benedikt, ESA's policy is to make data publicly available if possible (e.g. were not forbidden by the policy of a partner). They had a star cataloguing mission in the 90s called Hipparcos. It's data can be found under [1]. I did not investigate how suitable or easily convertible for SMW use it is. If you were looking for earth observation data you'd find it on [2]. You have to register for that, though. Cheers, Stephan [1] http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=HIPPARCOS&page=Research_tools [2] http://eopi.esa.int/esa/esa?topSelectedNavigationNodeId=DATA_ACCESS&cmd=dataAccess -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 21:38:31 +0200 > Von: "Benedikt Kämpgen" <ben...@ki...> > An: "Stephan Gambke" <f....@gm...>, "Yaron Koren" <ya...@wi...> > CC: "Markus Krötzsch" <ma...@se...>, sem...@li... > Betreff: RE: [SMW-devel] ESA Summer of Code > Hi, > > Sounds interesting. > > I am not too familiar with space technology. Do you know whether they are > publishing some public domain data about space (e.g., about stars etc.)? > Considering SMW's new Triple Store Connection and my interests in using > SMW > with numerical Linked Data, I'd be happy to propose a project and mentor a > student. I cannot contribute much to the proposal effort, though. > > Best, > > Benedikt -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de |
From: Yaron K. <ya...@wi...> - 2011-07-19 16:48:14
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Well, the ESA Summer of Code application process came and went, without an application from SMW. As I discovered from Lydia's Twitter feed, they just announced their list of accepted organizations: http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2011/?q=node/13 All of these organizations seem to be related to robotics or space in some way, so I don't feel too bad about not applying - there's no content-management stuff here. -Yaron |