Re: Google Summer of Code 2014 begins

[c.]

On 23 Apr 2014, at 18:54, Nir Krakauer <address@hidden> wrote:

> Congratulations to the students who'll be working on Octave for this year's 
> GSoC!
> 
> Eduardo Fernández will add incomplete matrix factorizations.
> Eugenio Gianniti will improve Octave's finite element modeling capabilities 
> via an interface with FEniCS.
> David Spies will improve Octave's handling of sparse matrices.
> 
> Thanks to Jordi, jwe, Felipe, Pascal, Michael, Kai, Marco, and Doug for 
> helping with selecting proposals and mentoring students.
> 
> 
> Accepted students:
> 
> 1) Please (re)introduce yourself to the list if you haven't already done so. 
> And get involved in any and all topics you find of interest.
> 
> 2) You should each have or create a blog where you post on your project at 
> least weekly. Send the URL to this list, and we'll include them in the 
> planet.octave.org aggregator.
> 
> 3) Your should be hearing regularly from your mentor. Messages to/from your 
> mentor should be copied to this list, and you can also bring up on the list 
> or on IRC any questions or concerns that arise.
> 
> 4) See 
> http://wiki.octave.org/Hg_instructions_for_mentors#Mercurial_Tips_for_SoC_students
>  for tips on working with existing Octave repositories, and 
> http://flossmanuals.net/GSoCStudentGuide/ for general information about the 
> program.
> 
> Happy coding!
> 
> --Nir

For those students who were not selected,
it seems Octave will be accepted again as a 
SoCiS organization:

http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2014/

so, if you are from one of the eligible countries [1], 
please consider applying again!

Good luck!
c.


[1] check here for the requirements for applying for SOCIS: 
http://sophia.estec.esa.int/socis2014/tos