Google Summer
of Code is a program that offers student
developers stipends to write code for various open source projects for top
technology companies like Google, Mozilla, Encyclopedia of Life, etc. Through
Google Summer of Code, accepted students work with the organization he/she is accepted
into for a period of 12 weeks.
Ilo, Calistus, a UNN Google Student
Ambassador and a final year student of the department of Computer Science, was
selected as the only student from Nigeria to contribute to the 55 million lines
of code which has been written so far. He will be working for Syster, an Anita
Borg Institute based in United States to develop an Android App for Peace Corp
volunteers. Since its inception in 2005, Google Summer of Code has brought
together over 8,500 successful student participants from 101 countries and over
8,300 mentors from over 109 countries worldwide to produce over 50 million
lines of code. Through Google Summer of Code,
accepted student applicants are paired with a mentor or mentors from the participating projects, thus gaining exposure to real-world software development scenarios and the opportunity for employment in areas related to their academic pursuits. In turn, the participating projects are able to more easily identify and bring in new developers. Best of all, more source code is created and released for the use and benefit of all.
accepted student applicants are paired with a mentor or mentors from the participating projects, thus gaining exposure to real-world software development scenarios and the opportunity for employment in areas related to their academic pursuits. In turn, the participating projects are able to more easily identify and bring in new developers. Best of all, more source code is created and released for the use and benefit of all.
To learn more about the program
visit: www.google-melange.com
Comr. Okeke Chibueze O.
Manager,
Electronic Information,
SUG, UNN
Wow!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome!
Congrats Ilo, Calistus.
_Zara