User:Vagoum

A: An introduction

• My name is Vasilis Goumas and I am 18 years old.I am currently a first year undergraduate student at Electrical and Computer Engineering at National Technical University of Athens,with an

inclination towards programming,mathematics and computer science.I have a working knowledge of English and German and my mother tongue is Greek.I am an avid music listener and enjoy watching movies.

• By participating in the Google Summer of Code, I hope to improve my programming skills as well as my mathematical knowledge on the field of Numerical Analysis and make my first steps in the open-source software field.I have had no previous experience with Google Summer of Code before,but thats going to change!

• Working towards the improvement of Octave offers me the chance to combine my passion for mathematics with my problem solving skills in programming.I will also have the chance to contribute to a tool that many scientists and engineers use in their work.

C: Contact

• My IRC nickname is vagoum
• My timezone is UTC+2 and this is not going to change during the GSoC period.

E: Coding experience

• I am good at C++.My experience with Matlab/Octave comes from the course in Machine Learning by Andrew Ng in coursera,which I am currently taking,as well as from a few academic assignments.I have not any experience with OpenGL or Qt.
• I have a strong knowledge of C and Python and have also coded a few in PHP/Javascript.
• The biggest project I have worked on is an Automata editor,aiming to aid the teaching of Discrete Mathematics in various institutions worldwide.I was collaborating with another two people.The project is still under development.I coded mostly in Python for the database and Javascript for the algorithmic part.
• I do not have made any contributions to Octave.

F: Feeling fine

• I have a previous experience with IRC and mailing list but I do not have used them intensively.
• Haven't used mercurial before but I am very experienced with git/github.
• No previous experience with Mediawiki
• I use gcc a lot but not the exotic features of it.A little knowledge of make and very few of gdb.
• Well,getting a positive feedback and making some friends with which we share the same passion for math and programming is surely a motive.Making my first steps in open-source software is another ;)

O: Only out of interest

• Did you ever hear about Octave before?
  • If so, when and where? How far have you been involved already?
  • If not, where would you expect or advise us to do advertising?
• What was the first question concerning Octave you could not find an answer to rather quickly? Of course more than one question can be stated. We try to improve based on this each year! Includes learning how to use it, code, website, GSoC application, …

P: Prerequisites

• Please state the operating system you work with.
  • If you have access to more than one, please state them and the conditions under which you are granted this access.
• Please estimate an average time per day you will be able to (if separated) access
  • an internet connection
  • a computer
  • a computer with your progressing work on
• Please describe the degree up to which you can install new software on computers you have access to.

S: Self-assessment

• Please describe how useful criticism looks from your point of view as committing student.
• How autonomous are you when developing? If you answer both subquestions with "Yes, definitely", we are a tad confused. ;-)
  • Do you like to discuss changes intensively and not start coding until you know what you want to do?
  • Do you like to code a proof of concept to 'see how it turns out', modifying that and taking the risk of having work thrown away if it doesn't match what the project or original proponent had in mind?

Y: Your task

• Did you select a task from our list of proposals and ideas?
  • If yes, what task did you choose? Please describe what part of it you especially want to focus on if you can already provide this information. Please also wiki-link the page for your elaborated proposal here.
  • If you apply for a task you have added yourself instead, please describe this task, its scope and people you already talked to concerning it. What field of tasks did you miss on the list?
• Please provide a rough estimated timeline for your work on the task. This should include the GSoC midterms and personal commitments like exams or vacation ("non-coding time"). Optionally include two or three milestones you expect.