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Currently I am interested in Control theory, AI and Web Engineering. I am now in my third year of Bachelors Program. | Currently I am interested in Control theory, AI and Web Engineering. I am now in my third year of Bachelors Program. | ||
I heard about Google Summer of Code at the end of last year while looking for a solution of a problem on Drupal Site. A person there had written about her participation in the GSoC in her profile. So I went on the GSoc 2012 website and learnt about the program over there. and that day I decided that I will participate in the program next year. I am passionate about working with Open Source Projects. I am willing to learn new things and working with organizations. I have never done that and I think that it is a big oppurtunity for me to be a part of a large Open Source Organization. I think there will be a lot of stuff for me to learn especially new experience in meeting new people and to work with the people that are out there with the passion of helping others.With the whole summer to spend in coding something worthy, I think it will improve my skills and will provide me a way to learn new things and to learn how to manage programming projects while working with others , and a good feeling of helping others while working with an Open Source Organization. And with a certificate offered by Google alongwith a worthy stipend there is a lot to gain during the whole summer | I heard about Google Summer of Code at the end of last year while looking for a solution of a problem on Drupal Site. A person there had written about her participation in the GSoC in her profile. So I went on the GSoc 2012 website and learnt about the program over there. and that day I decided that I will participate in the program next year. I am passionate about working with Open Source Projects. I am willing to learn new things and working with organizations. I have never done that and I think that it is a big oppurtunity for me to be a part of a large Open Source Organization. I think there will be a lot of stuff for me to learn especially new experience in meeting new people and to work with the people that are out there with the passion of helping others.With the whole summer to spend in coding something worthy, I think it will improve my skills and will provide me a way to learn new things and to learn how to manage programming projects while working with others , and a good feeling of helping others while working with an Open Source Organization. And with a certificate offered by Google alongwith a worthy stipend there is a lot to gain during the whole summer. | ||
This is the first time that I am applying to GSoC program. | This is the first time that I am applying to GSoC program. | ||
I have heard about Octave while taking online classes on Coursera. And since it is similar to Matlab and its free, I think its a better choice for students who cannot afford to pay license fee of Matlab. I have chosen Octave because it offers things that helps a lot in Engineering. And being an Engineering student, I think it is a good choice for me to work with Octave to make it better and more accessible to others. | I have heard about Octave while taking online classes on Coursera. And since it is similar to Matlab and its free, I think its a better choice for students who cannot afford to pay license fee of Matlab. I have chosen Octave because it offers things that helps a lot in Engineering. And being an Engineering student, I think it is a good choice for me to work with Octave to make it better and more accessible to others. | ||
== C: Contact == | == C: Contact == | ||
My nick on IRC is 'Ahsan'. | My nick on IRC is ''''Ahsan''''. | ||
My timezone is +5 GMT and it will remain the same during the course of GSoC. | My timezone is +5 GMT and it will remain the same during the course of GSoC. | ||
My work time will (most probably) be from 0700 GMT to 1500 GMT or From 1400 GMT to 2100 GMT. | My work time will (most probably) be from 0700 GMT to 1500 GMT or From 1400 GMT to 2100 GMT. | ||
== E: Coding experience == | == E: Coding experience == | ||
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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. | ||
I have not written code for any organization but I do maintain a website which helps students in my country that are going to take admissions in University. I am an admin of the site named EntryTestPrep.com . The site is still in the experimental stages and hopefully will be completed in a year. | I have not written code for any organization but I do maintain a website which helps students in my country that are going to take admissions in University. I am an admin of the site named EntryTestPrep.com . The site is still in the experimental stages and hopefully will be completed in a year. The other one is WannabeTech.com site which is kind of inactive now. I did spent a significant amount of time on that one too. | ||
* Please state the commits and patches you already contributed to Octave. | * Please state the commits and patches you already contributed to Octave. | ||
I | I was GSoC 2013 participant for Octave. I had worked on Agora website during the summer. Right now I have submitted one patch that fixes this bug(https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41474). | ||
== F: Feeling fine == | == F: Feeling fine == | ||
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http://wiki.octave.org/Summer_of_Code_Project_Ideas#Finish_the_Agora_website | http://wiki.octave.org/Summer_of_Code_Project_Ideas#Finish_the_Agora_website | ||
The schedule that I have thought of is that I will work for around 35-40 hours each week. And there will be two weeks off during the GSoC program. I will | The schedule that I have thought of is that I will work for around 35-40 hours each week. And there will be two weeks off during the GSoC program. | ||
'''Rough Timeline and Milestones:''' | |||
(24th May - 17th June): To work with mentor about the ideas to implement on the Agora website and to create a to-do list to implement in the coming days.And to know Octave a bit more in detail. (This also includes my final semester exams). | |||
(17 June - 02 August): Start working on the Agora website and try to finish the first half of the To-do list that I will be creating during the community bonding period. | |||
(August-3 to End of the Program): Complete the rest of the work of the Agora website and make it available public so that people can begin start posting and share stuff on it. | |||
[[Category:2013]] | |||
[[Category:Applicants]] | |||