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Subject: Re: [boost] Google Summer of Code with Boost
From: David Bellot (david.bellot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-01-28 12:02:48


Just did it for you in fact. No need to worry

On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 11:59 AM, David Bellot <david.bellot_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> Hi Damian,
>
> sorry for the late reply. If you didn't move it yet, do it now.
> Google will start looking at our list on Monday night/Tuesday.
>
> The application is done already, but the project's list is still open.
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 1:58 PM, Damian Vicino via Boost <
> boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>> I got a student (Laouen Belloli) interested in the Reals project. I talked
>> with him yesterday and I already know his coding level, he was
>> contributing
>> to another c++ open source project I contribute (Cadmium simulator) .
>> Should I move the project to prearranged section before you sent the final
>> proposal for organizations today?
>> Best regards,
>> Damian
>>
>> 2018-01-21 19:08 GMT-05:00 Damian Vicino <damian_at_[hidden]>:
>>
>> > Done, added my new proposal: https://github.com/boostorg/bo
>> ost/wiki/Boost-
>> > Google-Summer-of-Code-2018#4-boostreal
>> >
>> > 2018-01-20 12:13 GMT-05:00 Damian Vicino <damian_at_[hidden]>:
>> >
>> >> Hi David,
>> >> I wonder if there would be any interest in a Computable Reals Library?
>> >> I think it will be a great addition for scientific calculations.
>> >>
>> >> The general idea is representing a number by an algorithm with random
>> >> access to its digits, passing around the number and lazy accessing its
>> >> digits to answer predicates.
>> >> A good reference would be the Computable Calculus book by Oliver
>> Aberth,
>> >> and a good use case would be on Discrete-Event Simulators.
>> >>
>> >> If there is interest, I can make a proposal for it.
>> >> To scope it to something achievable in a GSOC, I would only propose to
>> >> implement operators +, -, *, /, =, !=, <, and make proper
>> documentation.
>> >> The implementation should follow the algorithms proposed Aberth's book
>> >> chapters 1 and 2.
>> >>
>> >> Book for ref:
>> >> - https://www.elsevier.com/books/computable-calculus/aberth/
>> >> 978-0-08-050247-2
>> >> - https://books.google.ca/books?id=sDp0enu9iEUC&pg=PR4&lpg=PR4
>> >> &dq=computable+calculus+library&source=bl&ots=I7MBVJZhEw&
>> >> sig=b3ajmVjm74AATu4XhOEoXRCSbWw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=
>> >> 0ahUKEwix1Mqfg-fYAhWi7YMKHcbzB2QQ6AEIVTAH#v=onepage&q&f=false
>> >>
>> >> Best regards,
>> >> Damian Vicino
>> >>
>> >> 2018-01-20 11:47 GMT-05:00 David Bellot via Boost <
>> boost_at_[hidden]>
>> >> :
>> >>
>> >>> ​Hi everyone,
>> >>>
>> >>> still a few days before we submit our proposal to Google. Don't loose
>> the
>> >>> chance to become a mentor for Boost. It shines on your CV, it is a
>> great
>> >>> opportunity to work with brilliant students around the world, it makes
>> >>> you
>> >>> an official C++ world-wide expert​.
>> >>>
>> >>> So far, we have a nice but little list of proposals here:
>> >>> https://github.com/boostorg/boost/wiki/Boost-Google-Summer-
>> of-Code-2018
>> >>>
>> >>> It would be good to have a bit more before I go and submit to Google.
>> >>> This
>> >>> will increase our chances to be selected again this year. For Boost
>> it's
>> >>> a
>> >>> great funding worth several thousand of dollars every year. We just
>> don't
>> >>> want to miss it.
>> >>>
>> >>> Best regards,
>> >>> David
>> >>>
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