Hi! This is Zhanyuan Ye (David). I am a senior student double major in mathematics and statistics and a minor in computer science. I am proficient with python and statistic. I have great interest in this project and discover more about biology through coding and statistical methods. May I ask if there is still seat available for this project?
Thank you.
David
@Davidyzy Sure! There is no limit to the number of project proposals that can be submitted. So feel free to submit your proposal before the deadline April 13 18:00 UTC. And if you have questions or want feedback before you submit your proposal don’t hesitate to ask.
Actually, in this year’s round students are limited to submitting three proposals (and that is probably good, for each one is a lot of work) @Davidyzy
Thanks for the clarification. @Davidyzy This means Each student may submit up to 3 proposals to the program. This is not the same as saying only 3 proposals from different students are the limit.
Can I submit more than one proposal? GSoC FAQ
Yes, each student may submit up to three proposals. However, only one per student may be accepted. No more than one proposal per student will be accepted, no matter how many proposals you submit.
Yes
What about the space in this specific project? Like you would only accept a certain number of students into this project?
@malin May be the right person to answer regarding the final number of students (accepted) per project. But, I imagine it would be about 1-3 students.
Google’s “maximum number of students” for our INCF organization in recent years have been up to 20ish slots. This divided by each team in INCF’s is the rough number of students per team (not project): a team may have more than one project ideas.
@Davidyzy As of now as long as you have not already submitted proposals to three project ideas you are free to submit the proposal for this project.
Hi, and yes, 1-3 depending on the nature of the project; if it can be split into independent parts that several students can work on separately.
To all prospective proposal writers, there are just a few more days until the deadline. Although I have mentioned it at the top of this thread my interactions with those who contacted me indicated most have not “studied” Writing a proposal | Google Summer of Code Guides.
I strongly recommend you study it not just read it. Pay particular attention to Elements of a Quality Proposal (making sure you attempt to check the boxes/points in your proposal) and Submit a Draft Proposal early.
Good Luck!
@malin @lungsi As I am trying to submit the draft proposal, What is the INCF proposal tag for this project?
The following dropdown options are available:
- tvb_project
- genn_project
- brian_project
- imagej_project
- devoworm_project
- osb_project
- dipy_project
- bids_project
- brainbox_project
- other_project
- N/A
Which one should I choose ?
@malin Since this project idea in not under any of the listed INCF GSoC Working Groups, I think the proposal tag ought to be “other_project” or “N/A”. Am I right?
Ok, I have selected “other_project” which can be changed later as mentioned there while submitting Draft proposal
I have successfully shared my draft proposal on GSoC portal with “other_project” and title as “Measure Quality of CerebUnit Validation tests”.
@lungsi Would you please review my Draft Proposal? Do let me know if you have any suggestions to make it better.
Sir/Ma’am,
My name is Swarag. T, a student in IISER Pune. A third-year BS-MS student(undergrad). It would be a great help for me if I can be a part of this project. It would be a great opportunity for me to learn and do things that are really helpful for the community. I am interested in Neuro+AI+Cognitive science. I had taken courses on neurobiology and currently crediting Computational and Mathematical Biology. I had gained some knowledge about spiking neural networks from some papers and about DL and ML through Coursera courses( Mathematics for Machine Learning; Specialization , Neural Networks and Deeplearning,Improving Neural Networks,Natural Language Processing with Classification and Vector Spaces,Computational Neuroscience, The Brain and Space, Simulation and Modeling of Natural Processes, Intro to Programing With MATLAB). I think it would be great to be a part of this project for me as it would improve my understandings, and I like stats and Python very much.
It will be a great help for me to be a part of the team and to learn something. Thank you. Looking forward to hearing from you
@Harsh Having had a quick glance at it, this draft version looks significantly better, look for my feedback when its done so check your inbox here.
Hi @Swarag_T Thank you for your interest. The first step towards getting involved in the project is from your side. That is, you must write a Project Proposal (See Writing a proposal guide). To write your proposal if you have questions to help you better understand the project idea feel free to ask questions also bear in mind the deadline is April 13 18:00 UTC.
So, @Swarag_T whether you end up becoming a contributor (during this GSoC 2021) will depend on your project proposal.
Hi, yes, other_project is fine. We only get ten tags, unfortunately. This is only to help with visibility in the GSoC portal.
@lungsi Let me know if you don’t feel the need for any more changes to the proposal and want me to convert it to pdf and submit the final proposal at the GSoC portal.
Check your inbox here.
Thanks for the report!