Google Summer of Code - How to get started?

How to get started at Google Summer of Code

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1. Google Summer of Code How to get started?
2. @rajikaimal Rajika Imal Software Engineer - 99X Technology
3. Google Summer of Code (GSoC) Google summer of code is an international annual program funded by Google to encourage students to craft open source software.
4. Open source Code is made available with a license where copyright holder provides rights to study or alter the code to anyone. Licenses, • MIT • GNU GPL • Apache license 2.0
5. GitHub Hosting service for version control using Git. • Free public project hosting • Issue tracking • Pull requests • Project management • Marketplace
6. Improve your GitHub presence
8. Few GitHubers to follow • Addy Osmani • Dan Abramov • Sam Saccone • Paul Irish • Sindre Sorhus • Jason Miller • Siraj Raval • Andrej Karparthy
9. Why GSoC? • Experience • Prestigious • Skills
10. How to get started • Choosing an organization • Proposal submission • Initial contribution to an organization • Getting feedback from mentors
11. Stages in GSoC • Proposal submission • Community bonding • Evaluation 1 • Evaluation 2 • Evaluation 3
12. GSoC organizations
13. GSoC organizations Choose wisely! Tips: • Narrow down list organizations • Use tags eg: Cloud, Compilers, Go, Node.js
14. GSoC organizations
15. Networking with organizations • Mailing list • IRC • Gitter
16. Introduce yourself
17. Proposals Maximum of 3 proposals per students • Quality rather than quantity
18. Creating draft proposal • Use organization template • Google docs • Share with mentors
19. Early contributions
20. Communication is key! • Really important to communicate with mentors regularly • Get feedback about your draft proposals • Try to finish before the deadline
21. Proposal submission • Make sure to address feedback from mentors • Focus on quality • Submit early, you don’t want to miss the deadline!
22. Fingers crossed!
23. You’re in!
24. Community bonding • Introducing yourself within the community and getting to know each other • Learn / polish your knowledge on technologies related to your project • Again, regularly communicate with mentors • Improve the proposal
25. Coding period starts • Evaluation 1 • Evaluation 2 • Evaluation 3
26. Coding period • Students start working on their projects • Daily or weekly updates about the project progress • Blog posts • Documentation
27. Evaluation • Students submit their work • Mentors review project work • Decide whether to move on or not
28. GSoC swag $2400 stipend • Evaluation 1 - 30% • Evaluation 2 - 30% • Evaluation 3 - 40%
29. Benefits of GSoC • Experience that you gain is different to any other internship • One of the prestigious programs a student can take part in • Skills gained from developing a project continuously for 3 months
31. Sustainable Computing Research lab The Sustainable Computing Research Group (SCoRe) has conducted research covering various aspects of sensor networks, embedded systems, digital forensic, information security, mobile applications, cloud, blockchain and software tools. The goal of our research is to generate computing solutions through identifying low cost methodologies and strategies that lead to sustainability.
32. Technologies • Blockchain • Cloud computing • Information security • Mobile application development • Embedded systems
33. Projects • NodeCloud • GoCloud • SoundCom • Stackle • OpenIOE • EtherBeat • DengueStop • OpenSNA
34. FAQ https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/faq
35. https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com Google Summer of Code website
36. Thank you and Good luck!
37. @rajikaimal Rajika Imal inbox.rajika@gmail.com rajika@scorelab.com