Fwd: Call for project proposals for 2018 High-Energy Physics Software Foundation Google Summer of Code

[Sebastien Binet]

hi there,

GSoC-2018 is booting up.

I expect to send a proposal for Go-HEP itself but, if somebody from Gonum is interested, I could co-mentor and perhaps get something done for something more pure-Gonum oriented (but still HEP related/useful.)

(I would need to feel confortable to co-mentor, though...)

any ideas/volunteers?

one thing I had in mind:

- implement the level-0 of the HDF5 library in pure Go. that could be fun (for some definition of fun) and unlock some interesting avenues for a pure-Go HDF5 library.

alternatively, Gonum could try to officially get in the organizations pool (perhaps via NumFOCUS?)

-s

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Subject: Call for project proposals for 2018 High-Energy Physics Software Foundation Google Summer of Code
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Dear all,

We would like to announce a call for project proposals for the 2018 High-energy Physics Software Foundation Google Summer of Code.

Last year we participated successfully in the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program as an umbrella organization for particle physics and will again participate again this year. Last year was a definite success and contributed to a significant amount of useful work and code for the HEP community.

If you are interested in submitting a project proposal, please do so by following the instructions on the 2018 HSF Google Summer of Code webpage http://hepsoftwarefoundation.org/activities/gsoc.html 

Similar to last year, all proposals need to be submitted via a git pull request. A template for project proposals is provided on the website. Please see the mentor guideline for more details http://hepsoftwarefoundation.org/gsoc/guideline.html 

Project proposals are due by next Friday, February 2, 2018. 

Requirements for project proposals: 

• open-source software development
• high-energy physics related
• each project needs a minimum of two mentors (if you have a project idea please find a co-mentor)

Requirement for student eligibility are listed on the main Google Summer of Code webpage https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/, the main one being that participating students (undergraduate or graduate) are enrolled in a university program.

Examples of projects from last year can be found on last year's website: http://hepsoftwarefoundation.org/gsoc/2017/index.html

and individual project results summarized on Google 2017 HSF GSoC webpage: 

https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2017/organizations/6360460286754816/

We look forward to an excellent 2018 HSF Google Summer of Code program and to all of the interesting proposals,

Best regards,

Sergei, Enric and Antoine (2018 HSF GSoC Admins)

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[Brendan Tracey]

I'm not in a position to offer to co-mentor, as I do not know what my professional will situation will be at that point. If there is interest, I could help generate ideas.

I contacted NumFOCUS a while ago to get the details of what it would mean to be a non-supported member. I have not heard back from them yet.