Re: [Haskell-cafe] Summer of Haskell - Now Accepting Applications!

Oops! Never mind, it was mentioned, and I missed it in the email. :) Never mind... On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Chris Smith wrote:

It's worth mentioning that there's a good bit of discussion, about qualifications, project ideas, etc., at https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/4gh1tu/summer_of_haskell_now_accep...

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Gershom B wrote:

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(Note: I am posting this on behalf of Edward Kmett who has spotty availability at the moment)

We've posted an official Summer of Haskell website:

https://summer.haskell.org/

It contains the full timeline for the program this summer, and most importantly, a form for submitting student applications, also linked here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JLIa58u7AcWN31bH_LcCBujN9uzAwfd3HxrT32qz9_g...

The student application period ends next Friday, May 6.

Last year we had a very successful project brainstorming thread. This led to our largest and most successful Summer of Code, ever.

There is a thread on reddit now devoted to the purpose of further brainstorming for this year:

https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/4gh1tu/summer_of_haskell_now_accep...

If you have a proposal that you think a student could make a good dent in over the course of a summer, especially one with broad impact on the community, please feel free to discuss it there.

If you are a potential student, please feel free to skim the proposals for ideas, or put forth ones of your own!

If you are a potential mentor, please feel free to comment on proposals that interest you, put forth ideas looking for students and express your interest, to help us pair up potential students with potential mentors.

Ultimately, the project proposals that are submitted get written by students, but if we can give a good sense of direction for what the community wants out of the summer, we can improve the quality of proposals, and we can recruit good mentors to work with good students on good projects.

Resources:

We have a wiki on https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/ It is, of course, a Wiki, so if you see something out of order, take a whack at fixing it.

We have an active #haskell-gsoc channel on irc.freenode.net that we run throughout the summer. Potential mentors and students alike are welcome.

We have a Trac full of suggested Google Summer of Code proposals both current and from years past, but it could use a whole lot of eyeballs and an infusion of fresh ideas: https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/summer-of-code/report/1

Many of our best proposals in years have come from lists of project suggestions that others have blogged about. Many of our best students decided to join the summer of code based on these posts. The Trac isn't the only source of information on interesting projects, and I'd encourage folks to continue posting their ideas.

If you or your employer would be interested in helping to fund additional students, please feel free to reach out to me.

Thank you,

-Edward Kmett _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe