GSoC/2014

SMC is participating in Google Summer of Code 2014 Project ideas Student application Template

Status Updates
February 25, 2014 Really Happy to announce that We are selected for Google Summer of Code 2014. Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source projects. and this is the third time we are being selected as a mentoring organization.

If you are a student and would be interested in participating in GSoC with Swathanthra Malayalam Computing as your mentoring organization, please take a look at our GSoC Ideas page:

If you want to propose an idea, please do it in student projects mailing list

February 4, 2014
 * Mentoring Organization Applications Now Being Accepted for Google Summer of Code 2014! - Read More

FAQ

 * Is it a requirement to know Malayalam to participate in GSoC as part of SMC?

It is not a requirement to know Malayalam to participated in GSoc as part of SMC. But it will be good if you are good in some Indian language along with listed technologies.


 * I have a project idea that is not listed in SMC project ideas. Can I propose new projects?

Of course. You are encouraged to propose any fresh project ideas with as much as details you can give. If the idea matches with the objectives of SMC, we will be happy to evaluate it for GSOC. SMC is umbrella project for Project Silpa - an Indian language computing project. So you are welcome to submit proposals for other languages too. Be aware that availability of mentors for Non-Malayalam languages is limted


 * I'm interested in * project listed with silpa. what should I do?

Take the silpa code from github, set up silpa locally, try to understand the code and then contact the respective mentor.

Links

 * Google Summer of Code 2014 official website
 * GSoC page in Google Developers Website
 * GSoC News in Google Opensource Blog
 * If you want to propose an idea, please do it in student projects mailing list
 * Student application process
 * GSOC 2014 timeline

In news

 * http://beta.mangalam.com/tech/tech-news/153590
 * http://news.keralakaumudi.com/news.php?nid=5e08ab8bd979a8b12cf8acbbec7835b8
 * http://www.mathrubhumi.com/technology/others/google-summer-of-code-2014-smc-swathanthra-malayalam-computing-malayalam-computing-433388/
 * http://www.mediaonetv.in/news/22571/fri-02282014-1932
 * http://digitalpaper.mathrubhumi.com/c/2477711