[Biopython-dev] mentor for google summer of code

[Peter]

Hi Kemal,

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Kemal <meanerelk at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am a university student interested in adding phyloXML support to BioPython
>  for the Google Summer of Code. Would any developers be willing to mentor
>  this project? I have been discussing it with Hilmar Lapp, who is mentoring
>  similar projects for the Phyloinformatics Summer of Code project at the
>  National Evolutionary Synthesis Center. There page is at:
>
>  https://www.nescent.org/wg_phyloinformatics/Phyloinformatics_Summer_of_Code_2008

I see there are similar projects already planned for phyloXML with BioPerl
and BioRuby.  For Biopython I guess building on Frank Kauff and Cymon J.
Cox's Bio.Nexus module would be the most logical option.   Have you had
a chance to look at any of the Biopython code?

>  A mentor would would be responsible for monitoring the project's progress
>  over the summer, and to evaluate the work at the end. Google's guidelines
>  estimate that this would take about 5 hours/week per student. There is more
>  information at:
>
>  http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2008/faqs.html
>
>  If anyone is interested, I would love to discuss the details of the
>  proposal.

It would be worth trying to contact Frank and Cymon directly - and
seeing if they would be interested.

Peter
(one of the current Biopython developers)