Hello all, I am writing you to inquire about the projects posted for Google Summer of Code (GSoC). Please consider this as step[0] of the process. If this mailist is not the right context for this topic please disgard this message and kindly suggest appropriate context.
First, let me introduce myself, I am master course student at Nitech.ac.jp; I just finished my first year dedicated to courses and about to start the research project. I have been around hadoop since 2007.end; though I define myself as beginner user, to be honest, I have a basic understanding of Hadoop architecture, how to use it, its API and map/reduce programs. My actual research topic/interest is targetting efficient index distribution for a digital library system; in which I wish to let hadoop digest citations and generate indexes/metadata to be distributed around HDFS. Hence, I see in GSoC as an exellent opportunity to practice with Hadoop, a good excuse to benefit from experienced mentors and why not eventually output a publication? I understand that in case my participation is welcome, first I have to discuss then submit to ASF::Hadoop a formal idea proposal before applying to Google. Through the ASF GSoC page, one interestingly challenging project is about Hadoop:Mahout's machine learning algorithms, I am more specifically attracted to Neural Networks problem, as I enjoyed the one and only course I had on the matter (we just had to make a simple BBP on a input sine wave approximation); though I believe such a problem might fit more naturally into Dryad's acyclic graph model than mapreduce.... My questions are: = what are qualifications to join ASF's Hadoop GSoC ? = in that case are there specific guidelines to follow? = more importantly what are your suggestions concerning the above matters? = and finally what's next from here? Thank you very much in advance for your time. Regards; K. Honsali
