Google Summer of Code 2024 - Project ideas page for the Linux Foundation online

Google Summer of Code 2024 - Project ideas page for the Linux Foundation online

[Till Kamppeter]

Hi,

the Linux Foundation will apply again as mentoring organization in this 
year's Google Summer of Code.

Note that GSoC 2024 allows now 3 project sizes, large (350h) and medium 
(175h) as before, but now also small (90h) in addition.

All the rest is as last year, especially allowance of open source 
newcomers and not only students and flexibility with the end of the 
coding period.

On January 22, 2024 (tomorrow) the application period for mentoring 
organizations for the Google Summer of Code 2024 will start.

To be successful, we need a rich project idea list so that we will get 
selected by Google.

I have set up a page for project ideas for the Linux Foundation's 
participation in the Google Summer of Code 2024:

https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/gsoc/google-summer-code-2024

Please add your ideas to the sub-page of your work group. Also remove 
project ideas which are already done in one of the previous years or not 
needed any more and make sure that all contact info is up-to-date and 
all links are working.

Make sure to not talk about "students", but about "contributors" 
instead. I have, at least partially, taken care of this when I have 
copied your sub-group pages from last year.

Also make sure to remove the "**To be updated**" phrase after having 
updated your project ideas.

If you have problems mail me with your project ideas and other editing 
wishes.

The ideas list is in the Linux Foundation Wiki. If you want to edit and 
did not have the edit rights already from previous years, please tell me 
and I give you edit rights. I need your name and e-mail address for 
that. If you have an account at the Linux Foundation, use preferably 
that e-mail address, but having an account at the Linux Foundation is 
not required.

Please also take into account that the deadline for our application as 
mentoring organization is Feb 6 and after that Google will evaluate the 
applications. So have your ideas (at least most of them, ideas can be 
posted up to the contributor application deadline) in by then to raise 
our chances to get accepted.

Please also tell us if you do not want to participate any more with your 
workgroup, so that we can remove your sub-page.

    Till

Re: Google Summer of Code 2024 - Project ideas page for the Linux Foundation online

[Till Kamppeter]

Two additional remarks:

- This year Google wants to preferably have AI/ML-related projects, so
   to raise our chances, add such projects to your project ideas lists if
   you have and mark them prominently.

- If you are using Mastodon (Fediverse), please post with hashtags
   #LinuxFoundation and #GSoC. Also if you are using a hashtag for your
   workgroup, add this information to the contacts part of your group's
   project idea page.

    Till


On 21/01/2024 19:50, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the Linux Foundation will apply again as mentoring organization in this 
> year's Google Summer of Code.
> 
> Note that GSoC 2024 allows now 3 project sizes, large (350h) and medium 
> (175h) as before, but now also small (90h) in addition.
> 
> All the rest is as last year, especially allowance of open source 
> newcomers and not only students and flexibility with the end of the 
> coding period.
> 
> On January 22, 2024 (tomorrow) the application period for mentoring 
> organizations for the Google Summer of Code 2024 will start.
> 
> To be successful, we need a rich project idea list so that we will get 
> selected by Google.
> 
> I have set up a page for project ideas for the Linux Foundation's 
> participation in the Google Summer of Code 2024:
> 
> https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/gsoc/google-summer-code-2024
> 
> Please add your ideas to the sub-page of your work group. Also remove 
> project ideas which are already done in one of the previous years or not 
> needed any more and make sure that all contact info is up-to-date and 
> all links are working.
> 
> Make sure to not talk about "students", but about "contributors" 
> instead. I have, at least partially, taken care of this when I have 
> copied your sub-group pages from last year.
> 
> Also make sure to remove the "**To be updated**" phrase after having 
> updated your project ideas.
> 
> If you have problems mail me with your project ideas and other editing 
> wishes.
> 
> The ideas list is in the Linux Foundation Wiki. If you want to edit and 
> did not have the edit rights already from previous years, please tell me 
> and I give you edit rights. I need your name and e-mail address for 
> that. If you have an account at the Linux Foundation, use preferably 
> that e-mail address, but having an account at the Linux Foundation is 
> not required.
> 
> Please also take into account that the deadline for our application as 
> mentoring organization is Feb 6 and after that Google will evaluate the 
> applications. So have your ideas (at least most of them, ideas can be 
> posted up to the contributor application deadline) in by then to raise 
> our chances to get accepted.
> 
> Please also tell us if you do not want to participate any more with your 
> workgroup, so that we can remove your sub-page.
> 
>     Till

Google Summer of Code 2024 - URGENT: Please add project sizes and level of difficulty

[Till Kamppeter]

Hi,

we have applied and Google's organization team is looking through the 
organization applications. There they have seen that we are missing 
important information:

1. Project size
---------------

There are 3 project sizes available:

- Large: 350 hours
- Medium: 175 hours
- Small: 90 hours

Large was the original project size of GSoC, 3 months full-time. During 
the time Medium as half-size projects got added, and this year we have 
also Small as quarter-size projects.

There is no requirement to offer all sizes and you can change the sizes 
depending on student proposals.

Please add the aimed-for size to EACH of your listed project proposals ASAP.


2. Level of difficulty
----------------------

This is an important orientation mark for contributor candidates with 
different experience to find the most suitable projects.

Please mark EACH of your project proposals with a level of "easy", 
"intermediate", or "difficult" ASAP.


3. Requirements
---------------

Another important orientation mark: Tell here in which programming 
languages your project is written, which libraries are used, is it 
Desktop, AI, server, cloud, ... So you will get contributors who already 
have experience in fields important for your project.

Please tell for EACH of your project proposals which 
knowledge/experiemce is required or helpful ASAP.


As an example see the project idea list of OpenPrinting:

https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/gsoc/google-summer-code-2024-openprinting-projects

Also do the following ASAP:

- Remove project propoals which are already done or which you do not 
want to do any more this year

- Remove your workgroup's page and the link to it on the main page if 
you do not want to mentor GSoC projects under the Linux Foundation 
umbrella this year.

- Remove the "To be updated" on your group page when you are done with 
your project idea list.

If you are not able to edit, tell me ASAP so that I can give you edit 
rights. Tell me the e-mail address to use for the account. You will then 
get an invitation e-mail from the Linux Foundation. Please follow the 
instructions in the e-mail and you will be able to edit.

Please fix your project idea listings ASAP, and please remove your group 
ASAP if you do not want to mentor this year. Also do not forget to 
remove the "To be updated".

If you do not answer and your group page shows evidence of not being 
edited for this year, we will remove it.

    Till


On 21/01/2024 23:50, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the Linux Foundation will apply again as mentoring organization in this 
> year's Google Summer of Code.
> 
> Note that GSoC 2024 allows now 3 project sizes, large (350h) and medium 
> (175h) as before, but now also small (90h) in addition.
> 
> All the rest is as last year, especially allowance of open source 
> newcomers and not only students and flexibility with the end of the 
> coding period.
> 
> On January 22, 2024 (tomorrow) the application period for mentoring 
> organizations for the Google Summer of Code 2024 will start.
> 
> To be successful, we need a rich project idea list so that we will get 
> selected by Google.
> 
> I have set up a page for project ideas for the Linux Foundation's 
> participation in the Google Summer of Code 2024:
> 
> https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/gsoc/google-summer-code-2024
> 
> Please add your ideas to the sub-page of your work group. Also remove 
> project ideas which are already done in one of the previous years or not 
> needed any more and make sure that all contact info is up-to-date and 
> all links are working.
> 
> Make sure to not talk about "students", but about "contributors" 
> instead. I have, at least partially, taken care of this when I have 
> copied your sub-group pages from last year.
> 
> Also make sure to remove the "**To be updated**" phrase after having 
> updated your project ideas.
> 
> If you have problems mail me with your project ideas and other editing 
> wishes.
> 
> The ideas list is in the Linux Foundation Wiki. If you want to edit and 
> did not have the edit rights already from previous years, please tell me 
> and I give you edit rights. I need your name and e-mail address for 
> that. If you have an account at the Linux Foundation, use preferably 
> that e-mail address, but having an account at the Linux Foundation is 
> not required.
> 
> Please also take into account that the deadline for our application as 
> mentoring organization is Feb 6 and after that Google will evaluate the 
> applications. So have your ideas (at least most of them, ideas can be 
> posted up to the contributor application deadline) in by then to raise 
> our chances to get accepted.
> 
> Please also tell us if you do not want to participate any more with your 
> workgroup, so that we can remove your sub-page.
> 
>     Till