Cheers! digging up the old thread, GSOC 2015 is here again https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015 org application deadline Feb/20.
We had SoN which was success, might give this shot again too? :) On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > We'll have certificates. That's a great idea. > > --------- > Matt Taylor > OS Community Flag-Bearer > Numenta > > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 1:24 PM, David Ragazzi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I really liked the idea of certificates and even I would suggest >> recommendation letters for active participants (this is very important for >> postgraduate admissions offered by named universities). >> >> >> On 25 February 2014 01:05, Pradeepto Bhattacharya <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey Matt, >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:33 AM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> This is a bummer, but I'm not heartbroken about it. It has given us a >>>> change to arrange a set of goals for our project[1], and it's also >>>> given me an understanding of how we can better prepare for GSoC next >>>> year and recruit mentors more effectively. >>>> >>>> GSoC mentorship would have put a considerable strain on our project >>>> during a crucial period this summer while we are working towards >>>> evolving NuPIC towards the vision of the community. Don't be >>>> discouraged by this. Our project is still young, and I think next year >>>> we'll be in a much stabler place to accommodate GSoC participation. >>>> >>>> >>> Not really the same thing but something analogous is when students get >>> rejected by the project mentors. Here in KDE, we have something called the >>> "Season of KDE" ( which makes more sense in both hemispheres even ;) ) for >>> students who are rejected. We offer them to work on their proposals anyway >>> w/o the Google money. For a t-shirt, a certificate, for fun, for the love >>> of the idea and for solving a problem. And trust me it works. >>> >>> A KDE colleague and me had started SoK back in 2006, since then it has >>> become a yearly ritual and has been totally perfected by our community >>> members. I am pretty sure if we dig in our KDE data we will find that we >>> have retained more SoKkers than SoCcers i.e. KDE SoK folks join for the >>> love of the idea and stick around for longer time. >>> >>> I would highly recommend that NuPIC does something like this if >>> possible. From where I stand and see, there are students who want to work >>> on NuPIC and it seems you have mentors who want to help out. Perfect match, >>> non? >>> >>> Do read the following links, those should help. >>> >>> [0] https://season.kde.org >>> [1] http://dot.kde.org/2013/08/09/season-kde-2013-applications-open >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Pradeepto >>> -- >>> Pradeepto Kumar Bhattacharya >>> KDE e.V. Board of Director | Proud KDE Contributor >>> The KDE Project : http://www.kde.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 > > -- Marek Otahal :o)
