[Biopython-dev] Google Summer of Code -- phyloXML parser project

[Brad Chapman]

Hi Eric;
I would be happy to help with mentoring. I have been helping another
student with his application and could definitely give you feedback
on yours. Based on good ones coming through the list, it should be
detailed with a week by week description of what you plan to be working
on and specific deliverables. They also have a short description of the
motivation and your qualifications.

This is my first time doing this, so I don't know much about the
selection process. If more than one Biopython project was selected,
I couldn't realistically mentor both; I am not even sure if that
is a possibility. Either way, Google recommends having two mentors
per student so it would be good to have someone else step up as
well.

Let me know if you have any specific questions while you are getting
things together this week,
Brad

> Hi folks,
> 
> I noticed earlier this month that several Biopython developers had signed up
> as potential mentors in OBF's Summer of Code application. Although OBF
> apparently wasn't selected as a mentoring organization this year, some other
> bioinformatics-related groups were -- in particular, the National
> Evolutionary Synthesis Center's page mentions involvement with the Bio*
> projects:
> 
> http://socghop.appspot.com/org/show/google/gsoc2009/nescent
> 
> The project I'd like to work on is a phyloXML parser for Biopython.
> NESCent's idea list includes a similar entry for BioRuby (links below). I
> asked the mentor, Christian Zmasek, if it would be acceptable to do the
> project with Biopython instead of BioRuby, and he said it would, but he'd
> prefer to have a Biopython specialist on board as another mentor.
> 
> Would any of you be interested in being a mentor for this project? I imagine
> it would have some things in common with the existing Nexus parser, as a
> starting point.
> 
> http://www.phyloxml.org/
> https://www.nescent.org/wg/phyloinformatics/index.php?title=Phyloinformatics_Summer_of_Code_2009#phyloXML_support_in_BioRuby
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric
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