Need help for 'Improve logm, sqrtm, funm" project.

[NVS Abhilash]

Hi all,

I am a 3rd year Computer Science student from India. I am really
interested in the GSoC project about improving the logm, sqrtm and
funm functions.

I need help in the following:

1. Find resources to get started in Octave development.
2. I want to know how to hack around the real code and how to test it.
3. What is the whole process of submitting a patch in the octave repository.
4. How to use the mailing list to get my answers.

My necessary skills are:

1. C, C++ - Intermediate level
2. Python - Beginner
3. Implementation and analysis of Algorithms
4. Octave / MATLAB - Beginner level
5. shell scripting: Beginner level
6. Linear algebra - Intermediate (Had a course in my second semester)


Knowledge about subjects:

I have a good knowledge about Mathematics, algebra. I have used octave
for my Machine Learning course to implement different models. I have
got good programming skills in C and C++. I had a course on Algorithms
and also I am pursuing an online course specialisation on algorithms
analysis and implementation.

-- 
NVS Abhilash