[boost] [gsoc15] Re: Hi everyone

Subject: [boost] [gsoc15] Re: Hi everyone
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-02-02 19:29:34

On 3 Feb 2015 at 4:17, PUNEET KOHLI wrote:

> (2013)
> -Boost.uBLAS
> This project is can be very useful for an end user . There can easily be a
> large amount users that could use this library.

I think David Bellot really wants a Solver for uBLAS. But do approach 
him, I'm not an expert in that field.

> -Boost.odeint
> It's a great idea to devote a library completely for solving ODEs which in
> my view can be extended to other areas of calculus.
> Specially the idea of parallelized computation  is very good.
> The other project on this topic(Implicit Routines) though interests me more
> just because i know my way around ODEs. I also learned the fact that this
> project has not been accepted in GSOC till this year.

I certainly know Karsten would like Implicit Routines. Again, very 
much not my specialisation.

> -Boost.ASIO
> This is challenging but it's rewarding just because it makes you co-author
> of a library.This will certainly be a good experience as it can be great
> learning experience.
> (2014)

I think you meant 2013? Paul Kirth was the student that year, and the 
library successfully entered the peer review queue after GSoC.

The same library appeared as AFIO in 2014, and also as Asynchronous 
file i/o backend for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X or WinRT in 2015.

> -Boost.Math Generalized Hypergeometric Functions
> -Boost.odient
> -Boost.xml
> (2015)
> -Concurrent Hash Tables
> This project looks exciting and will be very interesting to work on.
> 
> 
> Hey i would also like to like what are the necessary skills(some other
> particulars except c,c++ etc) that are required so that i am prepared for
> organization and i can prove myself to you.I am really interested in this
> organization so if you could just brief me out bit on what direction i (or
> even other applicants) must follow.

We'll know from the programming competency test and your written 
application. As a general start, fork the relevant parts of Boost 
you'll be modified onto github and follow the instructions for 
getting unit tests compiling and executing. Start your modifications 
from there.

Note that we have not even applied to Google to enter GSoC yet as the 
opening date isn't for another week. It is possible we are not 
approved by Google as an organisation for 2015.

Niall

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