Hi Denis, see comments in line:
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 1:43 AM, Denis Lukovnikov <[email protected]> wrote: > First, I'll be graduating this summer. For the next year, I'm hoping to land > a PhD position or to study further (probably management plus some more CS > stuff), but I'm not sure which one yet. Am I eligible for GSoC 2013 in the > case I choose not to stay in the academic world next year? Somebody on the mentors list pointed out: > From the FAQ: > > As long as you are accepted into or enrolled in a college or university > program as of May 27, 2013, you are eligible to participate in the program. > and separately: > > In order to participate in the program, you must be a student. Google > defines a student as an individual enrolled in or accepted into an > accredited institution including (but not necessarily limited to) colleges, > universities, masters programs, PhD programs and undergraduate programs So it looks like you would be eligible. > Second, I found out DBpedia is in GSoC just a few days ago. After reading in > the mailing list, I got the impression it takes a lot of effort to gain > notability. [...] And there already are candidates for > the most of the idea's I found interesting. > [...] What you say it true. An early engagement votes well for students, but the project proposal and how you work with us in creating it is still the biggest factor for acceptance. > Also, is it possible to make more than one DBpedia proposal or do we have to > chose one idea? (I'm new to GSoC...) Yes, but the proposals should be thought out thoroughly and be improved after feedback from the mentors. This might be difficult for multiple proposals. Cheers, Max ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr _______________________________________________ Dbpedia-gsoc mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dbpedia-gsoc
