Dear Dimitris,
Thanks a lot for your reply.
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Dimitris Kontokostas <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Shivani,
>
> The role of the warm up tasks is twofold. The first and most important one
> is to get you familiar with our project and make you more confident and
> accurate with your application.
> The second is of course for us to use it as an additional assessment
> factor but we do not have any strict rules and formulas to calculate this,
> it depends on the task(s) and the idea.
> So yes, warm-up tasks and community activity counts but the final
> application holds the main assessment factor.
>
>
Yes, I do understand and agree that the final application should be the one
holding the maximum weigthage.
> Please see inline below:
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Shivani Poddar <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dimitris,
>>
>> Due to my exams scheduled for the following week I only halfway through
>> the second warm up task you gave me. Although I have sure figured out a lot
>> of depreciated wiki content which I intend to fix ASAP.
>>
>>
>> Due to the paucity of time I have , (with exams and imminent application
>> deadline for GSoC) I would be highly obliged if you could please give me
>> some directive for the following so that I could utilize the time I have
>> effectively:
>>
>> Given that I have gone a few warm up tasks, developed good implementation
>> familiarity with the project etc.
>>
>> 1.What would be the main criterion used to evaluate the interns applying
>> towards the "Design a better / interactive display page.". How many of us
>> are anywhere near/too-far to getting the project for SoC.
>> Would the work most of us have been doing so far (Tweaking the wiki, etc)
>> carry any weightage for the final evaluation process??
>>
>
> We have the policy to keep everything transparent and public so any
> interaction with students takes place in this list *only*. For now you can
> also verify that you are the only one interested.
> Please note that depending on how many students Google provides us, even
> if you are the only student that applies for this idea, this idea might not
> get picked up.
> Last year we were lucky to have 4 students but we don't know what will
> happen this year.
>
I hope it goes good this time around too, since I really think the project
is a worthwhile and interesting one :)
>
>
>>
>> 2. I have an initial draft prepared for the project, would you be willing
>> to look through it and suggest the appropriate changes.
>>
>
> This is the process DBpedia Spotlight followed last year
>
> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=dbp-spotlight-developers&max_rows=25&style=ultimate&viewmonth=201204
>
> You can either send your proposal in this list or wait until the
> application period starts and submit it through the system.
>
>
I might not get the time I would like to have for getting my application
reviewed (project proposal especially) later, since I will be stuck with
exams.
I am thus, including the link for the same here. Please note: It is the
very first iteration and I would be really obliged if it is subjected to
brutal scrutiny :)
*Application-SoC2013<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-l4nMWSzRIYCdgfyy8sCZL7cQAl3fiN5gvP8BMCGosM/pub>
*
>> 3. What in your opinion are the best ways in which an applicant can
>> ensure a strong enough application for DBPedia for the respective project.
>>
>
> There is no answer to that question :)
> We are 13 mentors so there are 13 different votes for each application in
> the end
>
>
Best,
Shivani
> Best,
> Dimitris
>
>
>>
>> Thanks a lot :)
>> Shivani
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Shivani Poddar,
>> Bachelors in Computer Sciences and MS in Exact Humanities, Sophomore
>> International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
>>
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International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
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