Hi Ivar,

Thanks for your advice. All you mentioned are good starting points. I will 
play with Julia and try my best to contribute to Julia. Thank you.

Thanks,
Wenlin

On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 6:31:09 AM UTC-4, Ivar Nesje wrote:
>
> I'm not the right person to answer this, but here is a summary of what the 
> others that asked the same questions as you got.
>
> The most valuable thing to when deciding which students will get approved 
> is to see your code and that your ability to learn. Read the manual and ask 
> questions on julia-users that has not been answered before. Read what 
> others ask, and see if you are able to answer easy some questions. Use your 
> experience to provide useful comments on github issues and Pull requests. 
> If you are able to submit some Julia code that does something useful in a 
> Pull Request to Julia or one of the packages, that would be a huge plus.
>
> As you say you have some experience in the field, you probably have some 
> thoughts on how you want to solve some of the problems. A more detailed 
> proposal is probably also useful for those who will do the selection.
>
> You will also have to register at googles site and submit all the paper 
> work. 
>
> Ivar
>
> kl. 03:18:01 UTC+1 tirsdag 11. mars 2014 skrev Wenlin Hu følgende:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am a PhD candidate of Stony Brook University, USA. My major is Applied 
>> Mathematics. I am very excited about the opportunity to contribute to Julia 
>> community from now on.
>>
>> I have more than five-year research experience on mathematical modeling 
>> and large-scale numerical simulation (on supercomputers), concentrated on 
>> interface and computational fluid dynamic related problems. I am proficient 
>> in C/C++, Matlab, algorithms, data structures, and parallel computing. I 
>> have keen interest in playing with big data.
>>
>> Among all the exciting ideas and projects, the project that caught my 
>> eyes is:
>>
>>    - Dynamic distributed execution for data parallel tasks in Julia
>>    
>> I will be fully engaged in completing this project during summer 2014 if 
>> selected.  
>>
>> My resume or any other information can be furnished upon request. I am 
>> looking forward to your advice on how should I proceed for GSoC 2014. 
>> Thanks. 
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Wenlin Hu
>>
>

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