GSoC 2014 Introduction Presentation @ TechEx UoM Inauguration Ceremony

1. www.google-melange.com

2. I am,
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Andun Sameera - CSE Final Year Undergraduate
GSoC 2013 Student – Apache OpenMeetings
Committer - Apache WicketStuff
Contributor – Apache Synapse, Airavata, Axis2
Software Engineering Intern @ WSO2
• Contributor for WSO2 ESB – World’s fastest ESB
• Contributor for WSO2 Identity Server
• Contributor for WSO2 Application Server
• Contributor for WSO2 Clarity Framework

3. What is FOSS?
Free Open Source Software is software that you
can truly feel belongs to you. It is usually
developed by community-driven projects of which
the whole aim is to provide people with highquality software that equals or betters the
capabilities of proprietary, closed source software
that you have to pay for and that limits your rights
and ownership.
http://www.libreoffice.org

4. What is Google Summer of Code?
Google Summer of Code is a program designed to
encourage university student participation in open
source software development.

5. What are the goals of the program?
• Inspire young developers to begin
participating in open source
development
• Give students more exposure to realworld software development scenarios
(e.g. Mailing list etiquette, distributed
development, etc.)

6. 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

7. How does GSoC works?
• Organizations who do open source software
development submit project ideas to GSoC.
• Students submit project proposals to the
organizations, who select student(s) and pair
with mentor(s) from the org
• With in a given time period, students and
mentors work to complete the projects
• Program stipend allows students to
concentrate on OSS development

8. Participating Projects
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Operating Systems
Hardware Management
Mobile, Portable, Handheld Devices
Databases
Programming Languages
Video, Music, TV, and Photography
Code Design, Development & Management
Humanitarian Efforts
Content Management
Biology, Analytical Sciences, Health Care
And More!

10. Why Should I Participate?

11. Stipends
• Google will provide a stipend of 6000 USD per
accepted student developer, of which 5500 USD
goes to the student and 500 USD goes to the
mentoring organization.
• Acceptance of a project will give you 500 USD If
You pass the mid-term evaluations, you will
receive 2250 USD.
• Students who receive passing final evaluations
will receive 2750 USD.

12. Scholarships and Conferences

13. Scholarships and Conferences

14. More importantly a good
qualification in IT Sector….

15. GSoC and UoM
• GSoC was started in 2005
• UoM was involved in GSoC from its beginning
• Since 2007, UoM wins GSoC
having the highest number of
participants from a single
university

16. GSoC and UoM?
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Number of Students
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

17. GSoC 2014
• 2014 is the 10th instance of Google Summer of
Code!
• Student stipend increased by 10% to 5500 USD.
• Accepting 10% more students.
• Google is visiting 10 countries where they have
high participation in Google Summer of Code

18. GSoC 2014
• 24 February, 2014: List of accepted
organizations announced on googlemelange.com.
• 10 – 21 March, 2014: Student application
period.
• 21 April, 2014: Accepted students announced
on google-melange.com.

21. Useful Links
• https://www.facebook.com/GSoCSLMeetup
• https://www.facebook.com/UoMGSoC2014Me
ntoring
• Melange: http://www.google-melange.com
• Google Summer of Code discussion list:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/goo
gle-summer-of-code-discuss
• Google Summer of Code student manual:
http://flossmanuals.net/GSoCStudentGuide/

22. Thank You!
We look
forward to your
participation
www.google-melange.org