https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=WikiSysop 2026-06-12T10:13:58Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Curarium&diff=390 2015-02-20T19:28:15Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise. It leverages the power of collections to tell stories by giving users tools ranging from item-level annotations to comprehensive, repository-wide visualizations, allowing them to bring both objects and the communities to which they belong into dialogue with one another.<br /> <br /> Curarium isn’t an online exhibition platform, but an environment for pursuing and sharing collections-based research nimbly, intuitively, and iteratively. Browse vast numbers of objects, using an expanding library of visualization tools to generate dynamic data portraits of collections. Annotate records and images, curating them to highlight relationships and juxtapositions. Assemble those records into trays of objects, images, and visualizations to share and work collaboratively with your social circles, and transform trays into published spotlights that unlock the stories and arguments bound up in collections.<br /> <br /> More information: [http://www.curarium.com http://www.curarium.com]<br /> <br /> GitHub repo: https://github.com/berkmancenter/curarium<br /> <br /> ===Ideal candidate criteria===<br /> <br /> Curarium is interested in candidates with experience with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML5, AJAX, JSON, and PostgreSQL.<br /> <br /> Example sub-projects include:<br /> <br /> *Visualizations of works of art (thumbnails, titles, topics, other properties) within and across library collections (including brainstorming, sketching, implementing, and testing)<br /> <br /> *Curarium as a Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) component for an LTS (e.g. [http://www.canvaslms.com/ Canvas])<br /> **embed individual works into LTS<br /> **embed tray of images/annotations into LTS<br /> **embed works visualization (whole collection or search results) into LTS<br /> <br /> *Convert remaining &quot;how we got it&quot; code to much cleaner HTML5 and &quot;the ruby way&quot; styles<br /> <br /> *Tighter integration between WAKU (spotlight/story creation web app) via JSON APIs<br /> <br /> *Collection extraction from libraries and subsequent importing to Curarium; not just the act but also improving the online process</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Main_Page&diff=389 2015-02-20T19:18:27Z

<p>WikiSysop: /* TagTeam */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gsoc-2015.png]]<br /> <br /> == Welcome to Berkman Center Google Summer of Code 2015==<br /> <br /> The [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University] was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.<br /> <br /> We [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/ investigate] the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.<br /> <br /> Our [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ faculty], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows/ fellows], students, and affiliates engage with a wide spectrum of Net issues, including governance, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, content control, and electronic commerce. Our diverse research interests cohere in a common understanding of the Internet as a social and political space where constraints upon inhabitants are determined not only through the traditional application of law, but, more subtly, through technical architecture (&quot;code&quot;).<br /> <br /> As part of our active research mission, we build, use, and freely share open software platforms for free [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/ online lectures and discussions]. We also sponsor [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/ gatherings], ranging from informal lunches to international conferences, that bring together members of our diverse network of participants to swap insights – and sometimes barbs – as they stake out their respective visions for what the Net can become. We also [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/teaching/ teach], seeking out online and global opportunities, as well as supporting the traditional Harvard Law School curriculum, often in conjunction with other Harvard schools and MIT.<br /> <br /> Read more about [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ the Berkman Center].<br /> <br /> Read more about [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015 GSoC].<br /> <br /> ===Contact Us===<br /> IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/berkman-gsoc [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/gsoc-irc-logs/ IRC logs here]<br /> <br /> Email: [mailto:berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com]<br /> <br /> ==Project Opportunities==<br /> There are seven GSoC 2015 projects at the Berkman Center:<br /> <br /> ===Loosely Defined===<br /> <br /> ====[[Docksr]]==== <br /> A slick GUI for managing document relationships and versions.<br /> <br /> ====[[Tools for Time Travel]]==== <br /> A suite of time capsule encryption tools for sending messages securely into the future, so they cannot be read until a particular date or event.<br /> <br /> ===Tighter Defined===<br /> ====[[Chilling Effects]]==== <br /> Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content.<br /> <br /> ====[[Curarium]]==== <br /> Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise.<br /> <br /> ====[[dotplot]]==== <br /> dotplot is a visualization that allows one to tell a story about data.<br /> <br /> ====[[TagTeam]]====<br /> TagTeam is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator.<br /> <br /> ==Application Template==<br /> [[Application_Template|Application template for GSoC 2015.]] This is the preferred template for submitting your application to work on a Berkman Center project.<br /> <br /> ==FAQ==<br /> [[GSoC_FAQ|Answers to commonly asked questions.]] This includes a set of requirements around working hours, who can apply, other commitments you might have for the summer. Please read!</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Main_Page&diff=388 2015-02-20T19:18:03Z

<p>WikiSysop: /* Project Opportunities */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gsoc-2015.png]]<br /> <br /> == Welcome to Berkman Center Google Summer of Code 2015==<br /> <br /> The [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University] was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.<br /> <br /> We [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/ investigate] the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.<br /> <br /> Our [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ faculty], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows/ fellows], students, and affiliates engage with a wide spectrum of Net issues, including governance, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, content control, and electronic commerce. Our diverse research interests cohere in a common understanding of the Internet as a social and political space where constraints upon inhabitants are determined not only through the traditional application of law, but, more subtly, through technical architecture (&quot;code&quot;).<br /> <br /> As part of our active research mission, we build, use, and freely share open software platforms for free [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/ online lectures and discussions]. We also sponsor [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/ gatherings], ranging from informal lunches to international conferences, that bring together members of our diverse network of participants to swap insights – and sometimes barbs – as they stake out their respective visions for what the Net can become. We also [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/teaching/ teach], seeking out online and global opportunities, as well as supporting the traditional Harvard Law School curriculum, often in conjunction with other Harvard schools and MIT.<br /> <br /> Read more about [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ the Berkman Center].<br /> <br /> Read more about [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015 GSoC].<br /> <br /> ===Contact Us===<br /> IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/berkman-gsoc [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/gsoc-irc-logs/ IRC logs here]<br /> <br /> Email: [mailto:berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com]<br /> <br /> ==Project Opportunities==<br /> There are seven GSoC 2015 projects at the Berkman Center:<br /> <br /> ===Loosely Defined===<br /> <br /> ====[[Docksr]]==== <br /> A slick GUI for managing document relationships and versions.<br /> <br /> ====[[Tools for Time Travel]]==== <br /> A suite of time capsule encryption tools for sending messages securely into the future, so they cannot be read until a particular date or event.<br /> <br /> ===Tighter Defined===<br /> ====[[Chilling Effects]]==== <br /> Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content.<br /> <br /> ====[[Curarium]]==== <br /> Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise.<br /> <br /> ====[[dotplot]]==== <br /> dotplot is a visualization that allows one to tell a story about data.<br /> <br /> ====[[TagTeam]]====<br /> Tag Team is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator.<br /> <br /> ==Application Template==<br /> [[Application_Template|Application template for GSoC 2015.]] This is the preferred template for submitting your application to work on a Berkman Center project.<br /> <br /> ==FAQ==<br /> [[GSoC_FAQ|Answers to commonly asked questions.]] This includes a set of requirements around working hours, who can apply, other commitments you might have for the summer. Please read!</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Main_Page&diff=387 2015-02-20T19:17:38Z

<p>WikiSysop: /* Project Opportunities */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gsoc-2015.png]]<br /> <br /> == Welcome to Berkman Center Google Summer of Code 2015==<br /> <br /> The [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University] was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.<br /> <br /> We [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/ investigate] the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.<br /> <br /> Our [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ faculty], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows/ fellows], students, and affiliates engage with a wide spectrum of Net issues, including governance, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, content control, and electronic commerce. Our diverse research interests cohere in a common understanding of the Internet as a social and political space where constraints upon inhabitants are determined not only through the traditional application of law, but, more subtly, through technical architecture (&quot;code&quot;).<br /> <br /> As part of our active research mission, we build, use, and freely share open software platforms for free [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/ online lectures and discussions]. We also sponsor [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/ gatherings], ranging from informal lunches to international conferences, that bring together members of our diverse network of participants to swap insights – and sometimes barbs – as they stake out their respective visions for what the Net can become. We also [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/teaching/ teach], seeking out online and global opportunities, as well as supporting the traditional Harvard Law School curriculum, often in conjunction with other Harvard schools and MIT.<br /> <br /> Read more about [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ the Berkman Center].<br /> <br /> Read more about [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015 GSoC].<br /> <br /> ===Contact Us===<br /> IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/berkman-gsoc [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/gsoc-irc-logs/ IRC logs here]<br /> <br /> Email: [mailto:berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com]<br /> <br /> ==Project Opportunities==<br /> You can apply to any of seven projects for GSoC 2015 at the Berkman Center:<br /> <br /> ===Loosely Defined===<br /> <br /> ====[[Docksr]]==== <br /> A slick GUI for managing document relationships and versions.<br /> <br /> ====[[Tools for Time Travel]]==== <br /> A suite of time capsule encryption tools for sending messages securely into the future, so they cannot be read until a particular date or event.<br /> <br /> ===Tighter Defined===<br /> ====[[Chilling Effects]]==== <br /> Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content.<br /> <br /> ====[[Curarium]]==== <br /> Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise.<br /> <br /> ====[[dotplot]]==== <br /> dotplot is a visualization that allows one to tell a story about data.<br /> <br /> ====[[TagTeam]]====<br /> Tag Team is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator.<br /> <br /> ==Application Template==<br /> [[Application_Template|Application template for GSoC 2015.]] This is the preferred template for submitting your application to work on a Berkman Center project.<br /> <br /> ==FAQ==<br /> [[GSoC_FAQ|Answers to commonly asked questions.]] This includes a set of requirements around working hours, who can apply, other commitments you might have for the summer. Please read!</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Tools_for_Time_Travel&diff=386 2015-02-20T19:13:42Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Tools for Time Travel is a project, in cooperation with the [http://librarylab.law.harvard.edu/ Harvard Library Innovation Lab], to build tools for &quot;time capsule encryption.&quot; Time capsule encryption allows messages to be sent securely into the future so they cannot be read by anyone, including their intended recipient, until a particular date or event.<br /> <br /> We are researching a number of separate tools and techniques:<br /> <br /> *A distributed network for generating and publishing distributed M-of-N public/private keypairs according to a set schedule.<br /> *A desktop tool for sharding and recombining files using mathematically secure secret sharing techniques.<br /> *A tool for storing digital shards in a visual format on paper for longterm archival storage.<br /> <br /> === Ideal candidate criteria ===<br /> <br /> We are looking for candidates who want to work on one of these projects or develop new tools and techniques related to time capsule encryption (anything from cryptocurrency integration to undersea data beacons -- you tell us).<br /> <br /> In your proposal, please explain what specific strategies or algorithms you believe will be most successful for time capsule encryption; what adversaries your strategy is designed to defend against; and why users would benefit from using your strategy over existing options.</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Docksr&diff=385 2015-02-20T19:13:08Z

<p>WikiSysop: /* Ideal candidate criteria */</p> <hr /> <div>We want to build software that will help us manage multiple inter-related documents.<br /> <br /> It would most likely take the form of an overlay for Google Drive that allows us to keep track of dependencies between documents. This GUI would show how documents are related and allow on-click access to these documents (via either Google Docs or Word). It will also enable document versioning (define document B to be a new version of document A) to allow us keep track of versions in a non-destructive way.<br /> <br /> Some of this functionality already exists, so a big part of it this project would be to identify existing open source options and then customize it to run on top of Google Drive and our existing project management interface ([http://www.redmine.org/ Redmine]).<br /> <br /> Why do we want to do this? The Berkman Center writes a lot of reports and academic papers. And when we write these reports, we then often generate a lot of other materials based on the original report (press releases, e-mails, websites, executive summaries, shorter versions of the report, etc.). When we write these smaller documents, we often need to use consistent language across all of the forms, which then creates significant problems when people make edits to a subsidiary documents. We need a way to keep track of documents and make sure that when changes occur in one, we know to also check all co-dependent documents.<br /> <br /> === Ideal candidate criteria ===<br /> We are looking for candidates who are interested in solving workflow challenges and have experience building GUIs. In your proposal, please explain what approach you believe will be most successful to build Docksr.<br /> <br /> We are open to the mechanics of how you would design Docksr, so creativity and efficient use of time and resources are valued.</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Dotplot&diff=384 2015-02-20T19:10:57Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>dotplot is a [https://i.imgur.com/hePKkim.gifv visualization] that allows one to tell a story about data. Our primary use case is mapping a diverse network of people in a playful and interactive way. All too often, the only way to get a sense for the attendees of an event or the members of a distributed network is to do a significant amount of searching for resumes and background information. This research takes excessive time and effort, and it makes what should be an exciting and fun--meeting new people and finding potential collaborators--into a chore, something to be avoided or put off.<br /> <br /> This is where dotplot intervenes, bringing a sense of joy and discovery back into the process and helping to facilitate even more discoveries of commonalities and uniqueness among group members. This tool takes a spreadsheet of information about individuals gathered through survey questions and generates a dynamic visualization of the responses.<br /> <br /> Examples of dotplot in action: http://brk.mn/dcviz, http://brk.mn/casviz<br /> <br /> GitHub repo: https://github.com/berkmancenter/dotplot <br /> <br /> ===Ideal candidate criteria===<br /> dotplot is interested in developers to improve both typical user experience and creative uses of the tool. Currently, dotplot requires specific backend programming to input spreadsheet information, but we would like it to be a tool available for conference organizers and event hosts to use without difficulty or extensive programming experience. The ideal candidate has experience with JavaScript, D3.js, HTML/CSS/SVG, and a server-side programming language of the student’s choice (Javascript, Ruby, PHP, Python).<br /> <br /> Suggested sub-projects include:<br /> *Design and build a system for collecting structured data from users<br /> *Connect the collected data to the existing JS visualization<br /> *Expand and improve upon the existing JS visualization<br /> *Bring creative and thoughtful ideas about potential enhancements<br /> <br /> Other potential sub-projects include:<br /> *Easy to use, interactive interface for data input and manipulation<br /> *Offer users choices for how the data is visualized by survey and by question:<br /> **Display locations on a map<br /> **Track a specific respondent through multiple questions (in progress)<br /> **See the relationship between multiple questions using color, space, etc.<br /> **Zoom in and out on specific clusters<br /> **Hover to reveal more information about respondents or clusters (in progress)</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Dotplot&diff=383 2015-02-20T19:03:46Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>dotplot is a [https://i.imgur.com/hePKkim.gifv visualization] that allows one to tell a story about data. Our primary use case is mapping a diverse network of people in a playful and interactive way. All too often, the only way to get a sense for the attendees of an event or the members of a distributed network is to do a significant amount of searching for resumes and background information. This research takes excessive time and effort, and it makes what should be an exciting and fun--meeting new people and finding potential collaborators--into a chore, something to be avoided or put off.<br /> <br /> This is where dotplot intervenes, bringing a sense of joy and discovery back into the process and helping to facilitate even more discoveries of commonalities and uniqueness among group members. This tool takes a spreadsheet of information about individuals gathered through survey questions and generates a dynamic visualization of the responses. Two examples using the current version of the tool can be found [http://brk.mn/dcviz here] and [http://brk.mn/casviz here], and the codebase can be viewed [https://github.com/berkmancenter/dotplot on GitHub].<br /> <br /> Currently, this tool requires specific backend programming to input spreadsheet information, but we would like it to be a tool available for conference organizers and event hosts to use without difficulty or extensive programming experience. Other potential improvements include:<br /> *Easy to use, interactive interface for data input and manipulation<br /> *Offer users choices for how the data is visualized by survey and by question:<br /> **Display locations on a map<br /> **Track a specific respondent through multiple questions (in progress)<br /> **See the relationship between multiple questions using color, space, etc.<br /> **Zoom in and out on specific clusters<br /> **Hover to reveal more information about respondents or clusters (in progress)<br /> **And so on.<br /> <br /> ===Requirements (can be closely or loosely defined)===<br /> There are several small and large enhancements we would like to make to this tool. Mostly, we are looking for a GSoC student who would be excited to help:<br /> *Design and build a system for collecting structured data from users<br /> *Connect the collected data to the existing JS visualization<br /> *Expand and improve upon the existing JS visualization<br /> *Bring creative and thoughtful ideas about potential enhancements<br /> Consider both the typical user experience and creative uses of the tool<br /> <br /> ===Technology involved (project can be, and is sometimes encouraged to be, open ended such that the student proposes and solution)===<br /> *Javascript<br /> *D3.js<br /> *HTML/CSS/SVG<br /> *A server-side programming language of the student’s choice (Javascript, Ruby, PHP, Python)</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Dotplot&diff=382 2015-02-20T19:01:52Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>dotplot is a [https://i.imgur.com/hePKkim.gifv visualization] that allows one to tell a story about data. Our primary use case is mapping a diverse network of people in a playful and interactive way. All too often, the only way to get a sense for the attendees of an event or the members of a distributed network is to do a significant amount of searching for resumes and background information. This research takes excessive time and effort, and it makes what should be an exciting and fun--meeting new people and finding potential collaborators--into a chore, something to be avoided or put off.<br /> <br /> This is where dotplot intervenes, bringing a sense of joy and discovery back into the process and helping to facilitate even more discoveries of commonalities and uniqueness among group members. This tool takes a spreadsheet of information about individuals gathered through survey questions and generates a dynamic visualization of the responses. Two examples using the current version of the tool can be found here and here, and the codebase can be viewed on GitHub.<br /> <br /> Currently, this tool requires specific backend programming to input spreadsheet information, but we would like it to be a tool available for conference organizers and event hosts to use without difficulty or extensive programming experience. Other potential improvements include:<br /> *Easy to use, interactive interface for data input and manipulation<br /> *Offer users choices for how the data is visualized by survey and by question:<br /> **Display locations on a map<br /> **Track a specific respondent through multiple questions (in progress)<br /> **See the relationship between multiple questions using color, space, etc.<br /> **Zoom in and out on specific clusters<br /> **Hover to reveal more information about respondents or clusters (in progress)<br /> **And so on.<br /> <br /> ===Requirements (can be closely or loosely defined)===<br /> There are several small and large enhancements we would like to make to this tool. Mostly, we are looking for a GSoC student who would be excited to help:<br /> *Design and build a system for collecting structured data from users<br /> *Connect the collected data to the existing JS visualization<br /> *Expand and improve upon the existing JS visualization<br /> *Bring creative and thoughtful ideas about potential enhancements<br /> Consider both the typical user experience and creative uses of the tool<br /> <br /> ===Technology involved (project can be, and is sometimes encouraged to be, open ended such that the student proposes and solution)===<br /> *Javascript<br /> *D3.js<br /> *HTML/CSS/SVG<br /> *A server-side programming language of the student’s choice (Javascript, Ruby, PHP, Python)</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Dotplot&diff=381 2015-02-20T19:01:36Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>dotplot is a [https://i.imgur.com/hePKkim.gifv:visualization] that allows one to tell a story about data. Our primary use case is mapping a diverse network of people in a playful and interactive way. All too often, the only way to get a sense for the attendees of an event or the members of a distributed network is to do a significant amount of searching for resumes and background information. This research takes excessive time and effort, and it makes what should be an exciting and fun--meeting new people and finding potential collaborators--into a chore, something to be avoided or put off.<br /> <br /> This is where dotplot intervenes, bringing a sense of joy and discovery back into the process and helping to facilitate even more discoveries of commonalities and uniqueness among group members. This tool takes a spreadsheet of information about individuals gathered through survey questions and generates a dynamic visualization of the responses. Two examples using the current version of the tool can be found here and here, and the codebase can be viewed on GitHub.<br /> <br /> Currently, this tool requires specific backend programming to input spreadsheet information, but we would like it to be a tool available for conference organizers and event hosts to use without difficulty or extensive programming experience. Other potential improvements include:<br /> *Easy to use, interactive interface for data input and manipulation<br /> *Offer users choices for how the data is visualized by survey and by question:<br /> **Display locations on a map<br /> **Track a specific respondent through multiple questions (in progress)<br /> **See the relationship between multiple questions using color, space, etc.<br /> **Zoom in and out on specific clusters<br /> **Hover to reveal more information about respondents or clusters (in progress)<br /> **And so on.<br /> <br /> ===Requirements (can be closely or loosely defined)===<br /> There are several small and large enhancements we would like to make to this tool. Mostly, we are looking for a GSoC student who would be excited to help:<br /> *Design and build a system for collecting structured data from users<br /> *Connect the collected data to the existing JS visualization<br /> *Expand and improve upon the existing JS visualization<br /> *Bring creative and thoughtful ideas about potential enhancements<br /> Consider both the typical user experience and creative uses of the tool<br /> <br /> ===Technology involved (project can be, and is sometimes encouraged to be, open ended such that the student proposes and solution)===<br /> *Javascript<br /> *D3.js<br /> *HTML/CSS/SVG<br /> *A server-side programming language of the student’s choice (Javascript, Ruby, PHP, Python)</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Dotplot&diff=380 2015-02-20T18:59:49Z

<p>WikiSysop: Created page with &quot;dotplot is a visualization that allows one to tell a story about data. Our primary use case is mapping a diverse network of people in a playful and interactive way. All too of...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>dotplot is a visualization that allows one to tell a story about data. Our primary use case is mapping a diverse network of people in a playful and interactive way. All too often, the only way to get a sense for the attendees of an event or the members of a distributed network is to do a significant amount of searching for resumes and background information. This research takes excessive time and effort, and it makes what should be an exciting and fun--meeting new people and finding potential collaborators--into a chore, something to be avoided or put off.<br /> <br /> This is where dotplot intervenes, bringing a sense of joy and discovery back into the process and helping to facilitate even more discoveries of commonalities and uniqueness among group members. This tool takes a spreadsheet of information about individuals gathered through survey questions and generates a dynamic visualization of the responses. Two examples using the current version of the tool can be found here and here, and the codebase can be viewed on GitHub.<br /> <br /> Currently, this tool requires specific backend programming to input spreadsheet information, but we would like it to be a tool available for conference organizers and event hosts to use without difficulty or extensive programming experience. Other potential improvements include:<br /> *Easy to use, interactive interface for data input and manipulation<br /> *Offer users choices for how the data is visualized by survey and by question:<br /> **Display locations on a map<br /> **Track a specific respondent through multiple questions (in progress)<br /> **See the relationship between multiple questions using color, space, etc.<br /> **Zoom in and out on specific clusters<br /> **Hover to reveal more information about respondents or clusters (in progress)<br /> **And so on.<br /> <br /> ===Requirements (can be closely or loosely defined)===<br /> There are several small and large enhancements we would like to make to this tool. Mostly, we are looking for a GSoC student who would be excited to help:<br /> *Design and build a system for collecting structured data from users<br /> *Connect the collected data to the existing JS visualization<br /> *Expand and improve upon the existing JS visualization<br /> *Bring creative and thoughtful ideas about potential enhancements<br /> Consider both the typical user experience and creative uses of the tool<br /> <br /> ===Technology involved (project can be, and is sometimes encouraged to be, open ended such that the student proposes and solution)===<br /> *Javascript<br /> *D3.js<br /> *HTML/CSS/SVG<br /> *A server-side programming language of the student’s choice (Javascript, Ruby, PHP, Python)</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Main_Page&diff=379 2015-02-20T18:56:53Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gsoc-2015.png]]<br /> <br /> == Welcome to Berkman Center Google Summer of Code 2015==<br /> <br /> The [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University] was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.<br /> <br /> We [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/ investigate] the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.<br /> <br /> Our [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ faculty], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows/ fellows], students, and affiliates engage with a wide spectrum of Net issues, including governance, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, content control, and electronic commerce. Our diverse research interests cohere in a common understanding of the Internet as a social and political space where constraints upon inhabitants are determined not only through the traditional application of law, but, more subtly, through technical architecture (&quot;code&quot;).<br /> <br /> As part of our active research mission, we build, use, and freely share open software platforms for free [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/ online lectures and discussions]. We also sponsor [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/ gatherings], ranging from informal lunches to international conferences, that bring together members of our diverse network of participants to swap insights – and sometimes barbs – as they stake out their respective visions for what the Net can become. We also [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/teaching/ teach], seeking out online and global opportunities, as well as supporting the traditional Harvard Law School curriculum, often in conjunction with other Harvard schools and MIT.<br /> <br /> Read more about [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ the Berkman Center].<br /> <br /> Read more about [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015 GSoC].<br /> <br /> ===Contact Us===<br /> IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/berkman-gsoc [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/gsoc-irc-logs/ IRC logs here]<br /> <br /> Email: [mailto:berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com]<br /> <br /> ==Project Opportunities==<br /> Opportunities at Berkman for GSoC 2015 break down into seven projects:<br /> <br /> ===Loosely Defined===<br /> <br /> ====[[Docksr]]==== <br /> A slick GUI for managing document relationships and versions.<br /> <br /> ====[[Tools for Time Travel]]==== <br /> A suite of time capsule encryption tools for sending messages securely into the future, so they cannot be read until a particular date or event.<br /> <br /> ===Tighter Defined===<br /> ====[[Chilling Effects]]==== <br /> Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content.<br /> <br /> ====[[Curarium]]==== <br /> Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise.<br /> <br /> ====[[dotplot]]==== <br /> dotplot is a visualization that allows one to tell a story about data.<br /> <br /> ====[[TagTeam]]====<br /> Tag Team is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator.<br /> <br /> ==Application Template==<br /> [[Application_Template|Application template for GSoC 2015.]] This is the preferred template for submitting your application to work on a Berkman Center project.<br /> <br /> ==FAQ==<br /> [[GSoC_FAQ|Answers to commonly asked questions.]] This includes a set of requirements around working hours, who can apply, other commitments you might have for the summer. Please read!</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Application_Template&diff=378 2015-02-20T18:56:34Z

<p>WikiSysop: /* What to expect from your mentor (and what your mentor expect from you) */</p> <hr /> <div>==Contact Information==<br /> <br /> Name:<br /> <br /> Country: <br /> <br /> School and degree: <br /> <br /> Email: <br /> <br /> Phone: <br /> <br /> Which method of communication do you prefer? (i.e. in person, email, chat, video conference, etc.):<br /> <br /> What Berkman project(s) are you interested in? <br /> <br /> ==About You==<br /> <br /> # If you have a link to a resume/CV/LinkedIn profile, include it here.<br /> # Please describe yourself, including your development background and specific expertise.<br /> # What do you hope to gain through the process of participating in GSoC, and specifically by contributing to a Berkman project?<br /> # Why are you interested in the Berkman coding project(s) you stated above?<br /> # Have you reviewed the [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2015/ important dates and times] for GSoC 2015?<br /> # Do you have any significant conflicts with the listed schedule? If so, please list them here.<br /> # Do you understand this is a serious commitment, equivalent to a full-time paid summer internship or summer job?<br /> # We strongly prefer students that provide code samples, ideally in a &quot;social coding&quot; 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.<br /> <br /> ==Proposal==<br /> <br /> Please repeat the following if you are applying to more then one of our projects. <br /> <br /> ===Overview===<br /> <br /> *Provide a brief overview of your proposed solution and objectives you want to achieve with your chosen project. <br /> *Please include programming languages and technologies you plan to use.<br /> <br /> ====Detailed====<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> ====Project Plan====<br /> <br /> 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 timeline.<br /> <br /> The project plan and its timeline will form a significant part of the assessment of your application, as well as mid-term and final evaluations.<br /> <br /> ==Additional Information==<br /> <br /> If you would like to provide any other relevant information, please do so here.<br /> <br /> ==What to expect from your mentor (and what your mentor expects from you)==<br /> If you are selected to GSoC 2015 with the Berkman Center, you can expect the following:<br /> * 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.<br /> <br /> * 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.).<br /> <br /> * The project plan and timeline you set forth in your application will also form a significant part of your mid-term and final evaluations.</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Main_Page&diff=377 2015-02-20T18:56:22Z

<p>WikiSysop: /* Vis(ualization) Wizard */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gsoc-2015.png]]<br /> <br /> == Welcome to Berkman Center Google Summer of Code 2015==<br /> <br /> The [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University] was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.<br /> <br /> We [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/ investigate] the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.<br /> <br /> Our [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ faculty], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows/ fellows], students, and affiliates engage with a wide spectrum of Net issues, including governance, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, content control, and electronic commerce. Our diverse research interests cohere in a common understanding of the Internet as a social and political space where constraints upon inhabitants are determined not only through the traditional application of law, but, more subtly, through technical architecture (&quot;code&quot;).<br /> <br /> As part of our active research mission, we build, use, and freely share open software platforms for free [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/ online lectures and discussions]. We also sponsor [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/ gatherings], ranging from informal lunches to international conferences, that bring together members of our diverse network of participants to swap insights – and sometimes barbs – as they stake out their respective visions for what the Net can become. We also [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/teaching/ teach], seeking out online and global opportunities, as well as supporting the traditional Harvard Law School curriculum, often in conjunction with other Harvard schools and MIT.<br /> <br /> Read more about [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ the Berkman Center].<br /> <br /> Read more about [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015 GSoC].<br /> <br /> ===Contact Us===<br /> IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/berkman-gsoc [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/gsoc-irc-logs/ IRC logs here]<br /> <br /> Email: [mailto:berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com]<br /> <br /> ==Project Opportunities==<br /> Opportunities at Berkman for GSoC 2015 break down into seven projects:<br /> <br /> ===Loosely Defined===<br /> <br /> ====[[Docksr]]==== <br /> A slick GUI for managing document relationships and versions.<br /> <br /> ====[[Tools for Time Travel]]==== <br /> A suite of time capsule encryption tools for sending messages securely into the future, so they cannot be read until a particular date or event.<br /> <br /> ===Tighter Defined===<br /> ====[[Chilling Effects]]==== <br /> Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content.<br /> <br /> ====[[Curarium]]==== <br /> Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise.<br /> <br /> ====[[TagTeam]]====<br /> Tag Team is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator.<br /> <br /> ====[[dotplot]]==== <br /> dotplot is a visualization that allows one to tell a story about data.<br /> <br /> ==Application Template==<br /> [[Application_Template|Application template for GSoC 2015.]] This is the preferred template for submitting your application to work on a Berkman Center project.<br /> <br /> ==FAQ==<br /> [[GSoC_FAQ|Answers to commonly asked questions.]] This includes a set of requirements around working hours, who can apply, other commitments you might have for the summer. Please read!</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Main_Page&diff=376 2015-02-20T18:55:17Z

<p>WikiSysop: /* Idea Page by Project */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gsoc-2015.png]]<br /> <br /> == Welcome to Berkman Center Google Summer of Code 2015==<br /> <br /> The [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University] was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.<br /> <br /> We [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/ investigate] the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.<br /> <br /> Our [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ faculty], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows/ fellows], students, and affiliates engage with a wide spectrum of Net issues, including governance, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, content control, and electronic commerce. Our diverse research interests cohere in a common understanding of the Internet as a social and political space where constraints upon inhabitants are determined not only through the traditional application of law, but, more subtly, through technical architecture (&quot;code&quot;).<br /> <br /> As part of our active research mission, we build, use, and freely share open software platforms for free [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/ online lectures and discussions]. We also sponsor [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/ gatherings], ranging from informal lunches to international conferences, that bring together members of our diverse network of participants to swap insights – and sometimes barbs – as they stake out their respective visions for what the Net can become. We also [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/teaching/ teach], seeking out online and global opportunities, as well as supporting the traditional Harvard Law School curriculum, often in conjunction with other Harvard schools and MIT.<br /> <br /> Read more about [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ the Berkman Center].<br /> <br /> Read more about [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015 GSoC].<br /> <br /> ===Contact Us===<br /> IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/berkman-gsoc [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/gsoc-irc-logs/ IRC logs here]<br /> <br /> Email: [mailto:berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com]<br /> <br /> ==Project Opportunities==<br /> Opportunities at Berkman for GSoC 2015 break down into seven projects:<br /> <br /> ===Loosely Defined===<br /> <br /> ====[[Docksr]]==== <br /> A slick GUI for managing document relationships and versions.<br /> <br /> ====[[Tools for Time Travel]]==== <br /> A suite of time capsule encryption tools for sending messages securely into the future, so they cannot be read until a particular date or event.<br /> <br /> ===Tighter Defined===<br /> ====[[Chilling Effects]]==== <br /> Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content.<br /> <br /> ====[[Curarium]]==== <br /> Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise.<br /> <br /> ====[[TagTeam]]====<br /> Tag Team is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator.<br /> <br /> ====[[Vis(ualization) Wizard]]==== <br /> TBA<br /> <br /> ==Application Template==<br /> [[Application_Template|Application template for GSoC 2015.]] This is the preferred template for submitting your application to work on a Berkman Center project.<br /> <br /> ==FAQ==<br /> [[GSoC_FAQ|Answers to commonly asked questions.]] This includes a set of requirements around working hours, who can apply, other commitments you might have for the summer. Please read!</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Main_Page&diff=375 2015-02-20T18:54:42Z

<p>WikiSysop: /* Idea Page by Project */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gsoc-2015.png]]<br /> <br /> == Welcome to Berkman Center Google Summer of Code 2015==<br /> <br /> The [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University] was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.<br /> <br /> We [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/ investigate] the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.<br /> <br /> Our [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ faculty], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows/ fellows], students, and affiliates engage with a wide spectrum of Net issues, including governance, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, content control, and electronic commerce. Our diverse research interests cohere in a common understanding of the Internet as a social and political space where constraints upon inhabitants are determined not only through the traditional application of law, but, more subtly, through technical architecture (&quot;code&quot;).<br /> <br /> As part of our active research mission, we build, use, and freely share open software platforms for free [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/ online lectures and discussions]. We also sponsor [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/ gatherings], ranging from informal lunches to international conferences, that bring together members of our diverse network of participants to swap insights – and sometimes barbs – as they stake out their respective visions for what the Net can become. We also [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/teaching/ teach], seeking out online and global opportunities, as well as supporting the traditional Harvard Law School curriculum, often in conjunction with other Harvard schools and MIT.<br /> <br /> Read more about [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ the Berkman Center].<br /> <br /> Read more about [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015 GSoC].<br /> <br /> ===Contact Us===<br /> IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/berkman-gsoc [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/gsoc-irc-logs/ IRC logs here]<br /> <br /> Email: [mailto:berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com]<br /> <br /> ==Idea Page by Project==<br /> Opportunities at Berkman for GSoC 2015 break down into seven projects:<br /> <br /> ===Loosely Defined===<br /> <br /> ====[[Docksr]]==== <br /> A slick GUI for managing document relationships and versions.<br /> <br /> ====[[Tools for Time Travel]]==== <br /> A suite of time capsule encryption tools for sending messages securely into the future, so they cannot be read until a particular date or event.<br /> <br /> ===Tighter Defined===<br /> ====[[Chilling Effects]]==== <br /> Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content.<br /> <br /> ====[[Curarium]]==== <br /> Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise.<br /> <br /> ====[[TagTeam]]====<br /> Tag Team is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator.<br /> <br /> ====[[Vis(ualization) Wizard]]==== <br /> TBA<br /> <br /> ==Application Template==<br /> [[Application_Template|Application template for GSoC 2015.]] This is the preferred template for submitting your application to work on a Berkman Center project.<br /> <br /> ==FAQ==<br /> [[GSoC_FAQ|Answers to commonly asked questions.]] This includes a set of requirements around working hours, who can apply, other commitments you might have for the summer. Please read!</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Main_Page&diff=374 2015-02-20T18:53:49Z

<p>WikiSysop: /* Welcome to Berkman Center Google Summer of Code 2015 */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gsoc-2015.png]]<br /> <br /> == Welcome to Berkman Center Google Summer of Code 2015==<br /> <br /> The [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University] was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.<br /> <br /> We [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/ investigate] the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.<br /> <br /> Our [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ faculty], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows/ fellows], students, and affiliates engage with a wide spectrum of Net issues, including governance, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, content control, and electronic commerce. Our diverse research interests cohere in a common understanding of the Internet as a social and political space where constraints upon inhabitants are determined not only through the traditional application of law, but, more subtly, through technical architecture (&quot;code&quot;).<br /> <br /> As part of our active research mission, we build, use, and freely share open software platforms for free [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/ online lectures and discussions]. We also sponsor [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/ gatherings], ranging from informal lunches to international conferences, that bring together members of our diverse network of participants to swap insights – and sometimes barbs – as they stake out their respective visions for what the Net can become. We also [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/teaching/ teach], seeking out online and global opportunities, as well as supporting the traditional Harvard Law School curriculum, often in conjunction with other Harvard schools and MIT.<br /> <br /> Read more about [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ the Berkman Center].<br /> <br /> Read more about [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2015 GSoC].<br /> <br /> ===Contact Us===<br /> IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/berkman-gsoc [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/gsoc-irc-logs/ IRC logs here]<br /> <br /> Email: [mailto:berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com]<br /> <br /> ==Idea Page by Project==<br /> Opportunities at Berkman for GSoC 2015 break down into several projects:<br /> <br /> ===Loosely Defined===<br /> <br /> ====[[Docksr]]==== <br /> A slick GUI for managing document relationships and versions.<br /> <br /> ====[[Tools for Time Travel]]==== <br /> A suite of time capsule encryption tools for sending messages securely into the future, so they cannot be read until a particular date or event.<br /> <br /> ===Tighter Defined===<br /> ====[[Chilling Effects]]==== <br /> Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content.<br /> <br /> ====[[Curarium]]==== <br /> Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise.<br /> <br /> ====[[TagTeam]]====<br /> Tag Team is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator.<br /> <br /> ====[[Vis(ualization) Wizard]]==== <br /> TBA<br /> <br /> ==Application Template==<br /> [[Application_Template|Application template for GSoC 2015.]] This is the preferred template for submitting your application to work on a Berkman Center project.<br /> <br /> ==FAQ==<br /> [[GSoC_FAQ|Answers to commonly asked questions.]] This includes a set of requirements around working hours, who can apply, other commitments you might have for the summer. Please read!</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Docksr&diff=373 2015-02-20T18:47:35Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>We want to build software that will help us manage multiple inter-related documents.<br /> <br /> It would most likely take the form of an overlay for Google Drive that allows us to keep track of dependencies between documents. This GUI would show how documents are related and allow on-click access to these documents (via either Google Docs or Word). It will also enable document versioning (define document B to be a new version of document A) to allow us keep track of versions in a non-destructive way.<br /> <br /> Some of this functionality already exists, so a big part of it this project would be to identify existing open source options and then customize it to run on top of Google Drive and our existing project management interface ([http://www.redmine.org/ Redmine]).<br /> <br /> Why do we want to do this? The Berkman Center writes a lot of reports and academic papers. And when we write these reports, we then often generate a lot of other materials based on the original report (press releases, e-mails, websites, executive summaries, shorter versions of the report, etc.). When we write these smaller documents, we often need to use consistent language across all of the forms, which then creates significant problems when people make edits to a subsidiary documents. We need a way to keep track of documents and make sure that when changes occur in one, we know to also check all co-dependent documents.<br /> <br /> === Ideal candidate criteria ===<br /> Docksr is looking for candidates who are interested in solving workflow challenges and have experience building GUIs. In your proposal, please explain what approach you believe will be most successful to build Docksr.<br /> <br /> We are open to the mechanics of how you would design Docksr, so creativity and efficient use of time and resources are valued.</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Tools_for_Time_Travel&diff=372 2015-02-20T18:37:10Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Tools for Time Travel is a project, in cooperation with the [http://librarylab.law.harvard.edu/ Harvard Library Innovation Lab], to build tools for &quot;time capsule encryption.&quot; Time capsule encryption allows messages to be sent securely into the future so they cannot be read by anyone, including their intended recipient, until a particular date or event.<br /> <br /> We are researching a number of separate tools and techniques:<br /> <br /> *A distributed network for generating and publishing distributed M-of-N public/private keypairs according to a set schedule.<br /> *A desktop tool for sharding and recombining files using mathematically secure secret sharing techniques.<br /> *A tool for storing digital shards in a visual format on paper for longterm archival storage.<br /> <br /> === Ideal candidate criteria ===<br /> <br /> Tools for Time Travel is open to candidates who want to work on one of these projects, or develop new tools and techniques related to time capsule encryption (anything from cryptocurrency integration to undersea data beacons -- you tell us).<br /> <br /> In your proposal, please explain what specific strategies or algorithms you believe will be most successful for time capsule encryption; what adversaries your strategy is designed to defend against; and why users would benefit from using your strategy over existing options.</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Tools_for_Time_Travel&diff=371 2015-02-20T18:36:28Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Tools for Time Travel is a project, in cooperation with the Harvard Library Innovation Lab, to build tools for &quot;time capsule encryption.&quot; Time capsule encryption allows messages to be sent securely into the future so they cannot be read by anyone, including their intended recipient, until a particular date or event.<br /> <br /> We are researching a number of separate tools and techniques:<br /> <br /> *A distributed network for generating and publishing distributed M-of-N public/private keypairs according to a set schedule.<br /> *A desktop tool for sharding and recombining files using mathematically secure secret sharing techniques.<br /> *A tool for storing digital shards in a visual format on paper for longterm archival storage.<br /> <br /> === Ideal candidate criteria ===<br /> <br /> Tools for Time Travel is open to candidates who want to work on one of these projects, or develop new tools and techniques related to time capsule encryption (anything from cryptocurrency integration to undersea data beacons -- you tell us).<br /> <br /> In your proposal, please explain what specific strategies or algorithms you believe will be most successful for time capsule encryption; what adversaries your strategy is designed to defend against; and why users would benefit from using your strategy over existing options.</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=TagTeam&diff=370 2015-02-20T18:35:38Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>TagTeam is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator. It's like a supercharged cross between Delicious and Google Reader, specifically designed to support tag-based research projects. <br /> <br /> TagTeam research projects are called hubs. A hub can support tagging of any online resources. It can subscribe to RSS feeds from any source, including other tagging platforms. It can publish its own RSS feeds, one for each tag, one for any boolean combination of tags, one for each search, and one for any combination of other TagTeam feeds. All records in TagTeam created by tagging or by subscribing to external feeds are stored locally for deduping, back-up, export, modification, and searching. Finally, if they wish, TagTeam hub owners may modify any tags in their hub, retroactively and prospectively, in order make a controlled transition from a folksonomy of user-defined tags to a standard vocabulary or ontology.<br /> <br /> More info: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Intro_to_TagTeam, http://tagteam.harvard.edu/<br /> <br /> Github repo: https://github.com/berkmancenter/tagteam/<br /> <br /> === Ideal candidate criteria ===<br /> <br /> TagTeam is interested in candidates with experience in Ruby on Rails, Apache Solr, and Bootstrap 3. For this project, we're looking for a creative programmer to implement new TagTeam features and improve its power and usability. We have a considerable list of high, medium, and low priority enhancements in mind. While we'd naturally like to check off the high-priority features first, we'd encourage our GSoC intern to look at the full list and pick out feature ideas that meet his/her interests, and help give them shape and life, regardless where those ideas stand on our priority list. We'd also encourage our GSoC intern to play with TagTeam and come up with new enhancement ideas, especially ideas that might be implemented in the same summer. <br /> <br /> Example sub-projects include:<br /> <br /> *Fine-tuning the search syntax<br /> *Adding a statistics package on usage data<br /> *Modifying the front end to support user authentication<br /> *Improving TagTeam's speed and stability</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Chilling_Effects&diff=369 2015-02-20T18:35:30Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content. Our goals are to conduct and facilitate research on the notices, to educate the public about the different kinds of cease and desist letters--both legitimate and questionable--that are being sent to Internet publishers, and to provide as much transparency as possible about the “ecology” of such notices, in terms of who is sending them and why, and to what effect. <br /> <br /> More information: https://www.chillingeffects.org/.<br /> <br /> GitHub repo: https://github.com/berkmancenter/chillingeffects/.<br /> <br /> === Ideal candidate criteria ===<br /> Chilling Effects is interested in candidates with coding skills to help Berkman developers work on and improve the project's website and database. An ideal candidate for will have experience with Ruby and/or Ruby On Rails or experience with other MVC frameworks, postgreSQL, and elasticsearch and/or Solr. Experience with large data sets, visualization libraries and/or continuous integration and test suites a plus.<br /> <br /> Example sub-projects include:<br /> <br /> *a bulk action tool for admins<br /> *a CMS for admins<br /> *automated redaction tools<br /> *improving search for users<br /> *expanding admin filter functions</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Chilling_Effects&diff=368 2015-02-20T18:35:14Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content. Our goals are to conduct and facilitate research on the notices, to educate the public about the different kinds of cease and desist letters--both legitimate and questionable--that are being sent to Internet publishers, and to provide as much transparency as possible about the “ecology” of such notices, in terms of who is sending them and why, and to what effect. <br /> <br /> More information: https://www.chillingeffects.org/.<br /> <br /> GitHub repo: https://github.com/berkmancenter/chillingeffects/.<br /> <br /> ==== Ideal candidate criteria ====<br /> Chilling Effects is interested in candidates with coding skills to help Berkman developers work on and improve the project's website and database. An ideal candidate for will have experience with Ruby and/or Ruby On Rails or experience with other MVC frameworks, postgreSQL, and elasticsearch and/or Solr. Experience with large data sets, visualization libraries and/or continuous integration and test suites a plus.<br /> <br /> Example sub-projects include:<br /> <br /> *a bulk action tool for admins<br /> *a CMS for admins<br /> *automated redaction tools<br /> *improving search for users<br /> *expanding admin filter functions</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Docksr&diff=367 2015-02-20T18:34:44Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>We want to write an overlay for Google Drive that allows us to keep track of dependencies between documents. This GUI would show how documents are related (document A is a superclass of document B) and allow on-click access to these documents (via either Google Docs or Word). It will also enable document versioning (define document B to be a new version of document A) to allow us keep track of versions in a non-destructive way.<br /> <br /> Some of this functionality already exists, so a big part of it this project would be to identify existing open source options and then customize it to run on top of Google Drive and our existing project management interface ([http://www.redmine.org/ Redmine]).<br /> <br /> Why do we want to do this? The Berkman Center writes a lot of reports and academic papers. And when we write these reports, we then often generate a lot of other materials based on the original report (press releases, e-mails, websites, executive summaries, shorter versions of the report, etc.). When we write these smaller documents, we often need to use consistent language across all of the forms, which then creates significant problems when people make edits to a subsidiary documents. We need a way to keep track of documents and make sure that when changes occur in one, we know to also check all co-dependent documents.</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Docksr&diff=366 2015-02-20T18:33:40Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>===== Project goal =====<br /> We want to write an overlay for Google Drive that allows us to keep track of dependencies between documents. This GUI would show how documents are related (document A is a superclass of document B) and allow on-click access to these documents (via either Google Docs or Word). It will also enable document versioning (define document B to be a new version of document A) to allow us keep track of versions in a non-destructive way.<br /> <br /> Some of this functionality already exists, so a big part of it this project would be to identify existing open source options and then customize it to run on top of Google Drive and our existing project management interface (Redmine).<br /> <br /> ===== Project background =====<br /> Why do we want to do this? The Berkman Center writes a lot of reports and academic papers. And when we write these reports, we then often generate a lot of other materials based on the original report (press releases, e-mails, websites, executive summaries, shorter versions of the report, etc.). When we write these smaller documents, we often need to use consistent language across all of the forms, which then creates significant problems when people make edits to a subsidiary documents. We need a way to keep track of documents and make sure that when changes occur in one, we know to also check all co-dependent documents.</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=TagTeam&diff=365 2015-02-20T18:33:00Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>TagTeam is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator. It's like a supercharged cross between Delicious and Google Reader, specifically designed to support tag-based research projects. <br /> <br /> TagTeam research projects are called hubs. A hub can support tagging of any online resources. It can subscribe to RSS feeds from any source, including other tagging platforms. It can publish its own RSS feeds, one for each tag, one for any boolean combination of tags, one for each search, and one for any combination of other TagTeam feeds. All records in TagTeam created by tagging or by subscribing to external feeds are stored locally for deduping, back-up, export, modification, and searching. Finally, if they wish, TagTeam hub owners may modify any tags in their hub, retroactively and prospectively, in order make a controlled transition from a folksonomy of user-defined tags to a standard vocabulary or ontology.<br /> <br /> More info: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Intro_to_TagTeam, http://tagteam.harvard.edu/<br /> <br /> Github repo: https://github.com/berkmancenter/tagteam/<br /> <br /> ===== Ideal candidate criteria =====<br /> <br /> TagTeam is interested in candidates with experience in Ruby on Rails, Apache Solr, and Bootstrap 3. For this project, we're looking for a creative programmer to implement new TagTeam features and improve its power and usability. We have a considerable list of high, medium, and low priority enhancements in mind. While we'd naturally like to check off the high-priority features first, we'd encourage our GSoC intern to look at the full list and pick out feature ideas that meet his/her interests, and help give them shape and life, regardless where those ideas stand on our priority list. We'd also encourage our GSoC intern to play with TagTeam and come up with new enhancement ideas, especially ideas that might be implemented in the same summer. <br /> <br /> Example sub-projects include:<br /> <br /> *Fine-tuning the search syntax<br /> *Adding a statistics package on usage data<br /> *Modifying the front end to support user authentication<br /> *Improving TagTeam's speed and stability</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=TagTeam&diff=364 2015-02-20T18:31:42Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>TagTeam is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator. It's like a supercharged cross between Delicious and Google Reader, specifically designed to support tag-based research projects. <br /> <br /> TagTeam research projects are called hubs. A hub can support tagging of any online resources. It can subscribe to RSS feeds from any source, including other tagging platforms. It can publish its own RSS feeds, one for each tag, one for any boolean combination of tags, one for each search, and one for any combination of other TagTeam feeds. All records in TagTeam created by tagging or by subscribing to external feeds are stored locally for deduping, back-up, export, modification, and searching. Finally, if they wish, TagTeam hub owners may modify any tags in their hub, retroactively and prospectively, in order make a controlled transition from a folksonomy of user-defined tags to a standard vocabulary or ontology. For more background on the program, see our introduction to TagTeam at &lt;bit.ly/tagteam-intro&gt;.<br /> <br /> For this project, we're looking for a creative programmer to implement new TagTeam features. We have a considerable list of high, medium, and low priority enhancements in mind. While we'd naturally like to check off the high-priority features first, we'd encourage our GSoC intern to look at the full list and pick out feature ideas that meet his/her interests, and help give them shape and life, regardless where those ideas stand on our priority list. We'd also encourage our GSoC intern to play with TagTeam and come up with new enhancement ideas, especially ideas that might be implemented in the same summer. <br /> <br /> More info: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Intro_to_TagTeam, http://tagteam.harvard.edu/<br /> <br /> Github repo: https://github.com/berkmancenter/tagteam/<br /> <br /> ===== Ideal candidate criteria =====<br /> <br /> TagTeam is interested in candidates with experience in Ruby on Rails, Apache Solr, and Bootstrap 3. The main goals for this summer are to improve TagTeam's power and usability.<br /> <br /> Example sub-projects include:<br /> <br /> *Fine-tuning the search syntax<br /> *Adding a statistics package on usage data<br /> *Modifying the front end to support user authentication<br /> *Improving TagTeam's speed and stability</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=TagTeam&diff=363 2015-02-20T18:29:59Z

<p>WikiSysop: /* About TagTeam */</p> <hr /> <div>TagTeam is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator. It's like a supercharged cross between Delicious and Google Reader, specifically designed to support tag-based research projects. <br /> <br /> TagTeam research projects are called hubs. A hub can support tagging of any online resources. It can subscribe to RSS feeds from any source, including other tagging platforms. It can publish its own RSS feeds, one for each tag, one for any boolean combination of tags, one for each search, and one for any combination of other TagTeam feeds. All records in TagTeam created by tagging or by subscribing to external feeds are stored locally for deduping, back-up, export, modification, and searching. Finally, if they wish, TagTeam hub owners may modify any tags in their hub, retroactively and prospectively, in order make a controlled transition from a folksonomy of user-defined tags to a standard vocabulary or ontology. For more background on the program, see our introduction to TagTeam at &lt;bit.ly/tagteam-intro&gt;.<br /> <br /> For this project, we're looking for a creative programmer to implement new TagTeam features. We have a considerable list of high, medium, and low priority enhancements in mind. While we'd naturally like to check off the high-priority features first, we'd encourage our GSoC intern to look at the full list and pick out feature ideas that meet his/her interests, and help give them shape and life, regardless where those ideas stand on our priority list. We'd also encourage our GSoC intern to play with TagTeam and come up with new enhancement ideas, especially ideas that might be implemented in the same summer. <br /> <br /> More info: http://tagteam.harvard.edu/<br /> <br /> Github repo: https://github.com/berkmancenter/tagteam/<br /> <br /> <br /> ===== Ideal candidate criteria =====<br /> <br /> TagTeam is interested in candidates with experience in Ruby on Rails, Apache Solr, and Bootstrap 3. The main goals for this summer are to improve TagTeam's power and usability.<br /> <br /> Example sub-projects include:<br /> <br /> *Fine-tuning the search syntax<br /> *Adding a statistics package on usage data<br /> *Modifying the front end to support user authentication<br /> *Improving TagTeam's speed and stability</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Curarium&diff=362 2015-02-20T18:25:50Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise. It leverages the power of collections to tell stories by giving users tools ranging from item-level annotations to comprehensive, repository-wide visualizations, allowing them to bring both objects and the communities to which they belong into dialogue with one another.<br /> <br /> Curarium isn’t an online exhibition platform, but an environment for pursuing and sharing collections-based research nimbly, intuitively, and iteratively. Browse vast numbers of objects, using an expanding library of visualization tools to generate dynamic data portraits of collections. Annotate records and images, curating them to highlight relationships and juxtapositions. Assemble those records into trays of objects, images, and visualizations to share and work collaboratively with your social circles, and transform trays into published spotlights that unlock the stories and arguments bound up in collections.<br /> <br /> More information: [http://www.curarium.com http://www.curarium.com]<br /> <br /> GitHub repo: <br /> <br /> ===Ideal candidate criteria===<br /> <br /> Curarium is interested in candidates with experience with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML5, AJAX, JSON, and PostgreSQL.<br /> <br /> Example sub-projects include:<br /> <br /> *Visualizations of works of art (thumbnails, titles, topics, other properties) within and across library collections (including brainstorming, sketching, implementing, and testing)<br /> <br /> *Curarium as a Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) component for an LTS (e.g. [http://www.canvaslms.com/ Canvas])<br /> **embed individual works into LTS<br /> **embed tray of images/annotations into LTS<br /> **embed works visualization (whole collection or search results) into LTS<br /> <br /> *Convert remaining &quot;how we got it&quot; code to much cleaner HTML5 and &quot;the ruby way&quot; styles<br /> <br /> *Tighter integration between WAKU (spotlight/story creation web app) via JSON APIs<br /> <br /> *Collection extraction from libraries and subsequent importing to Curarium; not just the act but also improving the online process</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Curarium&diff=361 2015-02-20T18:23:35Z

<p>WikiSysop: /* Ideal candidate criteria */</p> <hr /> <div>Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise. It leverages the power of collections to tell stories by giving users tools ranging from item-level annotations to comprehensive, repository-wide visualizations, allowing them to bring both objects and the communities to which they belong into dialogue with one another.<br /> <br /> Curarium isn’t an online exhibition platform, but an environment for pursuing and sharing collections-based research nimbly, intuitively, and iteratively. Browse vast numbers of objects, using an expanding library of visualization tools to generate dynamic data portraits of collections. Annotate records and images, curating them to highlight relationships and juxtapositions. Assemble those records into trays of objects, images, and visualizations to share and work collaboratively with your social circles, and transform trays into published spotlights that unlock the stories and arguments bound up in collections.<br /> <br /> More information: [http://www.curarium.com http://www.curarium.com]<br /> <br /> GitHub repo: <br /> <br /> ===Ideal candidate criteria===<br /> <br /> Curarium is interested in candidates with experience with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML5, AJAX, JSON, and PostgreSQL.<br /> <br /> Example sub-projects include:<br /> <br /> *Visualizations of works of art (thumbnails, titles, topics, other properties) within and across library collections (including brainstorming, sketching, implementing, &amp; testing)<br /> <br /> *Curarium as an Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) component for an LTS (e.g, canvas)<br /> **embed individual works into LTS<br /> **embed tray of images/annotations into LTS<br /> **embed works visualization [whole collection or search results] into LTS<br /> <br /> *Convert remaining &quot;how we got it&quot; code to much cleaner HTML5 + &quot;the ruby way&quot; styles<br /> <br /> *Tighter integration between WAKU (spotlight/story creation web app) via JSON APIs<br /> <br /> *Collection extraction from libraries and subsequent importing to Curarium; not just the act but also improving the online process</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Curarium&diff=360 2015-02-20T18:23:07Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise. It leverages the power of collections to tell stories by giving users tools ranging from item-level annotations to comprehensive, repository-wide visualizations, allowing them to bring both objects and the communities to which they belong into dialogue with one another.<br /> <br /> Curarium isn’t an online exhibition platform, but an environment for pursuing and sharing collections-based research nimbly, intuitively, and iteratively. Browse vast numbers of objects, using an expanding library of visualization tools to generate dynamic data portraits of collections. Annotate records and images, curating them to highlight relationships and juxtapositions. Assemble those records into trays of objects, images, and visualizations to share and work collaboratively with your social circles, and transform trays into published spotlights that unlock the stories and arguments bound up in collections.<br /> <br /> More information: [http://www.curarium.com http://www.curarium.com]<br /> <br /> GitHub repo: <br /> <br /> ===Ideal candidate criteria===<br /> <br /> Curarium is interested in candidates with experience with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, HTML5, AJAX, JSON, and PostgreSQL. Example sub-projects include:<br /> <br /> *Visualizations of works of art (thumbnails, titles, topics, other properties) within and across library collections (including brainstorming, sketching, implementing, &amp; testing)<br /> <br /> *Curarium as an Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) component for an LTS (e.g, canvas)<br /> **embed individual works into LTS<br /> **embed tray of images/annotations into LTS<br /> **embed works visualization [whole collection or search results] into LTS<br /> <br /> *Convert remaining &quot;how we got it&quot; code to much cleaner HTML5 + &quot;the ruby way&quot; styles<br /> <br /> *Tighter integration between WAKU (spotlight/story creation web app) via JSON APIs<br /> <br /> *Collection extraction from libraries and subsequent importing to Curarium; not just the act but also improving the online process</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Chilling_Effects&diff=359 2015-02-20T18:15:31Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content. Our goals are to conduct and facilitate research on the notices, to educate the public about the different kinds of cease and desist letters--both legitimate and questionable--that are being sent to Internet publishers, and to provide as much transparency as possible about the “ecology” of such notices, in terms of who is sending them and why, and to what effect. <br /> <br /> More information: https://www.chillingeffects.org/.<br /> <br /> GitHub repo: https://github.com/berkmancenter/chillingeffects/.<br /> <br /> ===== Ideal candidate criteria =====<br /> Chilling Effects is interested in candidates with coding skills to help Berkman developers work on and improve the project's website and database. An ideal candidate for will have experience with Ruby and/or Ruby On Rails or experience with other MVC frameworks, postgreSQL, and elasticsearch and/or Solr. Experience with large data sets, visualization libraries and/or continuous integration and test suites a plus.<br /> <br /> Example sub-projects include:<br /> <br /> *a bulk action tool for admins<br /> *a CMS for admins<br /> *automated redaction tools<br /> *improving search for users<br /> *expanding admin filter functions</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Main_Page&diff=358 2015-02-20T18:15:16Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gsoc-2015.png]]<br /> <br /> == Welcome to Berkman Center Google Summer of Code 2015==<br /> <br /> The [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University] was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.<br /> <br /> We [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/ investigate] the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.<br /> <br /> Our [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ faculty], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows/ fellows], students, and affiliates engage with a wide spectrum of Net issues, including governance, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, content control, and electronic commerce. Our diverse research interests cohere in a common understanding of the Internet as a social and political space where constraints upon inhabitants are determined not only through the traditional application of law, but, more subtly, through technical architecture (&quot;code&quot;).<br /> <br /> As part of our active research mission, we build, use, and freely share open software platforms for free [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/ online lectures and discussions]. We also sponsor [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/ gatherings], ranging from informal lunches to international conferences, that bring together members of our diverse network of participants to swap insights – and sometimes barbs – as they stake out their respective visions for what the Net can become. We also [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/teaching/ teach], seeking out online and global opportunities, as well as supporting the traditional Harvard Law School curriculum, often in conjunction with other Harvard schools and MIT.<br /> <br /> Read more about [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ the Berkman Center].<br /> <br /> Read more about [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2015/about_page/ GSoC].<br /> <br /> ===Contact Us===<br /> IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/berkman-gsoc [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/gsoc-irc-logs/ IRC logs here]<br /> <br /> Email: [mailto:berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com]<br /> <br /> ==Idea Page by Project==<br /> Opportunities at Berkman for GSoC 2015 break down into several projects:<br /> <br /> ===Loosely Defined===<br /> <br /> ====[[Docksr]]==== <br /> A slick GUI for managing document relationships and versions.<br /> <br /> ====[[Tools for Time Travel]]==== <br /> A suite of time capsule encryption tools for sending messages securely into the future, so they cannot be read until a particular date or event.<br /> <br /> ===Tighter Defined===<br /> ====[[Chilling Effects]]==== <br /> Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content.<br /> <br /> ====[[Curarium]]==== <br /> Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise.<br /> <br /> ====[[TagTeam]]====<br /> Tag Team is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator.<br /> <br /> ====[[Vis(ualization) Wizard]]==== <br /> TBA<br /> <br /> ==Application Template==<br /> [[Application_Template|Application template for GSoC 2015.]] This is the preferred template for submitting your application to work on a Berkman Center project.<br /> <br /> ==FAQ==<br /> [[GSoC_FAQ|Answers to commonly asked questions.]] This includes a set of requirements around working hours, who can apply, other commitments you might have for the summer. Please read!</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Chilling_Effects&diff=357 2015-02-20T18:15:14Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content. Our goals are to conduct and facilitate research on the notices, to educate the public about the different kinds of cease and desist letters--both legitimate and questionable--that are being sent to Internet publishers, and to provide as much transparency as possible about the “ecology” of such notices, in terms of who is sending them and why, and to what effect. <br /> <br /> '''More information:''' https://www.chillingeffects.org/.<br /> <br /> '''GitHub repo:''' https://github.com/berkmancenter/chillingeffects/.<br /> <br /> ===== Ideal candidate criteria =====<br /> Chilling Effects is interested in candidates with coding skills to help Berkman developers work on and improve the project's website and database. An ideal candidate for will have experience with Ruby and/or Ruby On Rails or experience with other MVC frameworks, postgreSQL, and elasticsearch and/or Solr. Experience with large data sets, visualization libraries and/or continuous integration and test suites a plus.<br /> <br /> Example sub-projects include:<br /> <br /> *a bulk action tool for admins<br /> *a CMS for admins<br /> *automated redaction tools<br /> *improving search for users<br /> *expanding admin filter functions</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Tools_for_Time_Travel&diff=356 2015-02-20T18:13:45Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Tools for Time Travel is a project, in cooperation with the Harvard Library Innovation Lab, to build tools for &quot;time capsule encryption.&quot; Time capsule encryption allows messages to be sent securely into the future so they cannot be read by anyone, including their intended recipient, until a particular date or event.<br /> <br /> We are researching a number of separate tools and techniques:<br /> <br /> *A distributed network for generating and publishing distributed M-of-N public/private keypairs according to a set schedule.<br /> *A desktop tool for sharding and recombining files using mathematically secure secret sharing techniques.<br /> *A tool for storing digital shards in a visual format on paper for longterm archival storage.<br /> <br /> We are open to candidates who want to work on one of these projects, or develop new tools and techniques related to time capsule encryption (anything from cryptocurrency integration to undersea data beacons -- you tell us).<br /> <br /> In your proposal, please explain what specific strategies or algorithms you believe will be most successful for time capsule encryption; what adversaries your strategy is designed to defend against; and why users would benefit from using your strategy over existing options.</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Tools_for_Time_Travel&diff=355 2015-02-20T18:13:23Z

<p>WikiSysop: Created page with &quot;Tools for Time Travel is a project, in cooperation with the Harvard Library Innovation Lab, to build tools for &quot;time capsule encryption.&quot; Time capsule encryption allows messag...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>Tools for Time Travel is a project, in cooperation with the Harvard Library Innovation Lab, to build tools for &quot;time capsule encryption.&quot; Time capsule encryption allows messages to be sent securely into the future so they cannot be read by anyone, including their intended recipient, until a particular date or event.<br /> <br /> We are researching a number of separate tools and techniques:<br /> <br /> * A distributed network for generating and publishing distributed M-of-N public/private keypairs according to a set schedule.<br /> * A desktop tool for sharding and recombining files using mathematically secure secret sharing techniques.<br /> * A tool for storing digital shards in a visual format on paper for longterm archival storage.<br /> <br /> We are open to candidates who want to work on one of these projects, or develop new tools and techniques related to time capsule encryption (anything from cryptocurrency integration to undersea data beacons -- you tell us).<br /> <br /> In your proposal, please explain what specific strategies or algorithms you believe will be most successful for time capsule encryption; what adversaries your strategy is designed to defend against; and why users would benefit from using your strategy over existing options.</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Chilling_Effects&diff=354 2015-02-20T18:12:59Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content. Our goals are to conduct and facilitate research on the notices, to educate the public about the different kinds of cease and desist letters--both legitimate and questionable--that are being sent to Internet publishers, and to provide as much transparency as possible about the “ecology” of such notices, in terms of who is sending them and why, and to what effect. <br /> <br /> More information about Chilling Effects is at https://www.chillingeffects.org/.<br /> <br /> GitHub repo for Chilling Effects: https://github.com/berkmancenter/chillingeffects/.<br /> <br /> ===== Ideal candidate criteria =====<br /> Chilling Effects is interested in candidates with coding skills to help Berkman developers work on and improve the project's website and database. An ideal candidate for will have experience with Ruby and/or Ruby On Rails or experience with other MVC frameworks, postgreSQL, and elasticsearch and/or Solr. Experience with large data sets, visualization libraries and/or continuous integration and test suites a plus.<br /> <br /> Example sub-projects include:<br /> <br /> *a bulk action tool for admins<br /> *a CMS for admins<br /> *automated redaction tools<br /> *improving search for users<br /> *expanding admin filter functions</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Main_Page&diff=353 2015-02-20T18:12:18Z

<p>WikiSysop: /* Time Capsule Encryption */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gsoc-2015.png]]<br /> <br /> == Welcome to Berkman Center Google Summer of Code 2015==<br /> <br /> The [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University] was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.<br /> <br /> We [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/ investigate] the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.<br /> <br /> Our [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ faculty], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows/ fellows], students, and affiliates engage with a wide spectrum of Net issues, including governance, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, content control, and electronic commerce. Our diverse research interests cohere in a common understanding of the Internet as a social and political space where constraints upon inhabitants are determined not only through the traditional application of law, but, more subtly, through technical architecture (&quot;code&quot;).<br /> <br /> As part of our active research mission, we build, use, and freely share open software platforms for free [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/ online lectures and discussions]. We also sponsor [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/ gatherings], ranging from informal lunches to international conferences, that bring together members of our diverse network of participants to swap insights – and sometimes barbs – as they stake out their respective visions for what the Net can become. We also [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/teaching/ teach], seeking out online and global opportunities, as well as supporting the traditional Harvard Law School curriculum, often in conjunction with other Harvard schools and MIT.<br /> <br /> Read more about [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ the Berkman Center].<br /> <br /> Read more about [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2015/about_page/ GSoC].<br /> <br /> ===Contact Us===<br /> IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/berkman-gsoc [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/gsoc-irc-logs/ IRC logs here]<br /> <br /> Email: [mailto:berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com]<br /> <br /> ==Idea Page by Project==<br /> Opportunities at Berkman for GSoC 2015 break down into several projects:<br /> <br /> ===Loosely Defined===<br /> ====[[Tools for Time Travel]]==== <br /> A suite of time capsule encryption tools for sending messages securely into the future, so they cannot be read until a particular date or event.<br /> <br /> ====[[Docksr]]==== <br /> A slick GUI for managing document relationships and versions.<br /> <br /> ===Tighter Defined===<br /> ====[[Chilling Effects]]==== <br /> Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content.<br /> <br /> ====[[Curarium]]==== <br /> Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise.<br /> <br /> ====[[TagTeam]]====<br /> Tag Team is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator.<br /> <br /> ====[[Vis(ualization) Wizard]]==== <br /> TBA<br /> <br /> ==Application Template==<br /> [[Application_Template|Application template for GSoC 2015.]] This is the preferred template for submitting your application to work on a Berkman Center project.<br /> <br /> ==FAQ==<br /> [[GSoC_FAQ|Answers to commonly asked questions.]] This includes a set of requirements around working hours, who can apply, other commitments you might have for the summer. Please read!</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Chilling_Effects&diff=352 2015-02-20T18:08:21Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content. Our goals are to conduct and facilitate research on the notices, to educate the public about the different kinds of cease and desist letters--both legitimate and questionable--that are being sent to Internet publishers, and to provide as much transparency as possible about the “ecology” of such notices, in terms of who is sending them and why, and to what effect. <br /> <br /> More information about Chilling Effects is at http://www.chillingeffects.org/.<br /> <br /> ===== Ideal candidate criteria =====<br /> Chilling Effects is interested in candidates with coding skills to help Berkman developers work on and improve the project's website and database. An ideal candidate for will have experience with Ruby and/or Ruby On Rails or experience with other MVC frameworks, postgreSQL, and elasticsearch and/or Solr. Experience with large data sets, visualization libraries and/or continuous integration and test suites a plus.<br /> <br /> Example sub-projects include:<br /> <br /> *a bulk action tool for admins<br /> *a CMS for admins<br /> *automated redaction tools<br /> *improving search for users<br /> *expanding admin filter functions</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Main_Page&diff=351 2015-02-20T18:03:56Z

<p>WikiSysop: /* Time Capsule */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gsoc-2015.png]]<br /> <br /> == Welcome to Berkman Center Google Summer of Code 2015==<br /> <br /> The [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University] was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.<br /> <br /> We [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/ investigate] the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.<br /> <br /> Our [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ faculty], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows/ fellows], students, and affiliates engage with a wide spectrum of Net issues, including governance, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, content control, and electronic commerce. Our diverse research interests cohere in a common understanding of the Internet as a social and political space where constraints upon inhabitants are determined not only through the traditional application of law, but, more subtly, through technical architecture (&quot;code&quot;).<br /> <br /> As part of our active research mission, we build, use, and freely share open software platforms for free [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/ online lectures and discussions]. We also sponsor [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/ gatherings], ranging from informal lunches to international conferences, that bring together members of our diverse network of participants to swap insights – and sometimes barbs – as they stake out their respective visions for what the Net can become. We also [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/teaching/ teach], seeking out online and global opportunities, as well as supporting the traditional Harvard Law School curriculum, often in conjunction with other Harvard schools and MIT.<br /> <br /> Read more about [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ the Berkman Center].<br /> <br /> Read more about [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2015/about_page/ GSoC].<br /> <br /> ===Contact Us===<br /> IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/berkman-gsoc [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/gsoc-irc-logs/ IRC logs here]<br /> <br /> Email: [mailto:berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com]<br /> <br /> ==Idea Page by Project==<br /> Opportunities at Berkman for GSoC 2015 break down into several projects:<br /> <br /> ===Loosely Defined===<br /> ====[[Time Capsule Encryption]]==== <br /> TBA<br /> <br /> ====[[Docksr]]==== <br /> A slick GUI for managing document relationships and versions.<br /> <br /> ===Tighter Defined===<br /> ====[[Chilling Effects]]==== <br /> Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content.<br /> <br /> ====[[Curarium]]==== <br /> Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise.<br /> <br /> ====[[TagTeam]]====<br /> Tag Team is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator.<br /> <br /> ====[[Vis(ualization) Wizard]]==== <br /> TBA<br /> <br /> ==Application Template==<br /> [[Application_Template|Application template for GSoC 2015.]] This is the preferred template for submitting your application to work on a Berkman Center project.<br /> <br /> ==FAQ==<br /> [[GSoC_FAQ|Answers to commonly asked questions.]] This includes a set of requirements around working hours, who can apply, other commitments you might have for the summer. Please read!</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Docksr&diff=350 2015-02-20T17:10:11Z

<p>WikiSysop: Created page with &quot;We want to write an overlay for Google Drive that allows us to keep track of dependencies between documents. This GUI would show how documents are related (document A is a sup...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>We want to write an overlay for Google Drive that allows us to keep track of dependencies between documents. This GUI would show how documents are related (document A is a superclass of document B) and allow on-click access to these documents (via either Google Docs or Word). It will also enable document versioning (define document B to be a new version of document A) to allow us keep track of versions in a non-destructive way.<br /> <br /> Some of this functionality already exists, so a big part of it this project would be to identify existing open source options and then customize it to run on top of Google Drive and our existing project management interface (Redmine).<br /> <br /> ===== Project background =====<br /> Why do we want to do this? The Berkman Center writes a lot of reports and academic papers. And when we write these reports, we then often generate a lot of other materials based on the original report (press releases, e-mails, websites, executive summaries, shorter versions of the report, etc.). When we write these smaller documents, we often need to use consistent language across all of the forms, which then creates significant problems when people make edits to a subsidiary documents. We need a way to keep track of documents and make sure that when changes occur in one, we know to also check all co-dependent documents.</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Main_Page&diff=349 2015-02-20T17:10:02Z

<p>WikiSysop: /* Docksr */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gsoc-2015.png]]<br /> <br /> == Welcome to Berkman Center Google Summer of Code 2015==<br /> <br /> The [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University] was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.<br /> <br /> We [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/ investigate] the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.<br /> <br /> Our [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ faculty], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows/ fellows], students, and affiliates engage with a wide spectrum of Net issues, including governance, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, content control, and electronic commerce. Our diverse research interests cohere in a common understanding of the Internet as a social and political space where constraints upon inhabitants are determined not only through the traditional application of law, but, more subtly, through technical architecture (&quot;code&quot;).<br /> <br /> As part of our active research mission, we build, use, and freely share open software platforms for free [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/ online lectures and discussions]. We also sponsor [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/ gatherings], ranging from informal lunches to international conferences, that bring together members of our diverse network of participants to swap insights – and sometimes barbs – as they stake out their respective visions for what the Net can become. We also [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/teaching/ teach], seeking out online and global opportunities, as well as supporting the traditional Harvard Law School curriculum, often in conjunction with other Harvard schools and MIT.<br /> <br /> Read more about [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ the Berkman Center].<br /> <br /> Read more about [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2015/about_page/ GSoC].<br /> <br /> ===Contact Us===<br /> IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/berkman-gsoc [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/gsoc-irc-logs/ IRC logs here]<br /> <br /> Email: [mailto:berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com]<br /> <br /> ==Idea Page by Project==<br /> Opportunities at Berkman for GSoC 2015 break down into several projects:<br /> <br /> ===Loosely Defined===<br /> ====[[Time Capsule]]==== <br /> TBA<br /> <br /> ====[[Docksr]]==== <br /> A slick GUI for managing document relationships and versions.<br /> <br /> ===Tighter Defined===<br /> ====[[Chilling Effects]]==== <br /> Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content.<br /> <br /> ====[[Curarium]]==== <br /> Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise.<br /> <br /> ====[[TagTeam]]====<br /> Tag Team is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator.<br /> <br /> ====[[Vis(ualization) Wizard]]==== <br /> TBA<br /> <br /> ==Application Template==<br /> [[Application_Template|Application template for GSoC 2015.]] This is the preferred template for submitting your application to work on a Berkman Center project.<br /> <br /> ==FAQ==<br /> [[GSoC_FAQ|Answers to commonly asked questions.]] This includes a set of requirements around working hours, who can apply, other commitments you might have for the summer. Please read!</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Main_Page&diff=348 2015-02-20T17:09:55Z

<p>WikiSysop: /* Docksr */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gsoc-2015.png]]<br /> <br /> == Welcome to Berkman Center Google Summer of Code 2015==<br /> <br /> The [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University] was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.<br /> <br /> We [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/ investigate] the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.<br /> <br /> Our [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ faculty], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows/ fellows], students, and affiliates engage with a wide spectrum of Net issues, including governance, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, content control, and electronic commerce. Our diverse research interests cohere in a common understanding of the Internet as a social and political space where constraints upon inhabitants are determined not only through the traditional application of law, but, more subtly, through technical architecture (&quot;code&quot;).<br /> <br /> As part of our active research mission, we build, use, and freely share open software platforms for free [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/ online lectures and discussions]. We also sponsor [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/ gatherings], ranging from informal lunches to international conferences, that bring together members of our diverse network of participants to swap insights – and sometimes barbs – as they stake out their respective visions for what the Net can become. We also [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/teaching/ teach], seeking out online and global opportunities, as well as supporting the traditional Harvard Law School curriculum, often in conjunction with other Harvard schools and MIT.<br /> <br /> Read more about [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ the Berkman Center].<br /> <br /> Read more about [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2015/about_page/ GSoC].<br /> <br /> ===Contact Us===<br /> IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/berkman-gsoc [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/gsoc-irc-logs/ IRC logs here]<br /> <br /> Email: [mailto:berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com]<br /> <br /> ==Idea Page by Project==<br /> Opportunities at Berkman for GSoC 2015 break down into several projects:<br /> <br /> ===Loosely Defined===<br /> ====[[Time Capsule]]==== <br /> TBA<br /> <br /> ====[[Docksr]]==== <br /> We're looking to build a slick GUI for managing document relationships and versions.<br /> <br /> ===Tighter Defined===<br /> ====[[Chilling Effects]]==== <br /> Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content.<br /> <br /> ====[[Curarium]]==== <br /> Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise.<br /> <br /> ====[[TagTeam]]====<br /> Tag Team is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator.<br /> <br /> ====[[Vis(ualization) Wizard]]==== <br /> TBA<br /> <br /> ==Application Template==<br /> [[Application_Template|Application template for GSoC 2015.]] This is the preferred template for submitting your application to work on a Berkman Center project.<br /> <br /> ==FAQ==<br /> [[GSoC_FAQ|Answers to commonly asked questions.]] This includes a set of requirements around working hours, who can apply, other commitments you might have for the summer. Please read!</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Main_Page&diff=347 2015-02-20T17:09:40Z

<p>WikiSysop: /* Docksr */</p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gsoc-2015.png]]<br /> <br /> == Welcome to Berkman Center Google Summer of Code 2015==<br /> <br /> The [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University] was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.<br /> <br /> We [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/ investigate] the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.<br /> <br /> Our [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ faculty], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows/ fellows], students, and affiliates engage with a wide spectrum of Net issues, including governance, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, content control, and electronic commerce. Our diverse research interests cohere in a common understanding of the Internet as a social and political space where constraints upon inhabitants are determined not only through the traditional application of law, but, more subtly, through technical architecture (&quot;code&quot;).<br /> <br /> As part of our active research mission, we build, use, and freely share open software platforms for free [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/ online lectures and discussions]. We also sponsor [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/ gatherings], ranging from informal lunches to international conferences, that bring together members of our diverse network of participants to swap insights – and sometimes barbs – as they stake out their respective visions for what the Net can become. We also [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/teaching/ teach], seeking out online and global opportunities, as well as supporting the traditional Harvard Law School curriculum, often in conjunction with other Harvard schools and MIT.<br /> <br /> Read more about [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ the Berkman Center].<br /> <br /> Read more about [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2015/about_page/ GSoC].<br /> <br /> ===Contact Us===<br /> IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/berkman-gsoc [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/gsoc-irc-logs/ IRC logs here]<br /> <br /> Email: [mailto:berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com]<br /> <br /> ==Idea Page by Project==<br /> Opportunities at Berkman for GSoC 2015 break down into several projects:<br /> <br /> ===Loosely Defined===<br /> ====[[Time Capsule]]==== <br /> TBA<br /> <br /> ====[[Docksr]]==== <br /> We're looking to build a slick GUI for managing document relationships and versions. We want to write an overlay for Google Drive that allows us to keep track of dependencies between documents. This GUI would show how documents are related (document A is a superclass of document B) and allow on-click access to these documents (via either Google Docs or Word). It will also enable document versioning (define document B to be a new version of document A) to allow us keep track of versions in a non-destructive way.<br /> <br /> Some of this functionality already exists, so a big part of it this project would be to identify existing open source options and then customize it to run on top of Google Drive and our existing project management interface (Redmine).<br /> ===== Project background =====<br /> Why do we want to do this? The Berkman Center writes a lot of reports and academic papers. And when we write these reports, we then often generate a lot of other materials based on the original report (press releases, e-mails, websites, executive summaries, shorter versions of the report, etc.). When we write these smaller documents, we often need to use consistent language across all of the forms, which then creates significant problems when people make edits to a subsidiary documents. We need a way to keep track of documents and make sure that when changes occur in one, we know to also check all co-dependent documents.<br /> <br /> ===Tighter Defined===<br /> ====[[Chilling Effects]]==== <br /> Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content.<br /> <br /> ====[[Curarium]]==== <br /> Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise.<br /> <br /> ====[[TagTeam]]====<br /> Tag Team is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator.<br /> <br /> ====[[Vis(ualization) Wizard]]==== <br /> TBA<br /> <br /> ==Application Template==<br /> [[Application_Template|Application template for GSoC 2015.]] This is the preferred template for submitting your application to work on a Berkman Center project.<br /> <br /> ==FAQ==<br /> [[GSoC_FAQ|Answers to commonly asked questions.]] This includes a set of requirements around working hours, who can apply, other commitments you might have for the summer. Please read!</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Main_Page&diff=346 2015-02-20T16:46:39Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Gsoc-2015.png]]<br /> <br /> == Welcome to Berkman Center Google Summer of Code 2015==<br /> <br /> The [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Center for Internet &amp; Society at Harvard University] was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.<br /> <br /> We [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/ investigate] the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.<br /> <br /> Our [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/faculty/ faculty], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/fellows/ fellows], students, and affiliates engage with a wide spectrum of Net issues, including governance, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, content control, and electronic commerce. Our diverse research interests cohere in a common understanding of the Internet as a social and political space where constraints upon inhabitants are determined not only through the traditional application of law, but, more subtly, through technical architecture (&quot;code&quot;).<br /> <br /> As part of our active research mission, we build, use, and freely share open software platforms for free [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/ online lectures and discussions]. We also sponsor [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/ gatherings], ranging from informal lunches to international conferences, that bring together members of our diverse network of participants to swap insights – and sometimes barbs – as they stake out their respective visions for what the Net can become. We also [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/teaching/ teach], seeking out online and global opportunities, as well as supporting the traditional Harvard Law School curriculum, often in conjunction with other Harvard schools and MIT.<br /> <br /> Read more about [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ the Berkman Center].<br /> <br /> Read more about [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2015/about_page/ GSoC].<br /> <br /> ===Contact Us===<br /> IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/berkman-gsoc [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/gsoc-irc-logs/ IRC logs here]<br /> <br /> Email: [mailto:berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com berkmancenterharvard@gmail.com]<br /> <br /> ==Idea Page by Project==<br /> Opportunities at Berkman for GSoC 2015 break down into several projects:<br /> <br /> ===Loosely Defined===<br /> ====[[Time Capsule]]==== <br /> TBA<br /> <br /> ====[[Docksr]]==== <br /> A slick GUI for managing document relationships and versions.<br /> <br /> ===Tighter Defined===<br /> ====[[Chilling Effects]]==== <br /> Chilling Effects is a website, database and research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content.<br /> <br /> ====[[Curarium]]==== <br /> Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise.<br /> <br /> ====[[TagTeam]]====<br /> Tag Team is a versatile, open-source social-tagging platform and feed aggregator.<br /> <br /> ====[[Vis(ualization) Wizard]]==== <br /> TBA<br /> <br /> ==Application Template==<br /> [[Application_Template|Application template for GSoC 2015.]] This is the preferred template for submitting your application to work on a Berkman Center project.<br /> <br /> ==FAQ==<br /> [[GSoC_FAQ|Answers to commonly asked questions.]] This includes a set of requirements around working hours, who can apply, other commitments you might have for the summer. Please read!</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Curarium&diff=345 2015-02-20T16:41:17Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise. It leverages the power of collections to tell stories by giving users tools ranging from item-level annotations to comprehensive, repository-wide visualizations, allowing them to bring both objects and the communities to which they belong into dialogue with one another.<br /> <br /> Curarium isn’t an online exhibition platform, but an environment for pursuing and sharing collections-based research nimbly, intuitively, and iteratively. Browse vast numbers of objects, using an expanding library of visualization tools to generate dynamic data portraits of collections. Annotate records and images, curating them to highlight relationships and juxtapositions. Assemble those records into trays of objects, images, and visualizations to share and work collaboratively with your social circles, and transform trays into published spotlights that unlock the stories and arguments bound up in collections.<br /> <br /> ===Tasks===<br /> <br /> 1. visualizations of works of art (thumbnails, titles, topics, other properties) within and across library collections (including brainstorming, sketching, implementing, &amp; testing)<br /> <br /> 2. Curarium as an Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) component for an LTS (e.g, canvas)<br /> *embed individual works into LTS<br /> *embed tray of images/annotations into LTS<br /> *embed works visualization [whole collection or search results] into LTS<br /> <br /> 3. convert remaining &quot;how we got it&quot; code to much cleaner HTML5 + &quot;the ruby way&quot; styles<br /> <br /> 4. tighter integration between WAKU (spotlight/story creation web app) via JSON APIs<br /> <br /> 5. collection extraction from libraries and subsequent importing to Curarium; not just the act but also improving the online process<br /> <br /> ===Technology===<br /> <br /> *Ruby on Rails<br /> *JavaScript<br /> *HTML5<br /> *AJAX<br /> *JSON<br /> *PostgreSQL</div>

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<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise. It leverages the power of collections to tell stories by giving users tools ranging from item-level annotations to comprehensive, repository-wide visualizations, allowing them to bring both objects and the communities to which they belong into dialogue with one another.<br /> <br /> Curarium isn’t an online exhibition platform, but an environment for pursuing and sharing collections-based research nimbly, intuitively, and iteratively. Browse vast numbers of objects, using an expanding library of visualization tools to generate dynamic data portraits of collections. Annotate records and images, curating them to highlight relationships and juxtapositions. Assemble those records into trays of objects, images, and visualizations to share and work collaboratively with your social circles, and transform trays into published spotlights that unlock the stories and arguments bound up in collections.<br /> <br /> Tasks:<br /> <br /> 1. visualizations of works of art (thumbnails, titles, topics, other properties) within and across library collections (including brainstorming, sketching, implementing, &amp; testing)<br /> <br /> 2. Curarium as an Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) component for an LTS (e.g, canvas)<br /> *embed individual works into LTS<br /> *embed tray of images/annotations into LTS<br /> *embed works visualization [whole collection or search results] into LTS<br /> <br /> 3. convert remaining &quot;how we got it&quot; code to much cleaner HTML5 + &quot;the ruby way&quot; styles<br /> <br /> 4. tighter integration between WAKU (spotlight/story creation web app) via JSON APIs<br /> <br /> 5. collection extraction from libraries and subsequent importing to Curarium; not just the act but also improving the online process<br /> <br /> Technology:<br /> <br /> *Ruby on Rails<br /> *JavaScript<br /> *HTML5<br /> *AJAX<br /> *JSON<br /> *PostgreSQL</div>

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<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise. It leverages the power of collections to tell stories by giving users tools ranging from item-level annotations to comprehensive, repository-wide visualizations, allowing them to bring both objects and the communities to which they belong into dialogue with one another.<br /> <br /> Curarium isn’t an online exhibition platform, but an environment for pursuing and sharing collections-based research nimbly, intuitively, and iteratively. Browse vast numbers of objects, using an expanding library of visualization tools to generate dynamic data portraits of collections. Annotate records and images, curating them to highlight relationships and juxtapositions. Assemble those records into trays of objects, images, and visualizations to share and work collaboratively with your social circles, and transform trays into published spotlights that unlock the stories and arguments bound up in collections.<br /> <br /> Tasks:<br /> <br /> 1. visualizations of works of art (thumbnails, titles, topics, other properties) within and across library collections (including brainstorming, sketching, implementing, &amp; testing)<br /> <br /> 2. Curarium as an Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) component for an LTS (e.g, canvas)<br /> *embed individual works into LTS<br /> *embed tray of images/annotations into LTS<br /> *embed works visualization [whole collection or search results] into LTS<br /> <br /> 3. convert remaining &quot;how we got it&quot; code to much cleaner HTML5 + &quot;the ruby way&quot; styles<br /> <br /> 4. tighter integration between WAKU (spotlight/story creation web app) via JSON APIs<br /> <br /> 5. collection extraction from libraries and subsequent importing to Curarium; not just the act but also improving the online process<br /> <br /> Technology:<br /> <br /> *Ruby on Rails<br /> *JavaScript<br /> *HTML5<br /> *AJAX<br /> *JSON<br /> *PostgreSQL</div>

WikiSysop https://cyber.harvard.edu/gsoc/?title=Curarium&diff=342 2015-02-20T16:37:04Z

<p>WikiSysop: </p> <hr /> <div>Curarium is a platform for exploring, analyzing, and making arguments about collections and the objects they comprise. It leverages the power of collections to tell stories by giving users tools ranging from item-level annotations to comprehensive, repository-wide visualizations, allowing them to bring both objects and the communities to which they belong into dialogue with one another.<br /> <br /> Curarium isn’t an online exhibition platform, but an environment for pursuing and sharing collections-based research nimbly, intuitively, and iteratively. Browse vast numbers of objects, using an expanding library of visualization tools to generate dynamic data portraits of collections. Annotate records and images, curating them to highlight relationships and juxtapositions. Assemble those records into trays of objects, images, and visualizations to share and work collaboratively with your social circles, and transform trays into published spotlights that unlock the stories and arguments bound up in collections.<br /> <br /> Tasks:<br /> <br /> 1. visualizations of works of art (thumbnails, titles, topics, other properties) within and across library collections (including brainstorming, sketching, implementing, &amp; testing)<br /> <br /> 2. Curarium as an Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) component for an LTS (e.g, canvas)<br /> (a) embed individual works into LTS<br /> (b) embed tray of images/annotations into LTS<br /> (c) embed works visualization [whole collection or search results] into LTS<br /> <br /> 3. convert remaining &quot;how we got it&quot; code to much cleaner HTML5 + &quot;the ruby way&quot; styles<br /> <br /> 4. tighter integration between WAKU (spotlight/story creation web app) via JSON APIs<br /> <br /> 5. collection extraction from libraries and subsequent importing to Curarium; not just the act but also improving the online process<br /> <br /> Technology:<br /> <br /> *Ruby on Rails<br /> *JavaScript<br /> *HTML5<br /> *AJAX<br /> *JSON<br /> *PostgreSQL</div>

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<p>WikiSysop: /* What to expect from your mentor (and what your mentor expect from you) */</p> <hr /> <div>==Contact Information==<br /> <br /> Name:<br /> <br /> Country: <br /> <br /> School and degree: <br /> <br /> Email: <br /> <br /> Phone: <br /> <br /> Which method of communication do you prefer? (i.e. in person, email, chat, video conference, etc.):<br /> <br /> What Berkman project(s) are you interested in? <br /> <br /> ==About You==<br /> <br /> # If you have a link to a resume/CV/LinkedIn profile, include it here.<br /> # Please describe yourself, including your development background and specific expertise.<br /> # What do you hope to gain through the process of participating in GSoC, and specifically by contributing to a Berkman project?<br /> # Why are you interested in the Berkman coding project(s) you stated above?<br /> # Have you reviewed the [https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2015/ important dates and times] for GSoC 2015?<br /> # Do you have any significant conflicts with the listed schedule? If so, please list them here.<br /> # Do you understand this is a serious commitment, equivalent to a full-time paid summer internship or summer job?<br /> # We strongly prefer students that provide code samples, ideally in a &quot;social coding&quot; 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.<br /> <br /> ==Proposal==<br /> <br /> Please repeat the following if you are applying to more then one of our projects. <br /> <br /> ===Overview===<br /> <br /> *Provide a brief overview of your proposed solution and objectives you want to achieve with your chosen project. <br /> *Please include programming languages and technologies you plan to use.<br /> <br /> ====Detailed====<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> ====Project Plan====<br /> <br /> 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 timeline.<br /> <br /> The project plan and its timeline will form a significant part of the assessment of your application, as well as mid-term and final evaluations.<br /> <br /> ==Additional Information==<br /> <br /> If you would like to provide any other relevant information, please do so here.<br /> <br /> ==What to expect from your mentor (and what your mentor expect from you)==<br /> If you are selected to GSoC 2015 with the Berkman Center, you can expect the following:<br /> * 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.<br /> <br /> * 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.).<br /> <br /> * The project plan and timeline you set forth in your application will also form a significant part of your mid-term and final evaluations.</div>

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