On Jan 19, 2012, at 00:23 , Gael Varoquaux wrote: > On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 07:37:12PM +0900, Mathieu Blondel wrote: >> It would be nice if you could make a few contributions to scikit-learn >> before the application process starts. This will allow you to >> familiarize with the code base, us to evaluate your potential and, if >> I remember correctly, this is actually a requirement from the PSF. > > I would like to stress this point. A GSOC is supposed to be an ambitious > and challenging project. This means that you should prove to yourself and > to your mentors that you can undertake it. Also, getting familiar with > the codebase of the host project, and the stakes of your specific project > is a great way of making sure that the application is well scoped and > realistic. > > In my opinion, something that made Vlad's GSOC especially succesful, was > that he had already started on the project before writing the > application. As a result the application was clear and to the point, and > everybody was convinced that he could get the job done (well done Vlad!).
Thank you Gael. I came here to say congratulations to Bala for choosing a great team with who to do a GSoC, based on my great experience last summer. An online framework could be a good idea for a GSoC but I don't like it as a project for someone new entering the team because it's much too oriented towards interface engineering and not enough towards algorithms. Same goes for a project on wrapping some structured SVM solver or something like that. How about trace (nuclear) norm minimization, low rank + sparse decompositions? Vlad > > Keep in mind that there is a lot of competition for GSOC. > > Gael > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > Scikit-learn-general mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scikit-learn-general ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Scikit-learn-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scikit-learn-general
