I've added myself as a mentor for the "Hierarchical CLAs" Idea. If it's ok?
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Fergal Byrne <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for that Matt, > > Not sure if it's too late, but you could say that the mailing list and IRC > channel lurkers would be happy (or delighted in my case) to share some of > that mentoring work - it wouldn't just have to be the individual identified > as mentor. > > Regards, > > Fergal Byrne > > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> See lots more info about mentoring on the GSoC FAQ: >> >> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/help_page >> . >> >> Here is a quote from the page: >> >> """ >> Each mentoring organization is expected to provide: >> >> - A pool of project ideas for students to choose from, publicly >> published by the mentoring organization as an Ideas list >> (At least) two organization administrators to act as the project's >> main point of contact for Google >> - A person or group responsible for review and ranking of student >> proposals, both those proposals which tie into the org's Ideas list >> and "blue-sky" proposals >> - A person or group of people responsible for monitoring the progress >> of each accepted student and to mentor her/him as the project >> progresses >> - A person or group responsible for taking over for a student's >> assigned mentor in the event they are unable to continue mentoring, >> e.g. take a vacation, have a family emergency >> - A written evaluation of each student participant, including how s/he >> worked with the group, whether you would want to work with them again >> >> In addition to these responsibilities, a mentoring organization should >> actively encourage each student developer to participate in the >> project's community in whichever way makes the most sense for the >> project, be it development mailing lists, idling in the project's IRC >> channel, participating in the project's forum, etc. A truly successful >> mentoring organization will work diligently to ensure that as many of >> their students as possible remain active project participants long >> after the conclusion of the program. >> """ >> >> >> This quote is also relevant: >> >> "While the answer to this question will vary widely depending on the >> number of students a mentor works with, the difficulty of the >> proposals, and the skill level of the students, most mentors have let >> us know that they underestimated the amount of time they would need to >> invest in Google Summer of Code. Five hours per student per week is a >> reasonable estimate." >> >> --------- >> Matt Taylor >> OS Community Flag-Bearer >> Numenta >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Chetan Surpur <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > That's actually a good question for Matt. What exactly will a mentor be >> > doing? >> > >> > Maybe I shouldn't have signed up for something without knowing what it >> is :) >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Jeff Hawkins <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> I am supportive of this. And I am willing to talk about problems and >> >> issues related to the project. I am less willing to take on an >> official >> >> role. Not sure what a "mentors" responsibilities are. >> >> >> >> Jeff >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: nupic [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Chetan >> >> Surpur >> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 8:24 AM >> >> To: NuPIC general mailing list. >> >> Subject: Re: [nupic-discuss] Help with ideas for Google Summer of Code >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> If either of them are up for it, that would be great. Otherwise, I can >> >> interface between them and the student as necessary, since I've been >> sitting >> >> with them discussing these ideas. Subutai, Jeff, just let me know what >> you'd >> >> like to do. >> >> >> >> On Feb 19, 2014 1:47 AM, "Vinh" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> I'm the person who added # 4. Actually, I expected Jeff and Subutai to >> be >> >> mentors for this one because the new TP is Jeff's ideas and he's >> probably >> >> still working >> >> on it. Subutai is more familiar with the current TP and SP >> implementation >> >> than most of us. >> >> Furthermore, Jeff and Subutai did have experience experimenting with >> >> vision problems before >> >> so it might be a big help for this one. But, Chetan, if you're familar >> >> with TP and SP code >> >> and you understand Jeff's new ideas enough, you're welcomed to be the >> >> mentor for this task. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Vinh >> >> >> >> On Wednesday 19,February,2014 02:33:33 AM SGT, Chetan Surpur wrote: >> >> >> >> I've assigned myself to #4, but if the person who added it wants to be >> >> a mentor, feel free to replace my name with yours. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected] >> >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hey all, one more thing I would like to get is volunteers for >> mentors >> >> for each project. If you come up with one of these ideas, it would >> be >> >> excellent if you could list yourself as a "mentor" in the wiki. >> Each >> >> idea needs to have a mentor assigned at some point, and the >> earlier we >> >> assign the, the better our chances will be. >> >> >> >> I've assigned myself as mentor for a couple of them. Please do the >> >> same if you have the time to help. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/help_page#howmuch >> >> >> >> --------- >> >> Matt Taylor >> >> OS Community Flag-Bearer >> >> Numenta >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected] >> >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> > I'd like to submit NuPIC as a Google Summer of Code[1] project >> >> this year. In >> >> > order to do this, I need to put together a list of ideas[2] for >> >> student >> >> > projects involving NuPIC. I'm looking for some help with this >> >> list. If you >> >> > have any cool ideas that a student might be able to build with >> >> NuPIC, please >> >> > add to this list: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> https://github.com/numenta/nupic/wiki/Google-Summer-of-Code-2014:-Ideas-List-for-NuPIC >> >> > >> >> > [1] http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014 >> >> > [2] >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2014/help_page#3._What_is_an_Ideas_list >> >> > >> >> > Thanks! >> >> > >> >> > --------- >> >> > Matt Taylor >> >> > OS Community Flag-Bearer >> >> > Numenta >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> nupic mailing list >> >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> nupic mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> nupic mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> nupic mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >> >> >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > nupic mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nupic mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org >> > > > > -- > > Fergal Byrne, Brenter IT > > <http://www.examsupport.ie>http://inbits.com - Better Living through > Thoughtful Technology > http://ie.linkedin.com/in/fergbyrne/ > https://github.com/fergalbyrne > > e:[email protected] t:+353 83 4214179 > Formerly of Adnet [email protected] http://www.adnet.ie > > _______________________________________________ > nupic mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org > > -- Marek Otahal :o)
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