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Octave has participated during the last two years with four students under the
Octave has participated during the last two years with four students under the
auspices of the GNU project. Due to the success of those experiences, where many
auspices of the GNU project. Due to the success of those experiences, where many
members of the Octave community helped mentor the student, we are trying again.
members of the Octave community helped mentor the students, we are trying again.


We hope to get good code from interested students and ideally establish a line
We hope to get good code from interested students and ideally establish a line
of collaboration with them for the future. We also want to raise awareness of
of collaboration with them for the future. We also want to raise awareness of
Octave amongst the free software community.
Octave in the free software community.


Google Summer of Code represents a unique opportunity to pump up work into
Google Summer of Code represents a unique opportunity to improve both core Octave and domain-specific functionality. We believe the interaction with fresh minds will bring not only new code to Octave but also will augment the developers group.
highly needed low level improvements to Octave, as well as high level
field-specific functionality. We believe the interaction with fresh minds will
bring not only new code to Octave but also will augment the developers group.


=== Did your organization participate in past Google Summer of Codes? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation. ===
=== Did your organization participate in past Google Summer of Codes? If so, please summarize your involvement and the successes and challenges of your participation. ===