The 2017 Google Summer of Code application period has opened. The Mifos Initiative will be applying as a mentoring organization and hopes to be selected once again in 2017. Applications are due by February 9 and accepted orgs will be announced by February 27.
2017 Google Summer of Code Timeline
Please see Google Summer of Code website for the full program timeline. Here are a few key dates and their current status:
Date | Event | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 09 February: 1600 UTC | Mentoring organization application deadline | COMPLETED |
27 February: 1600 UTC | List of accepted mentoring organizations published on the Google Summer of Code 2017 site. | ACCEPTED |
Interim Period: | Would-be students discuss project ideas with potential mentoring organizations. | COMPLETED |
20 March - 03 April | Student application period | COMPLETED - 89 APPLICATIONS |
Interim Period: | Mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals; where necessary, mentoring organizations may request further proposal detail from the student applicant. Slot allocations published to mentoring organizations | |
May 4: 1600 UTC | Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2016 site. | COMPLETED - 12 STUDENTS ACCEPTED |
Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects. | IN PROGRESS | |
30 May: | Students begin coding for their Google Summer of Code projects | |
30 June: 1600 UTC | Phase 1 Evaluation deadline; Google begins issuing student payments | |
| 24 July: 1600 UTC | Phase 2 Evaluation deadline | |
17 August: | Suggested 'pencils down' date. Take a week to scrub code, write tests, improve documentation, etc. | |
21 August - 29 August: 1600 UTC | Students tidy code, write tests, improve documentation and submit their code sample. Students also submit their final mentor evaluation. | |
29 August - September 5: 1600 UTC | Mentors submit final student evaluations. | |
6 September | Final results of Google Summer of Code 2015 announced | |
Late October |
2017 Mentors & Ideas
STILL BEING UPDATED FOR 2017: Mentors and the respective projects they'll be guiding will be described here. Please reach out to them if you have any questions.
2017 Interns
| Student | Mentor | Category | Project | Location | Time Zone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Android | Android Field Officer App Version 4.0 | India | IST (GMT +5:30) | ||
| Android | Android Field Officer App Version 4.0 | India | IST (GMT +5:30) | ||
| Android | Android Self-Service App Version 2.0 | ||||
Naman Dwivedi | Android | Mobile Wallet Framework integrated with the UPI | |||
| Web Apps | Web App Enhancements & Refactoring | India | WAT (GMT +1:00) | ||
Raunak Sett | Web Apps | Web Self-Service App | India | ||
| Web Apps | Browser-Based Offline Access | India | IST (GMT +5:30) | ||
| Web Apps | Notifications Framework 2.0 | Cameroon | WAT (GMT +1:00) | ||
Vladimir Fomene | Mobile | Mobile Money Integration Phase 2.0 | Ghana | WAT (GMT +1:00) | |
| Platform & Integration | Data Import Tool Integration & Enhancements | Sri Lanka | SLST (GMT +5:30) | ||
| Platform & Integration | Two-Factor Authentication | Bulgaria | EET (GMC +2:00) | ||
Thisura Philips | Modules & Integration | Static Analysis of Apache Fineract | Sri Lanka | SLST (GMT +5:30) |
Recap from our Last GSOC - 2016
We documented their incredible summer in several posts to our blog:
- 2016 GSOC Wrap-Up: http://mifos.org/blog/2016-google-summer-code-wrap/
- Fun Facts about our 2016 interns: http://mifos.org/blog/fun-fact-gsoc/
- Intro Post for 2016 GSOC interns: http://mifos.org/blog/2016-mifos-google-summer-of-code/
Some posts from 2014 as well:
- http://mifos.org/blog/meet-2014-google-summer-code-class-interns/
- http://mifos.org/blog/a-light-hearted-look-at-our-2014-gsoc-interns/
- http://mifos.org/blog/gsoc-14-mid-term-experience/
- http://mifos.org/blog/gsoc14-experience-mifos/
- http://mifos.org/blog/2014-google-summer-code-bigger-better-ever/
- http://mifos.org/blog/gsoc-reunion/