GSOC2011

The ASCEND project again hopes to participate in the Google Summer of Code programme in 2011. Please read:

• general information about the programme
• programme timeline
• flip bits not burgers - the student guide to GSOC

We have received strong interest in ASCEND in recent years, and have found that the best students are most definitely the ones that get involved in the project earlier -- well before the selection deadline, even. So, please, if you are serious about getting a GSOC position, get the code, build it, ponder our student projects list, and get in contact with us via the ascend-sim-users mailing list.

If you plan to participate in GSOC with ASCEND, please note that it will be our requirement that you be available to work in a full-time capacity for the full duration of 12 weeks.

Please use the 'watch' feature of this wiki if you would like to be notified of changes to this page or to the Student Projects list. You will need to create a login on this wiki, and use the 'my preferences' page to set notification options.

Looking forward to hearing from you! Please understand that we get a lot of enquiries about this project: the more you show initiative in getting started with the above, the more we will be willing to spend time corresponding with you.

Application template

• Name: full name (preferred name in brackets)
• Email:
• Location: country, city during coding period
• University: current university and course, year started, length, expected completion date.
• Google talk ID:
• Are you subscribed to our ascend-sim-users mailing list? YES/NO (we prefer YES!)
• Phone number: (optional)
• URL link to your CV: (optional)
• URL link to your personal blog/homepage: (optional)

Project proposal

• Project title as provided on the Student projects page.
• Then, a description of the project in your own words.
• Why did you choose this idea?
• Show us that you've thought about (and/or discussed) what would really be involved in your chosen project.

Milestones

• What are the goals of your project?
• What is the measure of success for each goal?
• What is your planning schedule for completing these goals? (preliminary, for further discussion)

Other projects

• Give one or two other projects that you would be interested in, if the first is unavailable.

Other commitments

• Exams or other events you expect to have to deal with during the GSOC period.
• How you plan to juggle the competing demands on your time.
• Note that we require a minimum of weekly contact from all our students, unless forewarned.

Coding experience

• Programming languages you have learnt, and how many lines of code, approximately, you have written in each.

Up and running?

• Get a copy of the current ASCEND trunk code using subversion
• Did you manage to compile it? Is it up and running on your local system?
  • If not, did you report a bug or request support on our mailing list?
• Link to a screenshot of ASCEND running on your system
• Have you written any ASCEND models? Please provide copies (paste code into your User Page on this wiki, and like to it here)

Open source experience

• Is this your first contact with the ASCEND project?
• List or link to any code, patches, or bug reports contributed to other projects
• List or link to any code, patches, bug reports contributed to the ASCEND project

Relevant work experience

• Only if it's relevant, eg engineering or computer science paid work.
• Give the project details.

Relevant studies

• Courses that you have completed that are relevant to ASCEND: engineering, maths, computer science. why are they relevant?

Why ASCEND?

• What is it that makes you want to work with our project?