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* Which time zone do you live in? Will that change over GSoC duration? | * Which time zone do you live in? Will that change over GSoC duration? | ||
In Spain we are at UTC+1 (DST UTC+2), although there have been talks to change to an UTC+0 (DST UTC+1) frame, I am not aware of those taking place soon, nor do I plan to travel outside UTC+2 this summer. | In Spain we are at UTC+1 (DST UTC+2), although there have been talks to change to an UTC+0 (DST UTC+1) frame, I am not aware of those taking place soon, nor do I plan to travel outside UTC+2 this summer. | ||
* Please state the | * Please state the time frame (in UTC+0) when you feel most comfortable working during GSoC. Where are your time buffers? | ||
I am really a morning person, so a eight to six (UTC+0) schedule will do for me. | I am really a morning person, so a eight to six (UTC+0) schedule will do for me. | ||
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* 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. | ||
The biggest project I have worked on was the VHDL discrete filter, carried out along with two colleagues. The idea was to make use of all we learned about digital circuits so we implemented a RAM, adders, various types of registers, finite state machines, and we all went through the nightmare of 'looking for the bug' and creating | The biggest project I have worked on was the VHDL discrete filter, carried out along with two colleagues. The idea was to make use of all we learned about digital circuits so we implemented a RAM, adders, various types of registers, finite state machines, and we all went through the nightmare of 'looking for the bug' and creating test benchs for vhdl. But more importantly that an innocent looking modification may break others' job. | ||
By the way, knowing about the nuts and bolts of how are numbers stored in the bare metal gave me an appreciation for what are the differences between an idealized (almighty) function and the ''real'' poor man's version of it. | By the way, knowing about the nuts and bolts of how are numbers stored in the bare metal gave me an appreciation for what are the differences between an idealized (almighty) function and the ''real'' poor man's version of it. | ||
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<div class="mw-collapsible-content">'''Introduction''' | <div class="mw-collapsible-content">'''Introduction''' | ||
I am Antonio Pino Robles, and if selected I will be working on the project for about 6-8 hours a day (8:00-16:00 UTC+0), with the exception of the first two weeks when I will be taking my final exams. Therefore, mine will be a soft start. As for IRC, I may be contacted | I am Antonio Pino Robles, and if selected I will be working on the project for about 6-8 hours a day (8:00-16:00 UTC+0), with the exception of the first two weeks when I will be taking my final exams. Therefore, mine will be a soft start. As for IRC, I may be contacted any time during the day at AntonioPino in the #octave channel at freenode, via a mobile connection. That work plan shall not be altered, as I don't plan to travel this summer. | ||
On the other hand, I am a fluent English speaker, hold a Cambridge CAE certificate and have taken several university courses taught entirely in the English language. Besides, I am an avid reader, with a passion for the English literature. What I mean is that I do not expect any problem communicating with the mentors or organizers, either in a written fashion or orally. | On the other hand, I am a fluent English speaker, hold a Cambridge CAE certificate and have taken several university courses taught entirely in the English language. Besides, I am an avid reader, with a passion for the English literature. What I mean is that I do not expect any problem communicating with the mentors or organizers, either in a written fashion or orally. | ||
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On the other, more and more dynamical systems can be approximated by a Matrix differential equation, and to have efficient Matrix Function implementations in Gnu Octave will help any free software user (including myself) approach these systems. | On the other, more and more dynamical systems can be approximated by a Matrix differential equation, and to have efficient Matrix Function implementations in Gnu Octave will help any free software user (including myself) approach these systems. | ||
Finally, I have been writing m-scripts for two years now, to solve specific engineering problems, a strong python background. I order to | Finally, I have been writing m-scripts for two years now, to solve specific engineering problems, a strong python background. I order to fulfil it I will have to refresh my C++ knowledge by becoming familiar with the source tree, and get used to mercurial (hg), the version control system used to manage Gnu Octave. | ||
[0] N.J. Higham. A New sqrtm for MATLAB. Numerical Analysis Report No. 336, Manchester Centre for Computational Mathematics, Manchester, England, January 1999. | [0] N.J. Higham. A New sqrtm for MATLAB. Numerical Analysis Report No. 336, Manchester Centre for Computational Mathematics, Manchester, England, January 1999. | ||