[GSoC] GSoC 2013 is ON

[Fields, Christopher J]

On Apr 11, 2013, at 4:11 AM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Pjotr Prins <pjotr2010 at thebird.nl> wrote:
>> SciRuby has been so kind to allow us to merge some BioRuby project
>> ideas into their GSoC organisation. I suggest every project could try
>> that. Having experienced mentors is an asset to any organisation.
>> 
>> Pj.
> 
> That's good news.
> 
> Similarly Eric has been in touch with NESCent about some of the
> phylogenetic project ideas we'd come up with for Biopython (we'd
> partnered with them for GSoC before the OBF started applying).
> 
> I have tried emailing the Python Software Foundation (PSF)
> contact - they are also acting as a GSoC umbrella organisation,
> but have not had a reply yet.
> 
> Peter
> 
> (The CC list is quite long - are some of these potential
> mentors not on the OBF's gsoc at lists.open-bio.org list?)

Scott Cain (GMOD, aka 'Genome Informatics') also indicated students can submit project proposals to them as well.

chris