User:Ysaimanojkumar

A: An introduction

• Please describe yourself in three sentences, one of them regarding your current studies.

I am doing my M. Tech. first year in Computer Science and Engineering in IIT Guwahati. I would like to participate in open source programming(I know it is a vague term), to improve my programming skills and Software development techniques.

• • Which languages do you speak?

English and Telugu.

• • What's your overall background? The general field you work in or are studying, e.g. computer science, physics, artificial intelligence, control theory...

Computer Science and Machine Learning.

• Why do you want to participate in the Google Summer of Code? What do you hope to gain by doing so?

I want to improve my programming skills in high level, I mean from a bigger project point of view. I having writing some small programs(mostly for curriculum) but never dealt with big real-time projects that are available in GSoC.

• • Please also describe your previous experience with the GSoC, if any.

Previously I tried to apply but I couldn't make it through, mostly because I don't have that much exposure of GSoC as needed to get through(I did not interact with the team).

• Why are you choosing Octave?

Octave is a free alternative for MATLAB which helps students like me to work on wide range of problems(machine learning projects, chemical engineering, electrical circuit design etc.).

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.

ysaimanojkumar is the nick I use in IRC on freenode.

• 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.

UTC +5:30, I won't change over GSoC duration. No DST adjustment is observed here. No chance of relocation beyond my time zone.

• 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 ;-)

I usually work around 8:00 to 17:00. Occasionally, I would work upto 18:00 or 19:00 in the evening.

E: Coding experience

• Please describe your experience with C++, Octave or Matlab m-scripts, OpenGL and Qt.

I can just read and write C++ code, but I am not an expert in OOP concepts. I can read and write Octave and Matlab .m scripts well. Don't know anything about OpenGL. Have little prior experience with Qt.

• Please describe your experience with other programming languages.

I am comfortable in programming in C, Python and Java.

• Please describe your experience with being in a development team.

I have some experience with working in small development team of 2 to 3 members. That mostly comprises of course projects.

• 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.

It is a project that my friend Sai Kumar and I worked on to create a text editor which does not have any GUI and does spell checking by using a dictionary. The project was to implement it using threads and with out using threads and Compare the performance and justify. My role was to implement it with out using threads. I learnt that it really makes difference to use threads when necessary. I also learned using curses library to implement a text editor(it is cool though not as perfect as vi or nano).

• 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.

F: Feeling fine

• Please describe (in short) your experience with the following tools:
  • IRC and mailing lists

IRC -- very comfortable Mailing Lists - comfortable

• • Mercurial or other source code management systems

Git -- very comfortable. Mercurial -- Never used for my projects but can learn easily as it seems quite similar in workflow to git.

• • Mediawiki or other wiki software

Very comfortable.

• • make, gcc, gdb or other development tools

Very comfortable.

• What will make you actively stay in our community after this GSoC is over? You can also tell us after applications close and we'll happily try to fulfill :-)

Constructive criticism with out any hesitation and appreciation(if I do well, only if I do well).

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.