# GSoC: Infos for Students, Mentors and everyone else **URL:** \ **Category:** GNU Radio\ **Created:** [April 11, 2013, 10:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gsoc-infos-for-students-mentors-and-everyone-else/228149 "2013-04-11T10:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Martin\_BSSCEL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Martin\_BSSCEL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_BSSCEL)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 10:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gsoc-infos-for-students-mentors-and-everyone-else/228149/1 "2013-04-11T10:09:51Z")
Now that emails have started coming in regarding GSoC, it seems like a good time to go over how the process works. This will be a lot of text, but if you’re interested in GSoC, please read. This mailing list is the correct place to discuss GSoC. If you’re writing about GSoC, _don’t_ be ambiguous, tell us if you want to participate as a student, as a mentor, if you have an idea, etc. General questions about deadlines etc. are all answered in great detail on the GSoC main page[0]. # For students who want to participate That’s fantastic! If one of the ideas on the ideas page[1] sounds like something you want to work on, please contact the mentor associated with that specific idea. In order to participate, you will eventually have to write a proposal on what you plan to do for the 3 months, so you _must_ discuss this with your potential mentor. A good proposal is necessary for participating, so you will have put some research into the subject at hand. Of course, the Google FAQ covers proposals[2]. A word on the 802.11 project: This is definitely the most research-intensive, because there’s so much stuff already out there: In GNU Radio-land alone, there’s the Innsbruck’s guys implementation, all the new OFDM code in master and next etc. Outside of GNU Radio, there’s also a lot of code available. So you’ll be going over a lot of stuff to write your proposal. If you have your own idea for a project, that’s OK, too. Remember it should be something that can be done in 3 months full-time coding (although starting small and adding stretch goals is a good way to achieve this). Tell us on the mailing list about it. If it’s a good project, and you’re a dedicated student, we _will_ find a mentor. The more details, the better. # If you want to be a mentor That’s more tricky than it sounds (there’s a reason we started collecting ideas and requesting mentors months ago). I’ve already gotten some weird (possibly bogus) mentor requests. There’s a couple of things we need to make sure of: An extreme example is the case where mentor and student sign up together to rake in the $$$, but there’s no code at the end. Currently, we know all the mentors personally and we know they would fail students if they don’t deliver, and otherwise coach them well. If you know any developers, it’s probably best to contact them directly. [0] [http://www.google-melange.com/](http://www.google-melange.com/) [1] [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GSoC](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GSoC) [2] [Preguntas frecuentes  |  Google Summer of Code  |  Google for Developers](https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2013/help_page#5._What_should_a_student_proposal_look) – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Communications Engineering Lab (CEL) Dipl.-Ing. Martin B. Research Associate Kaiserstraße 12 Building 05.01 76131 Karlsruhe Phone: +49 721 608-43790 Fax: +49 721 608-46071 www.cel.kit.edu KIT – University of the State of Baden-Württemberg and National Laboratory of the Helmholtz Association ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_BSSCEL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Martin\_BSSCEL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_BSSCEL)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 1:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gsoc-infos-for-students-mentors-and-everyone-else/228149/2 "2013-04-12T13:00:08Z")
I’ve added examples for proposals from last year’s successful projects to the GSoC pages, so potential students should have a look at those if they want to apply. [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GSoC](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GSoC) MB On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:08:27AM +0200, Martin B. (CEL) wrote: > participating, so you will have put some research into the subject at > If you have your own idea for a project, that’s OK, too. Remember it > That’s more tricky than it sounds (there’s a reason we started > > Kaiserstraße 12 > Building 05.01 > 76131 Karlsruhe > > Phone: +49 721 608-43790 > Fax: +49 721 608-46071 > www.cel.kit.edu > > KIT – University of the State of Baden-Württemberg and > National Laboratory of the Helmholtz Association > * * * > > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > [Discuss-gnuradio Info Page](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio) – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Communications Engineering Lab (CEL) Dipl.-Ing. Martin B. Research Associate Kaiserstraße 12 Building 05.01 76131 Karlsruhe Phone: +49 721 608-43790 Fax: +49 721 608-46071 www.cel.kit.edu KIT – University of the State of Baden-Württemberg and National Laboratory of the Helmholtz Association ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_BSSCEL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Martin\_BSSCEL](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Martin_BSSCEL)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gsoc-infos-for-students-mentors-and-everyone-else/228149/3 "2013-04-12T18:34:27Z")
On 12 April 2013 11:58, Martin B. (CEL) [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’ve added examples for proposals from last year’s successful projects > to the GSoC pages, so potential students should have a look at those if > they want to apply. > > [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GSoC](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GSoC) Following a discussion with Tom R and Martin, I’ve added an entry for a Parallella-related project: [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GSoC#Improved-support-for-many-core-floating-point-accelerators](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GSoC#Improved-support-for-many-core-floating-point-accelerators) This perhaps needs a bit more thinking through, so I’m keen to hear any feedback/suggestions that people may have, and also happy to answer any questions about Parallella. Regards, Andrew – Andrew B. > **[carrierdetect.com](https://carrierdetect.com/)**