Call for mentors and students for Google Summer of Code 2014! Google
awards stipends of US$5500 to selected students
AerospaceResearch.net[0] accepts applications for mentors and students
for Google Summer of Code (GSOC) 2014, now! As a mentor, you can realize
your space software, and as a student you are coding it during the
summer and are paid US$5500 by Google for it!
The application period for Mentors is open now and you can apply via
[1]. So be creative and propose your idea and be a trustworthy mentor to
a young and creative mind!
For you students, the application period starts 10 March and will end 21
March. Prepare yourself and read our and all the other 190
organizations' ideas. And then come back to AerospaceResearch.net,
because we have the most awesome coding ideas for your. They are all
space applications! Here is a brief overview:
[SSGT-XX] Solar System Grand Tour (continuation of last year's GSOC
project)
[DGSN-XX] Distributed Ground Station Network
[COMT-XX] Comet Trails (supported by Institute of Space Systems,
Stuttgart University)
[SNET-XX] Sensor Networks (supported by RadioPunks)
[DEOP-XX] Dynamical Evolution of Protoplanets
GSOC is an annual coding campaign, in which Google awards stipends (of
US$5500) to selected students who work on free and open-source software
projects for certain organizations during the summer. This year it is
Google's 10th Summer of Code. It will be bigger and better! With this
years 190 organizations, it tops last year's 177 open source projects
and organizations who took part and mentored 1,192 students and their
projects.
In general, GSOC is open for students aged 18 and older. It offers
diverse projects ranging from software development for Wikipedia and
Linux operating systems, to mobile platforms, to firmware and also
academic work on basic algorithms. People can also mentor emerging
developers during their three months of work and provide support and
personal help.
On a private remark about GSOC 2013, AerospaceResearch.net was lucky to
have been selected as an organization and mentoring three students. This
was an "awesome and motivating" experience and we advise projects and
students alike to visit GSOC 2014 website and apply! You can find our
information and ideas via [1].
During GSOC 2013, we mentored 3 students who coded open-source space
application. So this is your chance to combine three things you like
during summer: space, programming and money. Of course Google looks for
talented programmers like you!
Being a mentor is inspiring because you support great students and great
space projects. Mentors are also invited to Google HQ in Mountain View
(paid flight) to the mentors summit and get a tour. This is rewarding in
many ways to be part of such a great campaign!
You, as a mentor or student, can propose and let your space project
ideas be realized! So if you have coding ideas for your project, you can
propose them to us and we will announce them on our ideas page to the
coding GSOC students. Here is your chance to find further helping hands.
AerospaceResearch.net has open space for everyone!
Links:
[0]
http://aerospaceresearch.net/constellation/forum_thread.php?id=280&postid=1161
[1]
https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/aerospaceresearchnet