Google Summer of Code

Google Reunion in Silicon Valley with FOSSASIA

Being at the get together of more than 500 mentors and students of over 200 projects from 50 countries at the 10th anniversary of Google Summer of Code and join the celebrations at the Reunion 2014 is an amazing experience. It was the first time that Google brought together such a large number of contributors in Silicon Valley for a fantastic Unconference, a great day out at the “Great America” and a Gala at the San Jose Tech Museum with Linus Torvalds and a catering with an outstanding American Fusion cuisine.Yes, 10 years! Google Summer of Code is the only program of a company supporting hundreds of Open Source projects for many years and bringing them together with students from around the world. The magnitude of this support shows the real commitment of Google to Free and Open Source Software and I would like to thank everyone involved including Carol Smith, Cat Allman and Stephanie Taylor, and all the other fantastic people at the Open Source office supporting us. The idea of free sharing and collaboration across borders has always inspired me. And I could not be happier to enter the conference room in San Jose - full of creators, developers, contributors of many amazing Open Source projects such as Mozilla, KDE, Python, Haiku, Blender, GNU, Debian, Inkscape and many more.In previous years, the program brought together mentors of each active organization, but for this years celebration Google also flew in mentors of former years and even some students of the program. As an organizer of our annual FOSSASIA event I know what a challenge it can be to bring in a few dozen speakers from different parts of the world, but flying in 500 Open Source contributors from around the world is a logistic masterpiece. Organizing this event takes a huge amount effort and resources. Two thumbs up for the organizing team, they did an amazing job. I am grateful to be among the participants.Great Day Out at the Great AmericaEvery year the Mentor Summit spreads out in two days filled with interesting unconference sessions, lighting talks, and plenty of spaces for group discussing and code sprints. This time Carol and the team went an extra mile to surprise participants with an additional day-out at the Great America Theme Park (exclusively for us!). Believe it or not the majority of my lovely geek friends apparently have never been to an amusement park in their lives. We had such a great morning and afternoon there. I am sure some of us will never forget that very first roller coaster ride. It is great that Google makes this experience possible for mentors and appreciates their contributions.Gala at the Tech Museum San Jose with Linus TorvaldsAnother of the highlights of this year was the Gala at the Tech Museum in San Jose. Everyone dressed up in beautiful garments. It was fun to see all the developers who kind of always wear black shirts suddenly dressed up. And, on top of organizing everything…

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GSoC Ideas 2014

FOSSASIA aims to participate in the Google Summer of Code 2014. We are working together with a number of Open Source developers in the region and function as an umbrella for different projects. If FOSSASIA gets accepted, you will find more information about the application procedure for students on this page.The ideas list below gets updated continuously as students also submit ideas in the process. So, please check back again later. If you have your own idea or small project, please apply for FOSSASIA on the Google Summer of Code website!If you have questions or feedback, please write to us on the mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/fossasiaWe have four areas for our GSoC projects 2014:Open Design Projects, Garments, KnittingWeb and Mobile DevelopmentNetwork and Mesh TechnologiesPeer to Peer Technologies Open Design Projects, Garments, Knitting Develop 2D Body Measurement AppThe goal of this project is to provide users with an Android app that assists them in measuring their body data for generating customized patterns. The measurements are taken according to standardized measure points which are usually used by tailors. The student needs to propose a design and step by step guide to collect the measurements of the user. The data will be saved to the app or as a file, with additional options to export data as a Google spreadsheet and submit data to a web service.A draft of a file format has been developed. A sample part below:<document-info> <personal>   <family-name></family-name>   <given-name></given-name>   <birth-date></birth-date>   <sex>female</sex> </personal> <body-measurements>   <unit>cm</unit>   <head_and_neck>     <head_girth></head_girth>     <mid_neck_girth></mid_neck_girth>     <neck_base_girth></neck_base_girth>     <head_and_neck_length></head_and_neck_length>   </head_and_neck>   <torso>     <center_front_waist_length></center_front_waist_length>     <center_back_waist_length></center_back_waist_length>     <shoulder_length></shoulder_length>     <side_waist_length></side_waist_length>     <trunk_girth></trunk_girth>     <shoulder_girth></shoulder_girth>     <upper_chest_girth></upper_chest_girth>     <bust__girth></bust__girth>     <under_bust_girth></under_bust_girth>     <waist_girth></waist_girth>     <high_hip_girth></high_hip_girth>     <hip_girth></hip_girth>     <upper_front_chest_width></upper_front_chest_width>     <front_chest_width></front_chest_width>     <across_front_shoulder_width></across_front_shoulder_width>     <across_back_shoulder_width></across_back_shoulder_width>     <upper_back_width></upper_back_width>     <back_width></back_width>     <bustpoint_to_bustpoint></bustpoint_to_bustpoint>     <halter_bustpoint_to_bustpoint></halter_bustpoint_to_bustpoint>     <neck_to_bustpoint></neck_to_bustpoint>     <crotch_length></crotch_length>     <rise_height></rise_height>     <shoulder_drop></shoulder_drop>     <shoulder_slope_degrees></shoulder_slope_degree>     <front_shoulder_slope_length>     <back_shoulder_slope_length>     <front_shoulder_to_waist_length>     <back_shoulder_to_waist_length>    </torso>    <arm>     <armscye_girth></armscye_girth>     <elbow_girth></elbow_girth>     <upper_arm_girth></upper_arm_girth>     <wrist_girth></wrist_girth>     <scye_depth></scye_depth>     <shoulder_and_arm_length></shoulder_and_arm_length>     <underarm_length></underarm_length>     <cervical_to_wrist_length></cervical_to_wrist_length>     <shoulder_to_elbow_length></shoulder_to_elbow_length>     <arm_length></arm_length>   </arm>   <hand>     <hand_width></hand_width>     <hand_length></hand_length>     <hand_girth></hand_girth>   </hand>    <leg>     <thigh_girth></thigh_girth>     <mid_thigh_girth></mid_thigh_girth>     <knee_girth></knee_girth>     <calf_girth></calf_girth>     <ankle_girth></ankle_girth>     <knee_height></knee_height>     <ankle_height></ankle_height>    </leg>    <foot>     <foot_width></foot_width>     <foot_length></foot_length>      <foot_girth>    </foot>    <heights>     <height></height>     <cervical_height></cervical_height>     <cervical_to_knee_height></cervical_to_knee_height>     <waist_height></waist_height>     <high_hip_height></high_hip_height>     <hip_height></hip_height>     <waist_to_hip_height></waist_to_hip_height>     <waist_to_knee_height></waist_to_knee_height>     <crotch_height></crotch_height>   </heights> </body-measurements> </body-measurements></hdf>Project: Valentina Patternmaking ProjectWebsite: http://www.valentina-project.org Skill Level: Medium Usefull skills: Android development, UI design, Java, formats, CSS, Phonegap or other framework Mentors: Mario Behling [http://mariobehling.de], Hong Phuc Dang  Develop a GUI for the Adafruit Knitting Machine ProjectThe goal of this student project is to facilitate the production process with the Brother KH-930e Knitting Machine, that can be controlled by Open Source software as below. Parts of the process require commandline experience and Python knowledge. In order to enable more knitting enthusiasts to use Open Source knitting machines, we hope to find a student that takes on the challenge and comes up with ideas to make this process easier. Below a video of the current work process and step by step descriptions. Disk Drive/Computer Connection Notes The external floppy drive for this machine was the same as a Tandy PDD1 (Portable Disk Drive 1). This drive is connected using a serial port. There is documentation on the internet about how to connect these drives to computers, but the connector pinout on the knitting machine is different than the drive, and I didn't find…

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FOSSASIA is Mentor Organization for Google Summer of Code 2014

FOSSASIA participates again as a mentor organization in Google Summer of Code 2014. Students can apply for scholarships of FOSSASIA on the Google Melange website. Accepted projects will be published on the site here.Google Summer of Code is a program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source projects.  Historically, the program has brought together over 7,500 students with over 440 open source projects, to create over 50 millions of lines of code. The program, which kicked off in 2005, is now in its tenth year. If you are feeling nostalgic or are interested in learning more about the projects we have worked with in the past, check out the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 program pages (https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/help_page)Timeline10 March: 19:00 UTC Student application period opens.21 March: 19:00 UTC Student application deadline.Interim Period: Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant.18 April: All mentors must be signed up and all student proposals matched with a mentor - 07:00 UTC Student acceptance choice deadline.21 April: 19:00 UTC Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2014 site.Community Bonding Period: Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects.19 May: Students begin coding for their Google Summer of Code projects; Google begins issuing initial student payments provided tax forms are on file and students are in good standing with their communities.Work Period: Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.23 June: 19:00 UTC Mentors and students can begin submitting mid-term evaluations.27 June: 19:00 UTC Mid-term evaluations deadline; Google begins issuing mid-term student payments provided passing student survey is on file. Work Period: Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.11 August: Suggested 'pencils down' date. Take a week to scrub code, write tests, improve documentation, etc.18 August: 19:00 UTC Firm 'pencils down' date. Mentors, students and organization administrators can begin submitting final evaluations to Google.22 August: 19:00 UTC Final evaluation deadline. Google begins issuing student and mentoring organization payments provided forms and evaluations are on file.22 August: 20:00 UTC Students can begin submitting required code samples to Google25 August: Final results of Google Summer of Code 2014 announcedLinks* Google Summer of Code 2014 https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014

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Crypto Stick accepted as Google Summer of Code Mentor Organization

Crypto Stick has been accepted as a mentor organization for Google Summer of Code (GSOC) 2013. If you are a student interested in working on cool crypto stuff, developing a high security system, latest web security or embedded programming - this is for you. You can apply for a project and if accepted the mentors will work with you over the summer and Google will sponsor you 5000 USD during that time.Please check out the ideas page at https://www.assembla.com/spaces/cryptostick/wiki/Ideas or suggest your own idea.And, join the mailinglist to discuss it: https://lists.crypto-stick.org/mailman/listinfo/devYour applications should be submitted through Google Melange (https://google-melange.com) between March 26 and April 6. Generally, it is better to submit your application early as mentors like to discuss proposals.Important dates are:* March 17-25: Would-be student participants discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations.* March 26, 19:00 UTC: Student application period opens.* April 6, 19:00 UTC: Student application deadline.You can continue to submit additional information and comments into the system after your initial application submission. In order to participate in the program, you must be a student in an accredited institution or university.Links:* Crypto Stick project: http://crypto-stick.org* Ideas Page: https://www.assembla.com/spaces/cryptostick/wiki/Ideas* GSOC Progam F&Q: https://google-melange.appspot.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2013/help_page* Crypto Stick Mailing List: https://lists.crypto-stick.org/mailman/listinfo/dev* Google Melange: http://google-melange.com

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Google Summer of Code Ideas 2013

FOSSASIA aims to participate in the Google Summer of Code 2013. We are working together with a number of Open Source developers in the region and function as an umbrella for different projects. If FOSSASIA gets accepted, you will find more information about the application procedure for students on this page.The ideas list below gets updated continuously. So, please check back again later. And: The best ideas are often ideas of students themselves. So, if you have your own idea or small project, please apply for FOSSASIA on the Google Summer of Code website!If you have questions or feedback, please write to us on the mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/fossasiaImportant dates for students:April 9 - 21: Would-be student participants discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations.April 22: 19:00 UTC: Student application period opens.May 3: 19:00 UTC: Student application deadline.GSOC Ideas for FOSSASIA1. Phimpme Android AppThis photo app to connect to “any social service” and Open Source CMS is a project of developers from Vietnam. The goal is to make a beautiful app that also works with web systems based on Drupal, Joomla and Wordpress. In Google Summer of Code Students can propose a number of projects around the app. The source code of the app is on github here: https://github.com/phimpmeIdeas for student projects:Project 1: Implement full Google Maps and OpenStreetMap SupportThis project also aims to show photos on a web map on a CMS of own choice.Usefull skills: Android, Maps API, Understanding of Exif data and implementation, Web development, CMSProject 2: Add support to more social networks and CMSPhimpme already supports many social networks including many in Asia. Nevertheless there are still other networks popular in some countries. There are also CMS like TYPO3 which are not yet supported. Students can propose support for other services in this project.Useful skills: Web Api, Android Development, PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, Knowledge of CMS 2. Meilix Linux DistributionMeilix is a new Linux project aimed to offer users a fast and easy to use Linux desktop, that can be “frozen” and therefore secured. Student projects should implement new features. The goal is to offer a simple user interface to freeze the OS up to different levels, e.g. only freeze the system, but not the home directory.The Meilix System User Lock can be found on Github here: https://github.com/meilix/systemlock Usefull skills: Linux development, Python, Shell, Scripting, GUI design, Inkscape, Gimp 3. Networking ToolsOpenWrt is a widely used Linux distribution for embedded devices and specifically routers. Large networks consist of hundreds and even thousand of nodes. Administration of routers, e.g. ESSID setting is a long process.Student Project: Develop Web Interface Administration tool for large numbers of Nodes (routers) for OpenWrt based on kaluaThe goal of a student project would be to develop a new web interface to show the status of routers and enable mass administration of devices. The foundations of this have already been developed in the Kalua application: https://github.com/bittorf/kalua#readmeUseful Skills: Linux development, OpenWrt, Embedded devices, Web UI design, Gimp, Inkscape, Lua, ScriptingLinks: http://openwrt.org 4. Opencoin.orgOpen Coins introduce the idea of versatile digital cash…

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FOSSASIA Google Summer of Code 2011

FOSSASIA was prominently featured on the Google Open Source Blog. I wrote a short sum up of the student summer projects.FOSSASIA is participating in Google Summer of Code for the first time this summer. The goal of the FOSSASIA network is to bring young Open Source developers together with experienced international developers to join or start new Free and Open Source projects.FOSSASIA’s Google Summer of Code projects focus on open source for social change and communication. All the students are putting in a lot of effort, however their progress is varying as students have different skill levels.The project of “foo-script” (Adam Rakowski) is moving forward most quickly. He expands the uses for the next Crypto-Stick (an USB hardware device with an integrated openGPG smart card firmware) edition and develops plugins for popular applications like Firefox. With the Stick you can easily encrypt your emails and achieve convenient online authentication.Secondly Chanrithy Thim, the MoonOS developer from Cambodia has been improving Appshell, a framework for applications that lets developers easily create application bundles. A single file contains all the data and files needed to run an application, so all a user has to do is to launch it.Google Summer of Code projects will be presented at this year’s FOSSASIA Summit taking place in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) on November 11-13, 2011.Links:* http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2011/08/whos-new-in-google-summer-of-code-part.html 

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FOSSASIA accepted as Google Summer of Code 2011 Mentoring Organization

FOSSASIA has been accepted as a mentor organization for Google Summer of Code 2011.About GSOC: Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects. We have worked with several open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund several projects over a three month period. Since its inception in 2005, the program has brought together over 4,500 students and more than more than 4,000 mentors & co-mentors from over 85 countries worldwide, all for the love of code. Through Google Summer of Code, accepted student applicants are paired with a mentor or mentors from the participating projects, thus gaining exposure to real-world software development scenarios and the opportunity for employment in areas related to their academic pursuits. In turn, the participating projects are able to more easily identify and bring in new developers. Best of all, more source code is created and released for the use and benefit of all. (http://socghop.appspot.com/) More info also on the Google Open Source blog: http://google-opensource.blogspot.comWe are now looking for students interested to join GSOC and for mentors who would like to take on student projects.The FOSSASIA 2011 projects focuses on Internationalization projects, GUI development to make tools available for a wider public in Asia and around the world, and on software supporting social change, e.g. for environmental protection. Please post you ideas in the wiki and on the mailing list. Starting from March 28 to April 8 students can apply on the GSOC website to become scholars for 2011.Here are some links:* FOSSASIA Ideas Page: http://wiki.fossasia.org/index.php/GSoC_IdeasPlease browse through ideas that people have already put up and post your own ideas.* FOSSASIA mailing listJoin the mailing list and discuss project ideas: http://groups.google.com/group/fossasia* FOSSASIA on Google Melangehttp://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org/show/google/gsoc2011/fossasia* TimelineMarch 28: 19:00 UTC Student application period opens.April 8: 19:00 UTC Student application deadline.* EventsThere are events informing students about GSOC 2011 all over the world. Check out http://goo.gl/aKBQ4One event in Asia where you can get more info about the FOSSASIA GSOC project is the Open Design Camp Saigon. http://opendesign.asiaSunday, 3 April, 2010, 9.00-17.00University of Fine Arts, Đại học Mỹ thuật Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh5 Phan Dang Luu, Dist. Binh Thanh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnamhttp://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118997938175310Registration: http://goo.gl/zljbLAll the best and good luck to all applicants!

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