[Biopython] [GSoC] Proposal: Mocapy++Biopython

[Michele]

Hello everyone,

I'm Michele, a computer scientist and passionate developer who is
currently enrolled in a biomedicine course. That's why I got in touch with
the biopython project and have tried its tools for biological computation.

When I read the Mocapy++Biopython proposal I immediately fell in love with
it. Let me tell you why. I have worked since 2005 with bayesian networks,
modelling BN for medical learning environments and also programming
algorithms for handling those nets. In the context of my masters in computer
science with the Artificial Intelligence
Group<http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/gia/>, we have published several papers
on the idea of using bayesian networks to
model the uncertainty associated with the students' behavior in learning
environments (see, for example, Designing a Bayesian Network based Student
Model for Distance Learning
Environments<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/4280926/4280927/04281040.pdf%3Farnumber%3D4281040&authDecision=-203>published
at the Seventh IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning
Technologies, 2007).

As for the C++ and Python glue, I also have enjoyed the project's proposal.
I have been programming in C++ for more than 5 years, in small and big
projects, mainly in microelectronics CAD and firmware
development. Coincidentally, last year I started working with Python in
bigger projects. I worked for ESSS, a company which develops software for
scientific computing and engineering simulation. I worked with oil reservoir
simulation, where the applications were developed in Python and the
simulation core and the computer graphics algorithms were programmed in C++.
If you want to have a feeling on what reservoir simulation and the
applications I worked in look like, have a look at the Kraken's project
website <https://www.esss.com.br/kraken/>. I worked in both Python and C++
development, as well as in the glue through the use of boost python.

Regarding the experience in biomolecular structure, I'm a beginner. I have
started studying biomedicine this year and therefore have a lot to learn. I
know a bit about the PDB format and molecular biology. I'm sure I can count
on your help to continue learning.

So that was my not-so-short presentation. I would love to get to know the
community better and work together on the GSoC. Please let me know if you
think I could write a proposal and If you can help me on that.

Cheers,

Michele Silva

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michele-silva/6/520/5b0