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This is the homepage of the DuraSpace Google Summer of Code projects.

For specific deadlines and registration information, please visit the Google Summer of Code website.

DuraSpace Technology

The DuraSpace organization provides leadership and innovation around four open technology platforms:

Not all of these platforms may provide projects for a given Google Summer of Code.  It all depends on whether or not mentors are available during that given year. See below for information about which DuraSpace open technologies have projects available for this year's Google Summer of Code.

GSoC 2010 Projects Available

For Google Summer of Code 2010, the following DuraSpace open technologies have projects available:

Please note that for GSoC 2010, only DSpace technology is participating.  Please refer to the links above if you'd like to work on a DSpace technology project.

Student Application Process

The determination of appropriate projects is a collaborative effort between those community members (preferably developers) and students (preferably computer science students or adepts). We highly recommend that prospective students join the appropriate IRC channel and mailing lists and discuss project ideas with the community prior to submitting a proposal.  See the GSoC Information page (in "GSoC Project Available" section above) for a given DuraSpace technology for links to that technology's IRC channel(s) and mailing list(s).

The order of your proposal submission is irrelevant in the decision making process for selection. What is more important is that the mentors for your project have a strong interest in supporting it during the evaluation process.

Review the existing project ideas (see "GSoC Projects Available" section above) or suggest your own and place your student proposal at the GSoC Site: http://socghop.appspot.com

A word of warning, in past years, bulk applications have been immediately rejected as "insincere".

All proposals should effectively outline:

  1. who you are (i.e. your academic background)
  2. why you want to participate
  3. what you propose to do (and with which DuraSpace technology or technologies)
  4. how you propose to do it
  5. a clearly defined timeline/project plan
  6. and finally your general contact information (email, skype, im, etc.)

The student application process can be competitive.  Last year, DSpace technology alone received about 30 applications, of which only 4 projects were awarded by Google. Yes, that is correct, we do not select how many students can ultimately win.  We only rank them according to the community's interest in mentoring the project. Many years it is as much a competition between the mentors as it is the students.

Good luck!  We look forward to seeing your project ideas!

Past GSoC Projects

Below is a listing of past Google Summer of Code projects, listed by DuraSpace technology:

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