dsimcha wrote: > On 3/20/2011 6:33 AM, Jens Mueller wrote: > >Hi, > > > >according to > >http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/program/accepted_orgs/google/gsoc2011 > >Digital Mars got accepted to GSoC 2011. > > > >On the above mentioned page Digital Mars is ranked in the second table > >because the organization profile has not been completed yet. Maybe the > >name can also be changed. Because for an outsider Digital Mars is maybe > >not known. So something with D Programming Language should be better. > > > >Students are now supposed to submit/discuss project proposals (see > >http://prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?GSOC_2011_Ideas for some ideas). You > >can propose new project ideas. Later you need to apply with the project > >until the 8th of April. > > > >As it seems Google will decide after the students applications deadline > >and ranking by the mentoring organization how many students will be > >allocated to an organization. > > > >Jens > > One clarification about GSoC: Do they expect a full-time or near > full-time commitment from applicants, or is it reasonable to do a > GSoC project at night/on weekends while doing "normal" Ph.D. thesis > work during the day? I had thought that GSoC was only for > undergrads and just found out grad students are allowed to apply. I > definitely cannot work full time on my project, but I doubt I would > need to either. Therefore, I'm **halfway** (emphasis added) thinking > of applying for either the containers or garbage collection project.
Since they specifically allow PhD students I think they do not expect to work full-time. And as you seem quite confident that time-wise it will work out I think you should apply. Jens
