[Scilab-Dev] Google Summer of Code / Metanet-Boost.graph

[Emmanuel Goossaert]

Hello,

    Thank you for answering. I'll work on a proposal for Metanet
today, as well as on a proposal for SNNS. Those should be ready
tomorrow morning (in your time zone).

    I am right now in Norman, Oklahoma, which is really the middle of
nowhere. To give you an idea, there is only one bus every hour! I
totally agree that Orléans is not that exciting of a city, but I'm
sure you can find some normal food there, which is not even the case
for Norman.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=norman,+oklahoma&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=47.483365,79.101563&ie=UTF8&ll=35.173808,-97.426758&spn=24.575059,39.550781&t=h&z=5&iwloc=addr


Thanks again,

Emmanuel


On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:45 AM, Sylvestre Ledru
<sylvestre.ledru at scilab.org> wrote:
> Le lundi 30 mars 2009 à 01:28 -0500, Emmanuel Goossaert a écrit :
>> Hello,
>>
>>     I am interested in participating in GSoC under Scilab, for the
>> project Metanet-Boost.graph, this is why I am contacting you. I am
>> also interested by the project SNNS, for which I have contacted Mr.
>> Yann Colette. I learned about GSoC just two days ago, so it took me
>> some time to review all the mentoring organizations, and to finally be
>> sure that the one I was the more interested in was Scilab.
> Nice !
>
>>     Also, I will be doing my Master's thesis during the summer, which
>> will take me around 25 hours per week. Because I am living on the
>> campus of my university situated in the middle of nowhere
> What is the middle of nowhere ? Orléans ?
>
>> , I have a lot of spare time. I can work on another project 40 hours a week and
>> still have some spare time remaining. Do you think that my work on my
>> thesis would prevent me from being seriously considered as a candidate
>> in GSoC for Scilab/Metanet-Boost.graph?
> As long as you stick to your planning, it is fine.
>
>>     I know that compared to other participants I am already late.
> It doesn't matter. The important thing is to have a good proposal at the
> end of the week.
>
>> Since the deadline is next Friday, I think I'll spend my week on
>> preparing my applications. I am planning to work on a first version of
>> an application on Monday, and get it ready for Tuesday morning. I know
>> that with GSoC, the all of you must be very busy, but would you mind
>> if I sent this application to this email group or to a particular
>> mentor, so that you can review it and tell me if it needs to be
>> enhanced?
> You can contact Collette Yann <ycollette at free.fr> (he is the one who added the Boost.graph idea) and/or me.
>
>>     I am interested in working on an improvement of Metanet using
>> Boost.graph because I think for an application such as Scilab, having
>> efficient graph implementation and interfacing is a major concern.
>> Such an improvement would benefit to a lot of users in the Scilab
>> community, which is not the case for most of the other projects.
>> Furthermore, I have strong skills in C++, I have been using the Boost
>> library in previous projects, and I have an experience of Fortran 90.
>> Also, I am using matlab every day for my thesis, therefore I'll be
>> able to sneak into Matlab BGL to grab some ideas. This graph project
>> is a non-trivial challenging project, for which I think I have the
>> necessary skills.
> OK
> It is indeed a nice idea.
>
> Sylvestre
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