[Swift-devel] Re: [GSoC] Reminder: contribute GSoC project ideas this week

[Michael Wilde]

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- Mike

----- wilde at mcs.anl.gov wrote:

> Here are the projects I'd like to consider for SoC
> 
> --
> 
> Implementing efficient MapReduce models using the Swift parallel
> scripting language
> 
> The Swift parallel scripting language (www.ci.uchicago.edu/swift)
> enables you to run many (up to tens of thousands and more) application
> programs in parallel on clusters, grids, clouds, and supercomputers,
> as well on on multicore workstations. While Swift, as a
> functional-inspired programming language makes it easy to specify a
> map-and-reduce style of scripting, as a general programming language
> it does not intrinsically use the key-value data model of Google and
> Hadoop MapReduce, and lacks the ability to automatically sort,
> partition, and reduce results. This project will focus on creating a
> map-reduce library tailored for Swift execution.
> 
> --
> 
> Integrating Swift parallel scripting semantics into Python, R, Octave,
> and MATLAB
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Integrating serviceaccess capabilities in the Swift parallel scripting
> language
> 
> --
> 
> Measuring and enhancing multi-site parallel scheduling in Swift
> 
> --
> 
> Enabling distributed, interactive debugging and status
> monitoring/reporting under Swift
> 
> --
> 
> Flexible cloud resource management for the Swift parallel scripting
> language
> 
> --
> 
> Reworking the Swift mapper model and toolset
> 
> --
> 
> Integrating typecasting into Swift
> 
> --
> 
> 
> 
> ----- "Borja Sotomayor" <borja at cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Hi mentors and prospective mentors.
> > 
> > Just a reminder that GSoC project ideas are due this Friday (at 6pm
> 
> > Central) although, if possible, I would appreciate if you could get
> > them 
> > to me before the end of Wednesday. You can either add them to this
> > wiki 
> > page (if you have a dev.globus wiki account):
> > 
> > 	http://dev.globus.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2010_Ideas
> > 
> > Or send them to me directly. Some mentors have already added ideas,
> 
> > which can give you an idea of the level of specificity we're looking
> 
> > for. You can also check the project ideas guidelines:
> > 
> >
> http://dev.globus.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2010_Ideas#Project_idea_guidelines
> > 
> > Cheers!
> > --Borja
> > 
> > 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Google Summer of Code 2010 - Please contribute project
> ideas
> > Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:40:52 -0600
> > From: Borja Sotomayor <borja at borjanet.com>
> > To: gt-dev <gt-dev at lists.globus.org>
> > 
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > Globus has participated in Google Summer of Code
> > (http://code.google.com/soc/) for the last two years, giving us the
> > opportunity to work with talented students, expand our community,
> and
> > develop cool projects that would have otherwise languished on a
> > wishlist
> > somewhere (see http://tinyurl.com/globus-gsoc09 for details on last
> > summer's projects, and http://tinyurl.com/globus-gsoc08 for the
> 2008
> > projects).
> > 
> > We will be applying again this year to be a mentoring organization
> in
> > Summer of Code, and a big part of the application is preparing a
> > strong
> > list of student projects. I am writing to encourage members of the
> > Globus community to add cool and interesting project ideas to the
> > following wiki page:
> > 
> > 	http://dev.globus.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2010_Ideas
> > 
> > You will find more information on GSoC and detailed instructions on
> > how
> > to add a GSoC project idea in the above URL. Even though new
> project
> > ideas are preferable, past GSoC mentors should feel free to
> re-offer
> > any
> > idea that was not developed last year (see last year's list:
> > http://dev.globus.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2009_Ideas)
> > 
> > The GSoC deadline for mentoring organizations is March 12th, but we
> > would like all project ideas to be added by March 10th so we can
> have
> > time to polish them up, ask committers for clarifications, etc.
> > 
> > If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reply to this
> > thread.
> > 
> > Cheers!
> > -- 
> > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> > Borja Sotomayor, University of Chicago
> >   Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Computer Science
> >   Ryerson 257-C, 1100 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL
> >   http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~borja/
> > Haizea: http://haizea.cs.uchicago.edu/
> > ····················································
> >      "Dis maschine vill run und run!"
> >            -- Kurt Gödel (on the Turing Machine)
> > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> > Borja Sotomayor, University of Chicago
> >   Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Computer Science
> >   Ryerson 257-C, 1100 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL
> >   http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~borja/
> > Haizea: http://haizea.cs.uchicago.edu/
> > ··················································
> >     "Dis maschine vill run und run!"
> >           -- Kurt Gödel (on the Turing Machine)
> > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> > Borja Sotomayor, University of Chicago
> >   Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Computer Science
> >   Ryerson 257-C, 1100 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL
> >   http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~borja/
> > Haizea: http://haizea.cs.uchicago.edu/
> > ····················································
> >      "Dis maschine vill run und run!"
> >            -- Kurt Gödel (on the Turing Machine)
> > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> 
> -- 
> Michael Wilde
> Computation Institute, University of Chicago
> Mathematics and Computer Science Division
> Argonne National Laboratory
> 
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Michael Wilde
Computation Institute, University of Chicago
Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory