Arpit17792

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== A: An introduction ==
== A: An introduction ==
* 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 am a 3rd year Computer Science and Engineering student from IIIT Hyderabad, India. My interests are web development, programming and data structure  and solving brain teaser problems.
** Which languages do you speak?
** Which languages do you speak?
** What's your overall background? ''The general field you work in or are studying, e.g. computer science, physics, artificial intelligence, control theory...''
I speak Hindi and English.
** What's your overall background?
I am a student of Computer Science and Engineering with a good knowledge of Mathematics.
* 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?
** Please also describe your previous experience with the GSoC, if any. ''Includes any community-bonding, mentor experience or application, not necessarily accepted. We use this subquestion to identify which students are unfamiliar with how the program goes, providing further support. It has no negative impact on your rating!''
By participating in GSoC I want to make my first open source contribution and i will get to interact and learn with real cool people from across the world.
** Please also describe your previous experience with the GSoC, if any.
This is the first time I'm applying to GSoC. Google has ranked our institution at 8th position in world and 1st in india on the basis of number of students accepted for the program 2005-13 so here there is good circle of developers and programmers.
* Why are you choosing Octave?
* Why are you choosing Octave?
Since octave is primarily intended for numerical computations and have extensive tools for solving them which is my area of interest and pre-requisite for project Generalized eigenvalue problem matches with my skill set and interest. 


== C: Contact ==
== C: Contact ==
* Please state the (unique and identical where possible) nick you use on IRC and any other communication channel related to Octave. ''We really want unique nicks. You might want to bold it.''
* Please state the nick you use on IRC and any other communication channel related to Octave.
* Which time zone do you live in? Will that change over GSoC duration? ''Perhaps DST adjustment or a relocation. Note that both UTC and GMT are not aware of daylight saving time! Please state UTC+x or -x.''
arpit17792
* Please state the timeframe (in UTC+0) when you feel most comfortable working during GSoC. Where are your time buffers? ''Example: I usually code around 9.00 to 18.00 and could also try to start earlier (~7.00) for few days ;-)''
* Which time zone do you live in? Will that change over GSoC duration?
My time zone is GMT +5:30 and will remain the same over GSoC duration.
* Please state the timeframe (in UTC+0) when you feel most comfortable working during GSoC. Where are your time buffers?
I feel most comfortable working from UTC 1:00PM to UTC 8:00PM.


== E: Coding experience ==
== E: Coding experience ==
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* Please describe your experience with C++, Octave or Matlab m-scripts, OpenGL and Qt.
* Please describe your experience with C++, Octave or Matlab m-scripts, OpenGL and Qt.
I am familiar and worked on c++, Matlab m-scripts and OpenGL. I have worked on C++ for nearly 2.5 years, made a 3D game based on OpenGL and wrote good amount of Matlab m-scripts on signal processing also.
* Please describe your experience with other programming languages.
* Please describe your experience with other programming languages.
Along with C++ I have also worked on C, Python, Java, PHP and a little bit RoR.
* Please describe your experience with being in a development team. ''Do you have experience working with open source or free projects?''
* Please describe your experience with being in a development team. ''Do you have experience working with open source or free projects?''
I have worked on many projects in team and there is a huge advantage of being in a development team, I gained knowledge from other person that how problem could be solved more efficiently, bug solving takes much less time, meet new people and most important less work load on an individual.
* Please describe the biggest project you have written code for and what you learned by doing so. Also describe your role in that project over time.
* Please describe the biggest project you have written code for and what you learned by doing so. Also describe your role in that project over time.
* Please state the commits and patches you already contributed to Octave. ''This question (one of the most important parts by the way) is the only part of your application our wiki admins will edit for you even after the application deadline. Code sometimes speaks louder than many words do.''
* Please state the commits and patches you already contributed to Octave. ''This question (one of the most important parts by the way) is the only part of your application our wiki admins will edit for you even after the application deadline. Code sometimes speaks louder than many words do.''


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