ozankabak opened a new issue, #14478: URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/14478
## Context Apache DataFusion is putting together an application for [GSoC 2025](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/). For those who do not know, GSoC is a Google-sponsored program for students passionate about open-source to come in and contribute to cool projects for a duration of 12 weeks over the summer. The main body of this issue will serve as a repository for project ideas for prospective students, should we become a mentoring organization. ## Process As an ex-GSoC student who has been through the process (time flies!), I will be coordinating our application to the program, and oversee the progress on behalf of the PMC. I do not know how many student slots we will get, but in addition to myself, @jayzhan-synnada and @berkaysynnada are volunteering to be mentors to GSoC students and help with their projects. If there is a need for more mentors, I will ask the committers and the PMC for help (and I'm sure we will get as many mentors as necessary 🙂 ). ## Idea Proposals Let's use the comments section of this issue to discuss and ideate about possible 12-week projects for GSoC students. Note that our aim is to answer the following questions positively as we graduate students from the program: 1. Did the student learn new skills for building cutting-edge data systems? This involves things like (a) improving their Rust proficiency, (b) extending their knowledge on schedulers and sync/async computations, (c) developing their ability to grasp and implement novel ideas from recent academic papers, and many other practical computer science skills. 2. Was the student able to complete a non-trivial project that actually integrates with (and is useful within) Apache DataFusion? 3. Will the student leave the program with enthusiasm to become an active member of the Apache DataFusion community, or at least of another open-source community? ## Ideas **TODO**: I will be adding some ideas here during the course of this week, and hope to draw inspiration from the community feedback. Let's go! 🚀 -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@datafusion.apache.org.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@datafusion.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: github-h...@datafusion.apache.org
