Application Template

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Contact Information

Name:

Country:

School and degree:

Email:

Phone:

Interested Berkman project(s):

Which method of communication do you prefer? (i.e. in person, email, chat, video conference, etc.):

About You

1. If you have a link to a resume/CV/LinkedIn profile, include it here. 2. Please describe yourself, including your development background and specific expertise. 3. What do you hope to gain through the process of participating in GSOC, and specifically by contributing to a Berkman project? 4. Why you are interested in the Berkman coding project(s) you stated above? 5. Have you reviewed the Important Dates and Times for GSOC2010? 6. Do you have any significant conflicts with the listed schedule? If so, please list them here. 7. Do you understand this is a serious commitment, equivalent to a full-time paid summer internship or summer job? 8. We strongly prefer students that provide code samples, ideally in a "social coding" site like google code, github, sourceforge, or gitorious. Please provide a link to code you've written, whether it's a zip file / tarball you host on your own or your github profile.

Proposal

Overview

Provide a brief overview of your proposed solution and objectives you want to achieve with your chosen project. Please include programming languages and technologies you plan to use.

Detailed

Describe your proposed solution in as much detail as you can. Explain what algorithms/technologies you intend to use/study (if any). You can also include links to additional details like diagrams, etc., outlining your ideas acting as supplementary information for your proposal outside of this scope.

Project Plan

How do you plan to spend your summer? Please include a preliminary plan, broken down by pre-Midterm and post-Midterm on how you think you can fulfill your project in the time allocated. Try to be as specific and realistic as you can with your goals and timeframes.

We recognize that the goals may change during the project, and the mentors will accept modifications to the goals at any time. But they are also expecting to see reasonable effort go into the initial project timeline. Any changes to your goals or plan are expected to be immediately communicated to your mentor.

Your mentor will discuss with you any specific status updates or any other regular communication they expect from you as well as which methods they prefer for documentation and collaboration (google docs, wiki, etc.).

The Project Goals and Timeline will form a significant part of the assessment of your application, as well as mid-term and final evaluations.

Additional Information

If you would like to provide any other relevant information, please do so here.