For ALL Sahana Projects: GSoC 2013 Ideas

This table last updated July 2. Follow the “Project Area” link for more about each project. A fuller profile of each student will be seen in their Melange application. Row order is random.

Time Zones of Interest
IST is 'India Standard Time' = UTC+5:30. Sri Lanka observes IST, without a daylight savings time adjustment.
EDT is 'Eastern Daylight Savings Time' = UTC-4:00. It is the time zone currently in effect for mentors near Washington, D.C. (and other East Coast US cities like New York).

In Conjunction with the IRC Chat

We expect you to submit a weekly update on your project, either as two reports just before and after each weekly meeting on IRC, or a combined reported afterwards. The submission of these reports on time and in detail are considered in your evaluations. Do send an update even if you can’t attend the chat (and if you know you’re going to miss the chat, let us know in advance).

A general guideline on what to include before the IRC would be:

• Any requirements you've fulfilled during the past week
• Progress on completion of the goals you set last week

After the IRC chat, include:

• A summary of the discussion on your project during the meeting
• One or more tangible goals (“deliverables”) to be achieved by next week

The reports should be sent as email to discuss@lists.sahanafoundation.org (aka maindev). You are also encouraged to copy them as a “post” (with date) to your project wiki page (or child or linked doc thereof). While such reports are usually not lengthy, if they are, you can provide the content in the wiki or external doc, and merely send an email announcing the update with the link.

Please prepend your subject lines with [GSoC Your Project Name Here], using something short and precise for your project name (e.g., “Merge Project” for the Vesuvius/Kilauea merge). Maintain a single e-mail thread for all your reports.

Interested Students and Mentors involved with Vesuvius/Kilauea -

Join our IRC chat on #sahana-meeting channel on Tuesdays (unless otherwise indicated). Time: 15:00-16:00+ UTC, 11am–noon+ EDT, 8:30–9:30+ pm IST

All were on #sahana-meeting unless indicated otherwise. Most often DJ'd by glennp, with help from other mentors.
For early pre-award IRC chats, see “Additional Information” further below. Before June, chats started at 16:00 UTC.

* On August 13, many of our students also gave presentations at the SSF Community Chat (2nd session).

Students, mentors, and other SSF members often participate in these monthly 1-hour webex sessions, hosted by Michael Howden.

In particular, 5-minute student project presentations are sometimes given; see the minutes of the session below, which also contains links to student docs/videos:

• Agenda & Minutes, August 13, 2013 Community Chat

See the GSoC 2013 - Archive of Vesuvius/Kilauea Pre-Award Information for:

• early IRC chats (before June)
• students submitting proposals
• ideas not awarded this year, but maybe pursued in the future

• https://launchpad.net/vesuvius (Vesuvius project on LaunchPad)
• Installation instructions for Vesuvius