<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hello all<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Just finished preparing the Ideas page for GSoC 2021 [1]<br>[1] <a href="https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/GSoC-Ideas:-2021">https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/GSoC-Ideas:-2021</a><br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">EX-GSoC students & developers If you want to participate as a mentor please read the mentor guide [2] add your name to [1] (if needed) & and a YES to indicate availability.<br>[2] <a href="https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/index">https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/index</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">If you want to participate in GSoC as a student:<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">You can have a heads up by reading [1] and understanding in detail what is going to be needed for your participation to be successful.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Remember that the participation of pgRouting on GSoC 2021 depends on the acceptance of OSGeo organization within the GSoC program and that will be known by march 9, 2021. see the full timeline in [3]<br>[3] <a href="https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/#timeline">https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works/#timeline</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">For GSoC 2021 there are a lot of changes at the end of this mail you can find a summary.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr"></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Happy Holidays!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">pgRouting team</div><br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:large">Smaller project size</b><b style="font-size:large"> - </b><font size="3">all students participating in the 2021 program will be working on a <span style="text-decoration-line:underline">175 hour project </span>(instead
of a 350 hr project). This change will also result in a few other
changes including the student stipend being cut in half. </font><ul><li>Currently
we are missing out on many wonderful students who could never commit to
such a huge project and time commitment but would be great contributors
to your community. This is a significant change as we now are no longer
strongly encouraging students to focus only on GSoC over their summer.
Students have many other responsibilities especially during the pandemic
that make it hard for them to spend 30 hours a week on a project. </li></ul></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><font size="4">Shortened coding period</font></b> - the <span style="text-decoration-line:underline"><i>coding period will be 10 weeks</i></span>
with a lot more flexibility for the mentor and student to decide
together how they want to spread the work out over the summer. Some
folks may choose to stick to a 17-18 hour a week schedule with their
students, others may factor in a couple of breaks during the program
(for student and mentor) and some may have students focus 30 hours a
week on their project so they wrap up in 6 weeks. This also makes it a
lot easier for students with finals or other commitments (weddings,
etc.) to adjust their schedules.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br><b><font size="4">2 evaluations (instead of 3)</font></b> - There will
be an evaluation after 5 weeks and the final evaluation will take place
after the 10th week. We are also no longer requiring students complete
their first evaluation (though we encourage them to do so), so if a
student doesn’t complete the first evaluation they will not
automatically be removed from the program. They are still required to
complete the final evaluation.<br><br><p><b><font size="4">Eligibility requirements</font></b>
- In 2020 there are many ways students are learning and we want to
acknowledge that so we will be allowing students who are 18 years old
AND currently enrolled (or accepted into) a post-secondary academic
program as of May 17, 2021 or have graduated from a post-secondary
academic program between December 1, 2020 and May 17, 2021 to apply to
the GSoC program.</p><ul><li>What this means
is that now the program will be open to folks participating in a variety
of different academic programs, not just accredited university
programs. This includes licensed coding camps, community colleges, and
many other programs that may not be accredited yet but are
post-secondary academic programs. </li></ul><p dir="ltr"></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br clear="all"></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><pre>Georepublic UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Salzmannstraße 44,
81739 München, Germany
Vicky Vergara
Operations Research
eMail: vicky@<a href="http://georepublic.de" target="_blank">georepublic.de</a>
Web: <a href="https://georepublic.info" target="_blank">https://georepublic.info</a>
Tel: +49 (089) 4161 7698-1
Fax: +49 (089) 4161 7698-9
Commercial register: Amtsgericht München, HRB 181428
CEO: Daniel Kastl
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