Summer of Code update : applications so far, and thanks

[Samuel Klein]

Thank you to all who have helped out with our Summer of Code process so
far.  We now have 30 mentors from the community, and 150 applications from
30 countries.  Students have put a good deal of thought into these
applications, and I hope that most of them can lead to community discussion
even if they aren't accepted as official summer projects.  The applications
that stand out are from developers all over the world, with both programming
and pedagogical experience.

Applicants -- please take advantage of the longer application time this year
to update your proposals based on feedback you have gotten from the
community (you have been soliciting feedback, haven't you?)  You can enhance
your applications by adding thoughts from your applications to related pages
on the OLPC wiki.  And don't forget to review any feedback you have gotten
through the gsoc site itself.

Mentors -- please take an hour this weekend to review and adopt
applications.  If you don't adopt any applications, you won't be able to
mentor for us.

Everyone -- if you've been meaning to send in that brilliant application but
have been busy organizing tibetan protests or monitoring the zimbabwe
elections, this is your last chance -- the final deadline is Monday.


Finally, to stimulate discussion, below are a few applications that deserve
more feedback and mentor attention.

= Good applications that need review by a mentor with topic-specific
expertise =

* An XO Eclipse environment - Phan quoc huy
* Handwriting recognition - Juliana Lipková (Thomas Breuel, call your
office)
* "your voice on XO" - Alex Escalona, on community-wide building of new
Festival voices for TTS


= Projects attracting more than one good application =
(e.g., where there are detailed comparisons to be made)

* Typing tutor - at least three good proposals
* Flashcards - at least two good proposals
* [[Elements]] extension - at least two good proposals
* Artificial neural network simulations - at least one good proposal
* A light email client - a few proposals that need clarification
* Blogging platforms -   "      "      "
* Finance activities  -  [[Finance One]], &c


= Other applications of note =

== Core system components ==
* The publish/share button - Robson Mendonça, Eric Burns
* Server interface design - Michał Ściubidło and others
* LustreFS for XO (Distributed mesh filesystem) - Evelina Stepanova
* Memory/disk tuning (schoolserver) - Waseem Shaukat

 == Fundamental activities ==
* [[Listen and Spell]] - Assim Deodia
* Homework manager - Jason Tran
* [[VideoEdit]] - Roberto Fagá
* [[Coding Tutor]] - Rahul Bagaria

== Learning games ==
* Incredible machine - Alex Levenson, with a prototype
* [[PlayGo]] extensions - Brandon Wilson
* Water Game - Lin Zhou, for learning water sanitation and safety
* Garden Game - Javier Trejo, for learning genetics; developing in both en
and es.


Cheers,  SJ
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