Hi Ketil,
On 02/26/2014 02:45 PM, Ketil Malde wrote:
> The sun is shining outside, the first flowers are rearing their pretty
> heads above ground, and the air is light and flows freely. Yes, it's
> that time of year again. The time where the next Google Summer of Code
> is starting to stir.
>
> I'm starting to get requests and questions about GSoC. Some years ago,
> I engaged in the haskell.org process, worked with prospective students
> and worked out proposals, but in the end it was all unsuccessful. So
> later, I've been more lukewarm to the whole thing - it is likely a lot
> of work to no avail.
>
> But we do have the opportunity to get GSoC projects, either through
> haskell.org, or Open Bio (OBF), who acts as an umbrella for the various
> bio* projects. If we succeed, I think it would be a great way to get
> some programming work done, as well as increase exposure and possibly
> recruit more people to the biohaskell community.
>
> Is anybody else interested in this? In mentoring? In co-mentoring? If
> so, we could organize possible projects on the wiki gsoc page.
I'm definitely interested in mentoring structural bioinformatics projects!
Be it improvement and expansion of existing hPDB/parseSTAR etc.
libraries, of going forward in a new direction.
I think it is not so much work on the part of the mentor, if the
projects is rejected.
It is much more if it is accepted, but I am willing to volunteer for the
good of our community.
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Best regards
Michal
