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* Why are you choosing Octave? | * Why are you choosing Octave? | ||
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My name is Andrej Lojdl. I love programming, mathematics, and electronics, as well as any combination of these. I’m a first year student working towards a Bachelor degree in Computer Science at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad, Serbia. I speak Slovak (primary), Serbian and English. | My name is Andrej Lojdl. I love programming, mathematics, and electronics, as well as any combination of these. I’m a first year student working towards a Bachelor degree in Computer Science at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad, Serbia. I speak Slovak (primary), Serbian and English. | ||
Beside my regular course work consisting mostly of math this year, I’ve read most of the SICP book from MIT, I’ve been reading about Python, and I’ve been introduced to VCS with Git and unit testing by a friend from the industry. Before college I’ve been working on a few projects. My first project was “Signature segmentation and replication”, where I was scanning signatures and then segmenting them, using Matlab. Segmentation consisted of detecting nodes and arranging them in a sequence that matched the sequence of writing. My second project was “SPH Fluid Simulation”, where I was trying to replicate the behaviour of incompressible fluids. Code was transferred from C (and OpenGL), to C# (and XNA framework) and finally to Processing. There was some flaw in the mathematical model and I was trying to get around it. These two projects were part of my work in the Petnica Science Center. As a final project in high school I wrote Sudoku solver/generator. | Beside my regular course work consisting mostly of math this year, I’ve read most of the SICP book from MIT, I’ve been reading about Python, and I’ve been introduced to VCS with Git and unit testing by a friend from the industry. Before college I’ve been working on a few projects. My first project was “Signature segmentation and replication”, where I was scanning signatures and then segmenting them, using Matlab. Segmentation consisted of detecting nodes and arranging them in a sequence that matched the sequence of writing. My second project was “SPH Fluid Simulation”, where I was trying to replicate the behaviour of incompressible fluids. Code was transferred from C (and OpenGL), to C# (and XNA framework) and finally to Processing. There was some flaw in the mathematical model and I was trying to get around it. These two projects were part of my work in the Petnica Science Center. As a final project in high school I wrote Sudoku solver/generator. | ||
By participating in Google Summer of Code program, I hope to learn something new, gain more real world experience and spend the summer flipping bits, not burgers. The philosophy of sharing aligns well with my own values. I hope to get a better idea how it is to work in software engineering and how open source communities work, and how can I as an individual participate in the community. | By participating in Google Summer of Code program, I hope to learn something new, gain more real world experience and spend the summer flipping bits, not burgers. The philosophy of sharing aligns well with my own values. I hope to get a better idea how it is to work in software engineering and how open source communities work, and how can I as an individual participate in the community. | ||
This is the first year I’m trying to participate in GSoC. I’m choosing the Octave project because I have been using it for some course work, and because it has helped me alot with some online learning courses, like machine learning on Coursera. | |||
== C: Contact == | == C: Contact == | ||
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* Which time zone do you live in? Will that change over GSoC duration? | * Which time zone do you live in? Will that change over GSoC duration? | ||
* Please state the timeframe (in UTC+0) when you feel most comfortable working during GSoC. Where are your time buffers? | * Please state the timeframe (in UTC+0) when you feel most comfortable working during GSoC. Where are your time buffers? | ||
== 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. | ||
* Please state the commits and patches you already contributed to Octave. | * Please state the commits and patches you already contributed to Octave. | ||
== F: Feeling fine == | == F: Feeling fine == | ||
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** make, gcc, gdb or other development tools | ** make, gcc, gdb or other development tools | ||
* What will make you actively stay in our community after this GSoC is over? | * What will make you actively stay in our community after this GSoC is over? | ||
== O: Only out of interest == | == O: Only out of interest == | ||
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** If not, where would you expect or advise us to do advertising? | ** 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? | * What was the first question concerning Octave you could not find an answer to rather quickly? | ||
== P: Prerequisites == | == P: Prerequisites == | ||
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** a computer with your progressing work on | ** 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. | * Please describe the degree up to which you can install new software on computers you have access to. | ||
== S: Self-assessment == | == S: Self-assessment == | ||
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** Do you like to discuss changes intensively and not start coding until you know what you want to do? | ** 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? | ** 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 == | == Y: Your task == | ||
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** 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? | ** 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. | * Please provide a rough estimated timeline for your work on the task. | ||