Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GSoC: Infos for Students, Mentors and everyone else

[Martin Braun (CEL)]

I've added examples for proposals from last year's successful projects
to the GSoC pages, so potential students should have a look at those if
they want to apply.

http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GSoC

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On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:08:27AM +0200, Martin Braun (CEL) wrote:
> Now that emails have started coming in regarding GSoC, it seems like a
> good time to go over how the process works. This will be a lot of text,
> but if you're interested in GSoC, please read.
> 
> This mailing list is the correct place to discuss GSoC. If you're writing
> about GSoC, *don't* be ambiguous, tell us if you want to participate as a
> student, as a mentor, if you have an idea, etc.
> General questions about deadlines etc. are all answered in great detail
> on the GSoC main page[0].
> 
> 
> For students who want to participate
> ====================================
> 
> That's fantastic!
> 
> If one of the ideas on the ideas page[1] sounds like something you want
> to work on, please contact the mentor associated with that specific
> idea. In order to participate, you will eventually have to write a
> proposal on what you plan to do for the 3 months, so you *must* discuss
> this with your potential mentor. A good proposal is necessary for
> participating, so you will have put some research into the subject at
> hand.
> Of course, the Google FAQ covers proposals[2].
> 
> A word on the 802.11 project: This is definitely the most
> research-intensive, because there's so much stuff already out there: In
> GNU Radio-land alone, there's the Innsbruck's guys implementation, all
> the new OFDM code in master and next etc. Outside of GNU Radio, there's
> also a lot of code available. So you'll be going over a lot of stuff to
> write your proposal.
> 
> If you have your own idea for a project, that's OK, too. Remember it
> should be something that can be done in 3 months full-time coding
> (although starting small and adding stretch goals is a good way to
> achieve this). Tell us on the mailing list about it. If it's a good
> project, and you're a dedicated student, we *will* find a mentor.
> The more details, the better.
> 
> 
> If you want to be a mentor
> ==========================
> 
> That's more tricky than it sounds (there's a reason we started
> collecting ideas and requesting mentors months ago). I've already gotten
> some weird (possibly bogus) mentor requests. There's a couple of things
> we need to make sure of: An extreme example is the case where mentor and
> student sign up together to rake in the $$$, but there's no code at the
> end. Currently, we know all the mentors personally and we know they
> would fail students if they don't deliver, and otherwise coach them
> well.
> If you know any developers, it's probably best to contact them directly.
> 
> 
> 
> [0] http://www.google-melange.com/
> [1] http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GSoC
> [2] 
> https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2013/help_page#5._What_should_a_student_proposal_look
> 
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Dipl.-Ing. Martin Braun
Research Associate

Kaiserstraße 12
Building 05.01
76131 Karlsruhe

Phone: +49 721 608-43790
Fax: +49 721 608-46071
www.cel.kit.edu

KIT -- University of the State of Baden-Württemberg and
National Laboratory of the Helmholtz Association

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