CERN-HSF (High-Energy Physics Software Foundation) is the umbrella organization for high-energy physics-related projects in GSoC. The HEP Software Foundation (http://hepsoftwarefoundation.org/) facilitates the coordination of common international efforts in high-energy physics software and computing.
GSoC at CERN-HSF this year:
- 27 students
- 60 registered mentors
- 19 organizations
Community bonding period (until June 7)
- Mentors get in touch with students
- Students should get involved in the community - can already participate in meetings
- Contribute with patches, bug fixes (especially if they are already familiar with the organization)
- Read the documentation, configuring their development environment, anything that prepares them for the coding period
- Establish communication channels with your mentors: e-mail, chat... Communication at least once per week is recommended
- Discuss the work plan, perhaps make some adjustments, needs the agreement of both the student and their mentors.
The coding period this year is split into two parts, (Jun7-Jul16) and (Jul17-Aug23) each ending with a week for evaluations. The detailed timeline is available here
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Students are expected to start executing their project proposals. At this point, students should begin regular check-ins and regular patch submissions.
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Work can be distributed within the 2.5 months coding period to cover the mandatory 175 project hours, as agreed between mentors and students.
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Make sure you don't miss the evaluation deadline, should not take more than 10 min
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Mentors evaluate students
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Students evaluate mentors
IMPORTANT: if the student does not submit the evaluation, their project will be canceled (this happened last year). Necessary to do it!
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When a student passes an evaluation, they are paid
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Code should be placed in a public repository for your mentors to review it
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At the end of your studentship, you will have to provide a link to your code and its documentation
Responsibilities as a student:
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Students should follow the plan of work agreed with their mentors, unless there is some technical issue that justifies changes (also agreed upon)
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They should deliver code
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Absences should be agreed with mentors - "disappearing" from the program will likely be a reason for failing
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If a student fails one evaluation or quit, they are out of the program
Mediation of the admins
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Administrators of GSoC make sure that mentors and students are aware of the rules and milestones of the program.
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Administrators are also mediators: they can help with conflicts between students and mentors
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Contact admins for any issue that might arise between you and your mentors
Miscellaneous
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We have created a chat channel on Gitter for our 2021 promotion, you were all invited
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You are encouraged to write a blog on your GSoC experience, instructions available here
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