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=== How many potential mentors have agreed to mentor this year? === | === How many potential mentors have agreed to mentor this year? === | ||
6-10 | |||
We have about 10 contributors who are potential mentors. They have participated in previous SoC projects, either as students or mentors, and are all active participants in the Octave community. All have previously contributed code, have commit access to either the Octave or Octave Forge source tree, and are active in the mailing lists. Many also keep a constant presence in the IRC channel. | |||
=== How will you keep mentors engaged with their students? === | === How will you keep mentors engaged with their students? === | ||
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Many of our GSoC students use Octave during the academic year or in their professional careers. As such, they are prone to stay involved with its development, even if at a lower level than during the summer. | Many of our GSoC students use Octave during the academic year or in their professional careers. As such, they are prone to stay involved with its development, even if at a lower level than during the summer. | ||
Several previous students have continued with regular contributions to GNU Octave, and | Several previous SoC students have continued with regular contributions to GNU Octave, and most remain available to help us with any problems related to the code they wrote for the project. | ||
=== Has your org been accepted as a mentoring org in Google Summer of Code before? | === Has your org been accepted as a mentoring org in Google Summer of Code before? === | ||
Yes | Yes. We have a nice trajectory mentoring projects since 2011 (both as an independent organization and as part of GNU). [http://wiki.octave.org/Summer_of_Code This page] lists the successful projects that have been executed under our mentoring. | ||
We have a nice trajectory mentoring projects since 2011 (both as an independent organization and as part of GNU). [http://wiki.octave.org/Summer_of_Code This page] lists the successful projects that have been executed under our mentoring. | |||
=== Are you part of a foundation/umbrella organization? === | === Are you part of a foundation/umbrella organization? === | ||
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GNU Octave | GNU Octave | ||
=== Tagline (80 characters) === | === Tagline (80 characters) === | ||
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Free Your Numbers | Free Your Numbers | ||
=== | === Technology Tags (the primary specific technologies your organization uses) === | ||
C++, hg | |||
=== Topic Tags (general topics that describe your organization) === | |||
mathematics, math, numerical, matlab, scientific, computing | |||
=== Proposal Tags (for applicants to use | === Proposal Tags (for applicants to use) === | ||
New feature, Performance, Matlab compatibility, Octave Forge | |||
=== Description (180 chars) === | === Description (180 chars) === | ||
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=== Description (2000 chars) === | === Description (2000 chars) === | ||
GNU Octave is a high-level interpreted language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides capabilities for the numerical solution of linear and nonlinear problems and for performing other numerical experiments. It also provides extensive graphics capabilities for data visualization and manipulation. Octave is normally used through its interactive command line interface, but it can also be used to write non-interactive programs. The Octave language is quite similar to Matlab so that most programs are easily portable. | GNU Octave is a high-level interpreted language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides capabilities for the numerical solution of linear and nonlinear problems, and for performing other numerical experiments. It also provides extensive graphics capabilities for data visualization and manipulation. Octave is normally used through its interactive command line interface, but it can also be used to write non-interactive programs. The Octave language is quite similar to Matlab so that most programs are easily portable. | ||
Octave is continually being upgraded. The current version 4. | Octave is continually being upgraded. The current version 4.0 includes a graphical user interface, support for classdef object-oriented programming, and many new and improved functions. SoC projects may also involve developing or upgrading Octave Forge packages, which can be loaded by users to provide additional specialized functions that supplement those provided in Core Octave. | ||
=== Organization urls === | === Organization urls === | ||
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http://www.octave.org | http://www.octave.org | ||
Logo: http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/raw-file/155d8e90ee1f/doc/icons/octave-logo.svg (generate 256x256 PNG with | Logo: http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/raw-file/155d8e90ee1f/doc/icons/octave-logo.svg (generate 256x256 PNG with Gimp) | ||
Blog: http://planet.octave.org/ | Blog: http://planet.octave.org/ | ||
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Feed: http://planet.octave.org/atom.xml | Feed: http://planet.octave.org/atom.xml | ||
IRC Channel: | IRC Channel: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=octave&uio=MT1mYWxzZSYyPXRydWUmMTI9dHJ1ZQda | ||
Mailing List: | Mailing List: http://wiki.octave.org/FAQ#How_can_I_get_involved_in_Octave_development.3F | ||
General Email: octave | General Email: help@octave.org | ||
Ideas: http://wiki.octave.org/Summer_of_Code_Project_Ideas | Ideas: http://wiki.octave.org/Summer_of_Code_Project_Ideas | ||
Application instructions: http://wiki.octave.org/Summer_of_Code_Project_Ideas#Steps_Toward_a_Successful_Application | Application instructions: http://wiki.octave.org/Summer_of_Code_Project_Ideas#Steps_Toward_a_Successful_Application | ||