9-July-2014 Open Source Software Panel - Google Summer of Code & Code-In introduction
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Agenda● Who am I?● What is Google Summer of Code?● What are the goals of the program?● How does Google Summer of Code work?● Google Summer of Code timeline● Stipends● Participating projects● Useful links
Who am I?● Carol Smith (carols@google.com)● I've been at Google 8.5 years● I have work as an administrative assistant,
program manager, and now community manager and open source programs manager
● I have a degree from California State University, Northridge in journalism
● I'm a movie geek, bibilophile, and recreational century bicyclist
What is Google Summer of Code?
Google Summer of Code is a program designed to encourage university student participation in open source software development.
What are the goals of the program?● Inspire young developers to begin participating
in open source development● Provide students in computer science and
related fields the opportunity to do work related to their academic pursuits during the summer
● Give students more exposure to real-world software development scenarios (e.g. Mailing list etiquette, distributed development, etc.)
What are the goals of the program?● Get more open source code created and
released for the benefit of all● Help open source projects identify and bring in
new developers and committers
How does Google Summer of Code work?● Organizations apply and are chosen by Google● Students submit project proposals to the chosen
organizations, who then select student(s) and pair with mentor(s) from the org
● Students execute milestones laid out in their accepted project proposal during the summer
● Students are evaluated twice during the term● Students are paid a stipend in exchange for
passing each evaluation, and are sent a t-shirt at the end of the year if they submit their successful project code sample
Google Summer of Code timeline● Early February: Organizations apply and are
chosen by Google● Early March: Student application period● Late April: Accepted students announced on
google-melange.com● Mid May: Students begin coding● Late June: Mid-term evaluations● Late August: Final evaluations
Stipends● Accepted students in good standing with their
mentoring organizations will receive 500 USD shortly after coding begins.
● Students who pass their mid-term evaluations will receive 2250 USD shortly after the mid-term evaluations.
● Students who receive passing final evaluations will receive 2750 USD shortly after the final evaluation deadline.
Participating Projects● Operating Systems● Mobile, Portable, Handheld Devices● Databases● Programming Languages● Video, Music, TV, and Photography● Code Design, Development & Management● Humanitarian Efforts● Biology, Analytical Sciences, Health Care
http://goo.gl/dhvPVn
Some Interesting Student Success Stories
● There was a GSoC student at CERN when they discovered the Higgs boson
● A GSoC student competed in the London summer olympics (in race walking!)
● Students have worked on projects for Twitter and Facebook in previous years
● 50 million lines of code produced by students in GSoC!
Useful Links● Melange: http://www.google-melange.com● Google Summer of Code discussion list:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/google-summer-of-code-discuss
● Google Summer of Code student manual: http://flossmanuals.net/GSoCStudentGuide/
What is Google Code-in?
● Global, online contest for 13-17 year old pre-university students
● Introduction to open source software development
● 10 Open source organizations create tasks for students to work on
● Students earn certificates, t-shirts and can work toward Grand Prize trip to
Google’s campus
Types of Tasks
Each task is designed to take approximately the same amount of time to
complete (about 3-5 hours)
Categories of Tasks
● Coding
● Documentation/Training
● Outreach/Research
● Quality Assurance
● User Interface
Why participate in GCI?
● Apply classroom skills to real life OS projects
● Excite students about the many types of open source projects they can
choose from
● Become part of the community
● Easy entry, mentors available to guide students
● OS software isn’t just about coding - variety of types of tasks to choose from
Timeline
● November: Contest starts, students can register at google-melange.com
● January: Contest Ends
● January: 20 Grand Prize Winners named
● Late Spring 2015: Grand Prize Trip to Google
Important Links
google-melange.com
Contest site - For rules, frequently asked questions, timeline
Can register for the contest (beginning Nov 18th)
To ask questions, join the discussion group at:
http://groups.google.com/group/gci-discuss
Manual for using the GCI site: http://flossmanuals.net/gci-melange/
More info: developers.google.com/open-source/gci
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