Last minute GSoC proposal with Roks - anyone interested in mentoring?

[Tomaz Canabrava]

Sounds reasonable. The fact that he’s in masters also counts as he can do
what he is talking about.


Em qua, 10 de abr de 2019 às 09:37, Valorie Zimmerman <
valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> escreveu:

> Thank you, Tomaz. <3
>
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 12:34 AM Tomaz Canabrava <tcanabrava at kde.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Let me look, give me 30 minutes.
>>
>>
>> Em qua, 10 de abr de 2019 às 09:30, Valorie Zimmerman <
>> valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> escreveu:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 12:25 AM Tomaz Canabrava <tcanabrava at kde.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> He contacted me and participated in a qt course I presented at his
>>>> university. Inward unsure if he was going to apply.
>>>>
>>>
>>> OK, good to hear that there was some contact. I need some ideas about
>>> who can look at this proposal and see if there is any chance of success.
>>>
>>> Valorie
>>>
>>>
>>>> Em qua, 10 de abr de 2019 às 04:24, Valorie Zimmerman <
>>>> valorie.zimmerman at gmail.com> escreveu:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm unsure if this applicant contacted the KDE Edu team in advance,
>>>>> but I heard nothing from them until seeing this proposal this morning.
>>>>>
>>>>> The short description of the proposal:
>>>>>
>>>>> "As a student, I use graphs in almost everything related to my
>>>>> master’s research. Graph Theory is a great mathematical tool for
>>>>> programmers and mathematicians, as it facilitates some computational
>>>>> problems resolution and modelling. However, is not always easy to
>>>>> understand the underlying theory and algorithms.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Rocs (https://kde.org/applications/education/rocs) is a Graph Theory
>>>>> IDE created in January of 2010, with new updates still being committed
>>>>> almost every month, currently in the KDE repositories, designed for
>>>>> lecturers, students and researchers. It is composed of a visual data
>>>>> structure and a powerful scripting engine in Javascript. Though useful for
>>>>> creating simple graphs, it is still lacking the tools to simplify the
>>>>> creation of bigger graphs, and also of basic graph theory algorithms for
>>>>> beginners. Another improvement it should have is a step by step execution
>>>>> system, in order to fully comprehend the algorithms and facilitate
>>>>> debugging."
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are interested in mentoring but have not yet been invited to
>>>>> the app, please write KDE-Soc-Management at kde.org and tell us what
>>>>> google-connected email address you want us in use. Also, subscribe to
>>>>> KDE-Soc-Mentor mail list:
>>>>> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-soc-mentor
>>>>>
>>>>> If you're already a mentor, you can mark "I want to mentor" on the
>>>>> proposal page. I believe that we can still comment on the draft and the
>>>>> student can read it, although we are not allowed to consider the draft in
>>>>> our consideration of which students to accept.
>>>>>
>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Valorie
>>>>>
>>>>
>
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