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* Please describe yourself in three sentences, one of them regarding your current studies. | * Please describe yourself in three sentences, one of them regarding your current studies. | ||
''I'm currently working towards my PhD in Electrical Engineering which focuses on the statistical modeling of 5G wireless networks.'' | ''I'm currently working towards my PhD in Electrical Engineering which focuses on the statistical modeling of 5G wireless networks.'' | ||
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** Which languages do you speak? | ** Which languages do you speak? | ||
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** What's your overall background? | ** What's your overall background? | ||
''PhD Student (2013-current). Full Scholarship. (Tuiton + Stipend). Electrical Engineering (Researching on next generation wireless networks). University of Leeds, UK'' | ''PhD Student (2013-current). Full Scholarship. (Tuiton + Stipend). Electrical Engineering (Researching on next generation wireless networks). PhD Student. University of Leeds, UK'' | ||
''MSc. (2011-2013) Electrical Engineering. Tuition Scholarship. (3.90/4.00), National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan. Distinction.'' | ''MSc. (2011-2013) Electrical Engineering. Tuition Scholarship. (3.90/4.00), National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan. Distinction.'' | ||
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* Why do you want to participate in the Google Summer of Code? What do you hope to gain by doing so? | * Why do you want to participate in the Google Summer of Code? What do you hope to gain by doing so? | ||
'' | ''As a researcher, I feel that my research is freely accessible to a very small community of engineers. My contribution to an open source organization such as Octave on the other hand, will be available to anyone.'' | ||
''The learning curve from this experience will be huge as I will walk through the process of making a normal looking piece of code worthy of integration in a software | ''Participation in GSoC will not only help me be a part of an organization but also provide me the opportunity to be mentored by highly skilled and experienced professionals. The learning curve from this experience will be huge as I will walk through the process of making a normal looking piece of code worthy of integration in a software and from my friends' experiences, it is an impressive achievement to add on the CV and opens a lot of career options :). '' | ||
** Please also describe your previous experience with the GSoC, if any. | ** Please also describe your previous experience with the GSoC, if any. | ||
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* Why are you choosing Octave? | * Why are you choosing Octave? | ||
''I am very familiar with the coding style as I use MATLAB for my research simulations.'' | |||
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'' | ''My research is quite mathematical in nature and which is why I believe that for implementing the missing algorithms, I can study the algorithms from research papers, understand them and translate them to Octave code.'' | ||
== C: Contact == | == C: Contact == | ||
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* Please state the commits and patches you already contributed to Octave. | * Please state the commits and patches you already contributed to Octave. | ||
'' quadprog in Optim package [http://sourceforge.net/p/octave/optim/ci/62934b60c7505ce43caba6d517fd185ef04babc2/] '' | '' quadprog in Optim package | ||
[[http://sourceforge.net/p/octave/optim/ci/62934b60c7505ce43caba6d517fd185ef04babc2/]] '' | |||
'' lsqlin in Optim package [http://sourceforge.net/p/octave/optim/ci/bb42d6e052a1ba0bd417110b54897e7229de01a3/] '' | '' lsqlin in Optim package | ||
[[http://sourceforge.net/p/octave/optim/ci/bb42d6e052a1ba0bd417110b54897e7229de01a3/]] '' | |||
== F: Feeling fine == | == F: Feeling fine == | ||
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** make, gcc, gdb or other development tools | ** make, gcc, gdb or other development tools | ||
'' Will need to learn more for them. But | '' Will need to learn more for them. But hopefully won't need these. '' | ||
* What will make you actively stay in our community after this GSoC is over? | * What will make you actively stay in our community after this GSoC is over? | ||
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** 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? | ** 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? | ||
'' | ''more on the code/see how it turns out.'' | ||
== Y: Your task == | == Y: Your task == | ||
* Did you select a task from our list of proposals and ideas? | * Did you select a task from our list of proposals and ideas? | ||
''yes | ''yes'' | ||
** 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. | ** 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. | ||
'' | ''http://wiki.octave.org/Summer_of_Code_Project_Ideas#Nonlinear_and_constrained_least_squares'' | ||
''http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/GSoC-2015-Optimization-Package-Non-linear-and-constrained-least-squares-lsqcurvefit-lsqlin-lsqnonlin-tt4668777.html'' | ''http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/GSoC-2015-Optimization-Package-Non-linear-and-constrained-least-squares-lsqcurvefit-lsqlin-lsqnonlin-tt4668777.html'' | ||
* 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.'' | |||
* Please provide a rough estimated timeline for your work on the task. | |||
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[[Category: Summer of Code]] | [[Category: Summer of Code]] |