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<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/wiki/index.php?title=Template:Student_application_template_public&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: A: An introduction">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="A:_An_introduction"> A: An introduction </span></h2>
== A: An introduction ==
<ul><li> Please describe yourself in three sentences, one of them regarding your current studies.
* I am '''Sandeep Venkat Manthi'''. I like to solve problems and write code. I am a self motivated person who enjoys his work and I am a fourth year post graduate student at NIT Rourkela (India) in Electronics and Communication engineering.   
<ul><li> Which languages do you speak?
** I can speak fluently in English, Hindi and Telugu.  
</li><li> What's your overall background? <i>The general field you work in or are studying, e.g. computer science, physics, artificial intelligence, control theory...</i>
** I am a fourth year student in Electronics and Communications and my main area of research is image processing. However, I have completed courses in soft computing and adaptive signal processing.
</li></ul>
* I like to code and I want to contribute to the open source community that produces most of the software tools that I use.
</li><li> Why do you want to participate in the Google Summer of Code? What do you hope to gain by doing so?
 
<ul><li> Please also describe your previous experience with the GSoC, if any. <i>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!</i>
* Octave is a brilliant project to work on as it is challenging and involves a good deal of pure mathematics. I am interested in Octave because of my experience with it.
</li></ul>
 
</li><li> Why are you choosing Octave?
== C: Contact ==
</li></ul>
* '''sunnyv''' is my nick on Octave IRC channel.  
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* My time zone is UTC + 5:30. I live in India.
<ul><li> Please state the (unique and identical where possible) nick you use on IRC and any other communication channel related to Octave. <i>We really want unique nicks. You might want to bold it.</i>
* I usually code between 12.30 to 18.30 UTC and I start at 8.00 UTC during weekends and few days.
</li><li> Which time zone do you live in? Will that change over GSoC duration? <i>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.</i>
 
</li><li> Please state the timeframe (in UTC+0) when you feel most comfortable working during GSoC. Where are your time buffers? <i>Example: I usually code around 9.00 to 18.00 and could also try to start earlier (~7.00) for few days&#160;;-)</i>
== E: Coding experience ==
</li></ul>
* I have 2 plus years of experience in C++ and Matlab code. I mainly write programs for my Academics and research projects. I have also worked on few C++ projects on freelance websites like Odesk.  
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* I am good with PHP and Python and have worked on a few web design projects as a freelancer.  
<p>This part is one of the more important ones in your application. You are allowed to be as verbose as you want, as long as you stay on topic&#160;;-)
* I do not have any experience on working with open source projects or free projects. I hope to change that in the coming few days.
</p>
* The biggest project I have worked on is on my internship with ECIL, Hyderabad. I have written C code for processing the data from E1 data converter chips in an embedded system that operated a multichannel radio. The device was called E1-Radio Interconnect. I was a part of team of 3 members which developed the program for data management in a FPGA which handled the routing of radio channels. The code which I wrote was 320 lines long and it managed the RCMS PCM radio stream coming from E1 data converter chip in the device. The RCMS channel is used to trigger alarms or switches remotely.  
<ul><li> Please describe your experience with C++, Octave or Matlab m-scripts, OpenGL and Qt.
* I have contributed 3D coordinate system functions for Geodesy in mapping toolbox for Octave.[https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?8377]
</li><li> Please describe your experience with other programming languages.
 
</li><li> Please describe your experience with being in a development team. <i>Do you have experience working with open source or free projects?</i>
== F: Feeling fine ==
</li><li> 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.
* Experience with the following tools
</li><li> Please state the commits and patches you already contributed to Octave. <i>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.</i>
** I am fine with IRC and Mailing lists.  
</li></ul>
** I am comfortable working with Mercurial. I have installed it in my Ubuntu system and its working well.  
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** I am familiar with MediaWiki and I am comfortable using it.
<ul><li> Please describe (in short) your experience with the following tools: <i>We only use this question to determine where you need guidance, not for rating! We by no means expect you to be familiar with all of these and you'll won't necessarily need them while working with us.</i>
** I had a little difficulty with the compilers at first, but after getting help from IRC channel, I was able to resolve all the dependency errors that were halting my build.
<ul><li> IRC and mailing lists
* A proper guide for beginners is what I would like to have. I will be happy to help create it. I find the community exciting and I will contribute whenever I can to the Octave Community even after GSoC.
</li><li> Mercurial or other source code management systems
 
</li><li> Mediawiki or other wiki software
== O: Only out of interest ==
</li><li> make, gcc, gdb or other development tools
* Yes. Our institution uses Octave on http://www.compileonline.com/execute_matlab_online.php to help beginners grasp the basic concepts of Matlab.
</li></ul>
** I expect Octave to advertise in the educational institutions as a free and open source alternative to Matlab.
</li><li> What will make you actively stay in our community after this GSoC is over? <i>You can also tell us after applications close and we'll happily try to fulfill&#160;:-)</i>
* My first problem with Octave was that I was not able to build it in my first go. A lot of dependencies were missing and the information on Ubuntu forums was not enough to install all the dependencies required to build Octave. A good person helped me out on IRC after I tried to resolve it for a while. I think you should include a page which lists down all the dependencies required for different operating systems. This was the link that helped me solve the problem: http://pastebin.com/R9B4A1i8
</li></ul>
 
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== P: Prerequisites ==
<ul><li> Did you ever hear about Octave before?
* I work with Ubuntu and Windows 8. I run a VM with Ubuntu 12.04 inside windows 8.
<ul><li> If so, when and where? How far have you been involved already?
** I have administrator access to the system.  
</li><li> If not, where would you expect or advise us to do advertising?
* I will be able to access  
</li></ul>
** internet for 14 hours a day.  
</li><li> What was the first question concerning Octave you could not find an answer to rather quickly? <i>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, …</i>
** a computer for 24 hours a day.
</li></ul>
** a computer for my progressing work for 24 hours a day.
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* I am the owner of the computer and I can install any software which is supported by my operating system.
<ul><li> Please state the operating system you work with.
 
<ul><li> If you have access to more than one, please state them and the conditions under which you are granted this access.
== S: Self-assessment ==
</li></ul>
* I always view constructive criticism as a positive sign towards better development of a project. I respect opinions and if the criticism contains useful facts, I will always be happy to incorporate them. 
</li><li> Please estimate an average time per day you will be able to <i>(if separated)</i> access
* How autonomous are you when developing?
<ul><li> an internet connection
** Do you like to discuss changes intensively and not start coding until you know what you want to do?(YES)
</li><li> a computer
** 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?(NO)
</li><li> a computer with your progressing work on
== Y: Your task ==
</li></ul>
* I have selected the following task from GSoC projects page ([[summer_of_Code_Project_Ideas]]).
</li><li> Please describe the degree up to which you can install new software on computers you have access to.
** I would like to implement the functions for Coordinate systems, Geodesy and Projections for Mapping Package in Octave Forge. The list of missing functions in the mapping package are grouped here [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AopkixSrywUIdEpaWVktM3hUQjBWZEZVTnlPRFJfU0E&usp=sharing]. The details of the functions that I have proposed to implement are present in the detailed schedule below. I have already contributed the 3D coordinate systems functions to this end[https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?8377].
</li></ul>
* '''Timeline:'''
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**Week 0 (May 19 to May 26): Complete the implementation, tests and documentation for 3D Coordinate systems functions.  
<ul><li> Please describe how useful criticism looks from your point of view as committing student.
**Week 1 to Week 4 (May 27 to June 25): Complete the implementation, testing and documentation of missing functions in Modelling the Earth group in Week 1 and Week 2 and also the selected missing functions in Geographic Coordinate Systems group in Week 3 and Week 4. Submit the following functions for mid term evaluation.1. Modelling the Earth functions ,2. Selected functions in Geographic Coordinate systems ,3. 3D Coordinate system
</li><li> How autonomous are you when developing? <i>If you answer both subquestions with "Yes, definitely", we are a tad confused.&#160;;-)</i>
**Week 5 to Week 7 (June 26 to July 14): Complete the implementation,tests and documentation of the following functions 1. Remaining functions in Geographic Coordinate Systems group by the end of Week 5 ,2. Lengths and Angles group by Week 6, Small Circles, Ellipses ,3. Spherical Distance group by the end of Week 7
<ul><li> Do you like to discuss changes intensively and not start coding until you know what you want to do?
**Week 8 to Week 10 (July 15 to August 5): Complete the implementation,tests and documentation of missing functions in Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines by the end of Week 10.
</li><li> 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?
**Week 11 to Week 12 (August 6 to August 18): This is a buffer time of two weeks to accommodate for any unpredictable delay. Refine tests and documentation for whole project. Code clean up and finalization. End of GSOC.
</li></ul>
**After GSOC: Maintenance and further development of Mapping Package in Octave Forge.
</li></ul>
* '''Detailed Schedule:''' spreadsheet: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AopkixSrywUIdE5aMngyYk53bEkxd2FtYUthS2hjbXc&usp=sharing]
<h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="/wiki/index.php?title=Template:Student_application_template_public&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Y: Your task">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Y:_Your_task"> Y: Your task </span></h2>
{| class="wikitable"
<ul><li> Did you select a task from our list of proposals and ideas?
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Function'''
<ul><li> 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. <i>Please also wiki-link the page for your elaborated proposal here.</i>
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Group'''
</li><li> 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?
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Implementation'''
</li></ul>
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Planned time in GSOC'''
</li><li> Please provide a rough estimated timeline for your work on the task. <i>This should include the GSoC midterms and personal commitments like exams or vacation ("non-coding time"). Optionally include two or three milestones you expect.</i>
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Planned time for Testing / Delivered by the end of'''
</li></ul>
|-
| aer2ecef||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| aer2enu||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| aer2geodetic||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| aer2ned||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| ecef2aer||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| ecef2enu||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| ecef2enuv||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| ecef2geodetic||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| ecef2ned||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| ecef2nedv||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| enu2aer||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| enu2ecef||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| enu2ecefv||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| enu2geodetic||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| geodetic2aer||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| geodetic2ecef||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| geodetic2enu||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| geodetic2ned||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| ned2aer||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| ned2ecef||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| ned2ecefv||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| ned2geodetic||3-D Coordinate Systems||Geod Toolbox||Week 0||Week 0
|-
| antipode||Geographic Coordinate Systems||PROJ.4 library||Week 3||Week 4
|-
| mfwdtran||Geographic Coordinate Systems||PROJ.4 library||Week 3||Week 4
|-
| minvtran||Geographic Coordinate Systems||PROJ.4 library||Week 3||Week 4
|-
| newpole||Geographic Coordinate Systems||PROJ.4 library||Week 3||Week 4
|-
| org2pol||Geographic Coordinate Systems||PROJ.4 library||Week 3||Week 4
|-
| projfwd||Geographic Coordinate Systems||PROJ.4 library||Week 3||Week 4
|-
| projinv||Geographic Coordinate Systems||PROJ.4 library||Week 5||Week 5
|-
| putpole||Geographic Coordinate Systems||PROJ.4 library||Week 5||Week 5
|-
| rotatem||Geographic Coordinate Systems||PROJ.4 library||Week 5||Week 5
|-
| azimuth||Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines||Karney (2013)||Week 8||Week 10
|-
| departure||Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines||Karney (2013)||Week 8||Week 10
|-
| distance||Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines||Karney (2013)||Week 8||Week 10
|-
| gc2sc||Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines||Karney (2013)||Week 8||Week 10
|-
| gcxgc||Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines||Karney (2013)||Week 8||Week 10
|-
| gcxsc||Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines||Karney (2013)||Week 8||Week 10
|-
| meridianarc||Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines||Karney (2013)||Week 8||Week 10
|-
| meridianfwd||Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines||Karney (2013)||Week 8||Week 10
|-
| reckon||Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines||Karney (2013)||Week 9||Week 10
|-
| rhxrh||Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines||Karney (2013)||Week 9||Week 10
|-
| track1||Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines||Karney (2013)||Week 9||Week 10
|-
| track2||Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines||Karney (2013)||Week 9||Week 10
|-
| trackg||Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines||Karney (2013)||Week 9||Week 10
|-
| trackui||Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines||Karney (2013)||Week 9||Week 10
|-
| degrees2dm||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| degrees2dms||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| degtorad||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| dm2degrees||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| dms2degrees||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| fromDegrees||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| fromRadians||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| km2nm||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| km2sm||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| map.geodesy.isdegree||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| nm2km||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| nm2sm||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| radtodeg||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| sm2km||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| sm2nm||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| str2angle||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| toDegrees||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| toRadians||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| unitsratio||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| unwrapMultipart||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| validateLengthUnit||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| wrapTo180||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| wrapTo2Pi||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| wrapTo360||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| wrapToPi||Lengths and Angles||From Scratch||Week 6||Week 6
|-
| axes2ecc||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| earthRadius||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| ecc2flat||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| ecc2n||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| flat2ecc||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| geocentricLatitude||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| geodeticLatitudeFromGeocentric||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| geodeticLatitudeFromParametric||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| majaxis||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| map.geodesy.AuthalicLatitudeConverter||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| map.geodesy.ConformalLatitudeConverter||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| map.geodesy.IsometricLatitudeConverter||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| map.geodesy.RectifyingLatitudeConverter||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| minaxis||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| n2ecc||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| oblateSpheroid||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| parametricLatitude||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| rcurve||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| referenceEllipsoid||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| referenceSphere||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| rsphere||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| wgs84Ellipsoid||Modeling the Earth||geod toolbox(except classdef)||Week 1||Week 2
|-
| deg2km||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
|-
| deg2nm||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
|-
| deg2sm||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
|-
| ellipse1||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
|-
| gcxsc||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
|-
| km2deg||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
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| km2rad||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
|-
| nm2deg||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
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| nm2rad||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
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| rad2km||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
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| rad2nm||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
|-
| rad2sm||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
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| scircle1||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
|-
| scircle2||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
|-
| scircleg||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
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| scirclui||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
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| scxsc||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
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| sectorg||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
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| sm2deg||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
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| sm2rad||Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance||From Scratch||Week 7||Week 7
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I have planned for a 40 hour work schedule every week.
I will be unavailable for 4 days during the entire GSOC period due to personal commitments.
 
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[[Category:Applicants]]

Latest revision as of 18:36, 15 March 2019

A: An introduction[edit]

  • I am Sandeep Venkat Manthi. I like to solve problems and write code. I am a self motivated person who enjoys his work and I am a fourth year post graduate student at NIT Rourkela (India) in Electronics and Communication engineering.
    • I can speak fluently in English, Hindi and Telugu.
    • I am a fourth year student in Electronics and Communications and my main area of research is image processing. However, I have completed courses in soft computing and adaptive signal processing.
  • I like to code and I want to contribute to the open source community that produces most of the software tools that I use.
  • Octave is a brilliant project to work on as it is challenging and involves a good deal of pure mathematics. I am interested in Octave because of my experience with it.

C: Contact[edit]

  • sunnyv is my nick on Octave IRC channel.
  • My time zone is UTC + 5:30. I live in India.
  • I usually code between 12.30 to 18.30 UTC and I start at 8.00 UTC during weekends and few days.

E: Coding experience[edit]

  • I have 2 plus years of experience in C++ and Matlab code. I mainly write programs for my Academics and research projects. I have also worked on few C++ projects on freelance websites like Odesk.
  • I am good with PHP and Python and have worked on a few web design projects as a freelancer.
  • I do not have any experience on working with open source projects or free projects. I hope to change that in the coming few days.
  • The biggest project I have worked on is on my internship with ECIL, Hyderabad. I have written C code for processing the data from E1 data converter chips in an embedded system that operated a multichannel radio. The device was called E1-Radio Interconnect. I was a part of team of 3 members which developed the program for data management in a FPGA which handled the routing of radio channels. The code which I wrote was 320 lines long and it managed the RCMS PCM radio stream coming from E1 data converter chip in the device. The RCMS channel is used to trigger alarms or switches remotely.
  • I have contributed 3D coordinate system functions for Geodesy in mapping toolbox for Octave.[1]

F: Feeling fine[edit]

  • Experience with the following tools
    • I am fine with IRC and Mailing lists.
    • I am comfortable working with Mercurial. I have installed it in my Ubuntu system and its working well.
    • I am familiar with MediaWiki and I am comfortable using it.
    • I had a little difficulty with the compilers at first, but after getting help from IRC channel, I was able to resolve all the dependency errors that were halting my build.
  • A proper guide for beginners is what I would like to have. I will be happy to help create it. I find the community exciting and I will contribute whenever I can to the Octave Community even after GSoC.

O: Only out of interest[edit]

  • Yes. Our institution uses Octave on http://www.compileonline.com/execute_matlab_online.php to help beginners grasp the basic concepts of Matlab.
    • I expect Octave to advertise in the educational institutions as a free and open source alternative to Matlab.
  • My first problem with Octave was that I was not able to build it in my first go. A lot of dependencies were missing and the information on Ubuntu forums was not enough to install all the dependencies required to build Octave. A good person helped me out on IRC after I tried to resolve it for a while. I think you should include a page which lists down all the dependencies required for different operating systems. This was the link that helped me solve the problem: http://pastebin.com/R9B4A1i8

P: Prerequisites[edit]

  • I work with Ubuntu and Windows 8. I run a VM with Ubuntu 12.04 inside windows 8.
    • I have administrator access to the system.
  • I will be able to access
    • internet for 14 hours a day.
    • a computer for 24 hours a day.
    • a computer for my progressing work for 24 hours a day.
  • I am the owner of the computer and I can install any software which is supported by my operating system.

S: Self-assessment[edit]

  • I always view constructive criticism as a positive sign towards better development of a project. I respect opinions and if the criticism contains useful facts, I will always be happy to incorporate them.
  • How autonomous are you when developing?
    • Do you like to discuss changes intensively and not start coding until you know what you want to do?(YES)
    • 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?(NO)

Y: Your task[edit]

  • I have selected the following task from GSoC projects page (summer_of_Code_Project_Ideas).
    • I would like to implement the functions for Coordinate systems, Geodesy and Projections for Mapping Package in Octave Forge. The list of missing functions in the mapping package are grouped here [2]. The details of the functions that I have proposed to implement are present in the detailed schedule below. I have already contributed the 3D coordinate systems functions to this end[3].
  • Timeline:
    • Week 0 (May 19 to May 26): Complete the implementation, tests and documentation for 3D Coordinate systems functions.
    • Week 1 to Week 4 (May 27 to June 25): Complete the implementation, testing and documentation of missing functions in Modelling the Earth group in Week 1 and Week 2 and also the selected missing functions in Geographic Coordinate Systems group in Week 3 and Week 4. Submit the following functions for mid term evaluation.1. Modelling the Earth functions ,2. Selected functions in Geographic Coordinate systems ,3. 3D Coordinate system
    • Week 5 to Week 7 (June 26 to July 14): Complete the implementation,tests and documentation of the following functions 1. Remaining functions in Geographic Coordinate Systems group by the end of Week 5 ,2. Lengths and Angles group by Week 6, Small Circles, Ellipses ,3. Spherical Distance group by the end of Week 7
    • Week 8 to Week 10 (July 15 to August 5): Complete the implementation,tests and documentation of missing functions in Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines by the end of Week 10.
    • Week 11 to Week 12 (August 6 to August 18): This is a buffer time of two weeks to accommodate for any unpredictable delay. Refine tests and documentation for whole project. Code clean up and finalization. End of GSOC.
    • After GSOC: Maintenance and further development of Mapping Package in Octave Forge.
  • Detailed Schedule: spreadsheet: [4]
Function Group Implementation Planned time in GSOC Planned time for Testing / Delivered by the end of
aer2ecef 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
aer2enu 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
aer2geodetic 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
aer2ned 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
ecef2aer 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
ecef2enu 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
ecef2enuv 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
ecef2geodetic 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
ecef2ned 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
ecef2nedv 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
enu2aer 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
enu2ecef 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
enu2ecefv 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
enu2geodetic 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
geodetic2aer 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
geodetic2ecef 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
geodetic2enu 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
geodetic2ned 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
ned2aer 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
ned2ecef 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
ned2ecefv 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
ned2geodetic 3-D Coordinate Systems Geod Toolbox Week 0 Week 0
antipode Geographic Coordinate Systems PROJ.4 library Week 3 Week 4
mfwdtran Geographic Coordinate Systems PROJ.4 library Week 3 Week 4
minvtran Geographic Coordinate Systems PROJ.4 library Week 3 Week 4
newpole Geographic Coordinate Systems PROJ.4 library Week 3 Week 4
org2pol Geographic Coordinate Systems PROJ.4 library Week 3 Week 4
projfwd Geographic Coordinate Systems PROJ.4 library Week 3 Week 4
projinv Geographic Coordinate Systems PROJ.4 library Week 5 Week 5
putpole Geographic Coordinate Systems PROJ.4 library Week 5 Week 5
rotatem Geographic Coordinate Systems PROJ.4 library Week 5 Week 5
azimuth Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines Karney (2013) Week 8 Week 10
departure Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines Karney (2013) Week 8 Week 10
distance Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines Karney (2013) Week 8 Week 10
gc2sc Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines Karney (2013) Week 8 Week 10
gcxgc Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines Karney (2013) Week 8 Week 10
gcxsc Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines Karney (2013) Week 8 Week 10
meridianarc Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines Karney (2013) Week 8 Week 10
meridianfwd Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines Karney (2013) Week 8 Week 10
reckon Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines Karney (2013) Week 9 Week 10
rhxrh Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines Karney (2013) Week 9 Week 10
track1 Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines Karney (2013) Week 9 Week 10
track2 Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines Karney (2013) Week 9 Week 10
trackg Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines Karney (2013) Week 9 Week 10
trackui Great Circles, Geodesics, and Rhumb Lines Karney (2013) Week 9 Week 10
degrees2dm Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
degrees2dms Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
degtorad Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
dm2degrees Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
dms2degrees Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
fromDegrees Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
fromRadians Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
km2nm Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
km2sm Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
map.geodesy.isdegree Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
nm2km Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
nm2sm Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
radtodeg Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
sm2km Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
sm2nm Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
str2angle Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
toDegrees Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
toRadians Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
unitsratio Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
unwrapMultipart Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
validateLengthUnit Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
wrapTo180 Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
wrapTo2Pi Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
wrapTo360 Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
wrapToPi Lengths and Angles From Scratch Week 6 Week 6
axes2ecc Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
earthRadius Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
ecc2flat Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
ecc2n Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
flat2ecc Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
geocentricLatitude Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
geodeticLatitudeFromGeocentric Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
geodeticLatitudeFromParametric Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
majaxis Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
map.geodesy.AuthalicLatitudeConverter Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
map.geodesy.ConformalLatitudeConverter Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
map.geodesy.IsometricLatitudeConverter Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
map.geodesy.RectifyingLatitudeConverter Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
minaxis Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
n2ecc Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
oblateSpheroid Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
parametricLatitude Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
rcurve Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
referenceEllipsoid Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
referenceSphere Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
rsphere Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
wgs84Ellipsoid Modeling the Earth geod toolbox(except classdef) Week 1 Week 2
deg2km Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
deg2nm Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
deg2sm Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
ellipse1 Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
gcxsc Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
km2deg Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
km2rad Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
nm2deg Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
nm2rad Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
rad2km Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
rad2nm Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
rad2sm Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
scircle1 Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
scircle2 Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
scircleg Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
scirclui Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
scxsc Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
sectorg Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
sm2deg Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7
sm2rad Small Circles, Ellipses, and Spherical Distance From Scratch Week 7 Week 7

I have planned for a 40 hour work schedule every week. I will be unavailable for 4 days during the entire GSOC period due to personal commitments.

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