Hey folks, this is my first blog about my work at Google Summer of Code 2022 (actually my first blog in general…)
I will try to sum up how I got selected for the program (GSoC) and what I did in the first two weeks.
I started contributing to open-source projects in September 2021, when I heard about the Google Summer of Code program from my friends, I had an eye for GSoC 2022.
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The official GSoC docs describes the Community Bonding Period as "The first phase in which you get to know your community and get familiar with their code base and work style." So following this definition, my main goal in these few weeks(20th May - 13th June) was to get to learn the inner workings of Gnuastro and trying to understand the communication within it, by becoming an active part of the community.
According to the project proposal, during the second week I am supposed to start the benchmarking process with a bunch of large-category synthentic spectra. Thus, I started to generate a bunch of large synthetic spectra.
Firstly, I create a synthetic spectrum generator. This module is to synthesize various spectra for the benchmarking process based on 4 groups:
The coding period begins! Now, it's time for us contributors to pull up our socks and dive into coding. Firstly, my task for Non-Air Diluent…
So, according to the plan, in the first week I am supposed to finish these tasks:
Hey there, welcome to this blog. My name is Mihir and I am a contributor for Google Summer of Code 2022. This blog is the first in a series of blogs where I will write about my journey through the GSoC working for Stingray under the umbrella organization OpenAstronomy. During the period of the next 12 weeks or so, I will be working toward implementing the Bayesian Excess Variance method in Stingray with help of my mentors Matteo and Daniela.
If you are here then you might already know about the Google Summer of Code. If you do not then here is a brief description of it. It is a program, organized and conducted by Google annually. It starts somewhere around the winter equinox and ends sometime around the autumn equinox, i.e. throughout the summer. The program aims to bring new contributors to open-source software development. Of course, you can get more information about it by visiting its website!
Since this is my first blog, I will keep things simple and just write briefly about myself. By profession, I am a researcher and an educator. I did my post-graduation in Physics from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai. My research work is in the field of Star and exoplanet formation. I study the evolution and dynamics of circumstellar disks that form around young stars. Apart from this, I teach physics to undergrad students. I like to slow travel and sometimes I volunteer as a teacher and an artist. I like to read fiction and watch movies. Currently, I am staying in a small village, located amid the snow-covered mountains of the Himalayas. Here is a picture of myself, taken after a small mountain hike.
With the end of the community bonding period, my GSoC 2022 project has officially started. It will be an exciting journey, and I will be documenting my experience and work in a series of blogs in the future.
I’m Aman Pandey, and this blog is about my introduction to open source and learning Julia that lead me to take part in the Google Summer of Code for Open Astronomy, juliaAstro and Stingray to be specific. I also enlist my community bonding period work and what I intend to do next week.
My journey to Open Source
Really, don't believe it; it almost seems miraculous. But hey !! I get chosen. My mentors and fellow contributors are congratulating me…
Hello! This is going to be the second blog and first blog related to GSoC where I will be sharing my experience Community Bonding Period…