9-July-2014 Open Source Software Panel - Google Summer of Code & Code-In introduction

www.google-melange.com

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 ([email protected])● 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

www.google-melange.org

Thank You!

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