Introduction and Interest In Contributing to NumFocus projects for GSOC 2026

[Utsav Ojha]

Hello everyone,

I am Utsav Ojha, a second year Computer science undergraduate from VJTI, Mumbai. I am very much interested in the domain of machine learning and artificial intelligence particularly in the field of deep learning. I have worked extensively with sequence models and real-time data, having built multiple projects. 

I am interested in SciML projects and looking foreward to contributing to the listed projects while gaining a lot of experience.

Regards,

Utsav Ojha

[PRAPTI PATRA]

Hi mentors,

I’m Prapti Patra, a 2nd year student from BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus planning to apply to Google Summer of Code under the NumFOCUS umbrella.

Over the last few months I’ve been sharpening my fundamentals (DSA) and building software mostly using Python, I am also comfortable in C/C++ and JavaScript. On the “tools & stack” side, I’m most familiar with:

• Python: packaging, virtualenv/conda, type hints, pytest, documentation tooling
• Web/dev stacks: React/Next.js, Node.js, REST APIs (FastAPI-style patterns)
• Infra: Git/GitHub, CI (GitHub Actions), Docker, Linux
• Data & systems: SQL basics, performance profiling/benchmarking

I was going through several 2024 NumFOCUS projects, I would love to contribute to this organization going forward. I would really appreciate guidance on-

• Which repositories are most suited for initial technical contributions other than documentation?
  
• Also are there any testing, benchmarking, or starter issues that would be beneficial at this point?

Thank you so much!

Prapti Patra
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