On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 2:49 AM, Gael Varoquaux <
gael.varoqu...@normalesup.org> wrote:
>
> In terms of setting a GSOC proposal, a few advice for you or any student
> interested (this is very general, do not take it as something that
> specifically applies to you):
>
> * Keep in mind that scikit-learn receives a lot of solicitations, thus
> your application should be of high quality, and you should be highly
> motivated, and you need to have had patches accepted before the start
> of the GSOC, as the rules of the PSF state.
>
> * Once again, I'd like to remind that the GSOC requires a **full-time**
> involvement of the student. Consider it as a full time job. We have
> more than once have problems with students not committing enough to
> their project. We will fail people unable to commit enough.
>
> * The success of your project will depend on you, but also your ability
> to create a tight link with your mentor, your backup mentor, and the
> other developers. I think that an indicator of such a link is if you
> are able to get a lot of involvement and feedback on your project
> proposal and on your original pull requests. If people are excited
> about your work, if means that they believe in it. Try to engage core
> developers, but do not hassle them. We are all very busy, and
> scikit-learn is something that most of us do on top of other duties,
> let alone supervising a GSOC student.
>
I would like to add that being familiar with the subject of the GSOC is a
key factor to success. Too often, we found that past students lacked
sufficient understanding of the subject they picked. Likewise, a GSOC
project is not likely to succeed (or even be selected) if there's no core
developer with expertise in the domain. So, don't just pick up a project in
a list, pick a project that you are familiar with, will enjoy working on
during the summer and for which there is a good match with a core
developer. If you're not familiar with a subject, you should be willing to
start reading the literature *before* the summer starts.
Mathieu
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