Project Idea Template - Student

Title for your Project

Primary Mentor:
If you have a suggestion as to who your mentor might be fill this in else leave blank.

Secondary Mentor:
If you have a suggestion as to who your mentor might be fill this in else leave blank.

SSI Software Community:Give a description of the piece of software that the SSI is working with / has worked with that you would like to base your project on. Alternatively, if you are proposing a piece of software which is new to the SSI, indicate what its value to a particular research community is at present, and what benefits the community would gain as a result of doing the project.

About me

Give some background about yourself and why you are interested in this project.

Contact Details

• Email: let us know the email which you are best contacted on
• IRC nick: list your normal nickname on #gsoc
• IM handles: list any IM mechanisms you use e.g. Google Talk, Skype, MSN, AIM etc.

Project Goals

Provide details about what you would hope to achieve.

Project Benefits

Provide details about what benefits the project would have for a particular research community which uses the software, and for the other developers of the software.

Project Description

Explain in more detail what your project is going to be about

Skill Set

List your skills, e.g. knowledge of Java, C, ..., and why they are relevant to the project you propose.

You should include any past experience you have had of the software, including if you have contributed to mailing lists and bug fixes.