[maemo-community] application for gsoc

[From: Valerio Valerio]

Hello,

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Su Xiaoqiang <suxiaoqiang at 163.com> wrote:
> Dear,
>
>          My name is Su Xiaoqiang and I'm studying for my Ph.D. degree for
> the next 4 years in DSP and Network Research Center Institute of Acoustics,
> Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. I want to apply Google Soc.
> Here is my proposal.
>

Please review the comments already posted in the GSoC system, and
remember, copy and past parts of the Maemo wiki into the students
applications isn't acceptable for us.

Best regards,

-- 
Valério Valério

http://www.valeriovalerio.org




>
>
> 1.Project title
>
>   Maemo Alarm
>
>
>
> 2.Project  Abstract (short description)
>
>
>
>   Make a nice and customizable alarm application for Maemo.
>
>
>
> 3.Project full description.
>
>
>
>   A customizable alarm can help people manager their time more easily.
> However, there's no
>
> any nice alarm for Maemo. Without GUI user can't use them from Maemo. So, a
> nice and
>
> customizable alarm seems very important. In this project, I'll design an
> alarm framework
>
> used for handling of alarms and other timed events.
>
>
>
> 4.Project tasks and deliverables
>
>
>
>   Project tasks: Design an alarm framework used for handling of alarms and
> other timed
>
> events.
>
>   Deliverables: The module which is intended to be designed for Summer of
> Code 2009, will
>
> be composed of three major parts:
>
>  (A) Requirement analysis, include all the function of the alarm.
>
>  (B) Detailed design: Alarm framework, GUI and functional module.
>
>  (C) The final source files.
>
>
>
> 5.Project schedule
>
>
>
>   The Project schedule for Google SoC 2009 as follows:
>
>
>
>   Project starts on about 28th of May. The final evaluation ends on 31st of
> August. This
>
> gives about 13 weeks of work, partitioned in a following way:
>
>
>
> 1) Design Phase: (2-4weeks)
>
>   Analysis of existing Mameo sources, getting to know the coding style and
> documentation
>
> writing concepts;
>
>   Improving communication skills and understanding the Community;
>
>   Get familiar with existing libraries and design APIs;
>
>   Preparation of a draft of internal module design and its interference;
>
>   Discussion on the details of the project, especially on the external
> interface, which is
>
> visible to the end user;
>
>   Analysis of existing tools.
>
>  2) Coding Phase: (4 - 6 weeks)
>
>   Module coding phase: set and delete alarm and give user reminder.
>
>   Handling of alarm list, for example there alarms and alarm repeat.
>
>   Handling of other timed events.
>
>  3) Mid-term evaluation: (1 - 2 weeks)
>
>   Preliminary test case analysis
>
>   Initial acceptance and conformance tests
>
>   Documents of the APIs and how to use them will be written and published to
> the community
>
>   Handling of bugs and improving user interface.
>
>   Add a stopwatch. (this symbol are likely to be done, but are not project
> critical)
>
>  4) Final evaluation: (1 - 2 weeks)
>
>   Extensive test case analysis
>
>   Final documentation improvements
>
>   Maintain it and future development
>
> 6 Do you have other commitments during the summer of code coding period ? If
> yes, what
>
> kind of commitments ?
>
>   NO
>
> 7.Why are you the right person for this project?
>
>
>
>   I'm glad to be a member of Maemo community.
>
> First, I'm interested in this project and Maemo platform.
>
> Second, I’ve been developing cell phone software for about 3 years. Familiar
> with Symbian
>
> OS, especially S60 2nd and 3rd. J2me is another platform to be used.
>
> Last, I have study Maemo and Internet Tablet for months. Learn about the
> platform. I also
>
> have experience in Linux.
>
> I hope I can finish the project excellently.
>
>
>
> 8.What are the benefits of your project for the Maemo Community?
>
>
>
>   At the moment, people are not very family with the Maemo platform. Both
> the Programmers
>
> and applications about Maemo are related less. Through this project, there
> will be more
>
> and more people know about Maemo platform and use it. More and more nice
> application will
>
> birth. It can bring the community vitality. Also, in the upcoming summer, it
> can combine
>
> practicing coding in my favorite language, improve my communication skills.
> I’ll learn
>
> more about Maemo.
>
>
>
> 9.Short Biography (academic work, open source background and other
> activities that you
>
> like to do)
>
>   Xiaoqiang Su was born on 21st of Match 1983 in Anhui Province, China. He
> graduated from
>
> high school in 2006 and received admission to The Beijing University of
> Posts and
>
> Telecommunications (BUPT), China, in the same year. He studies in
> Engineering School of
>
> Telecommunication Engineering of BUPT and majors in Telecommunication. From
> Feb, 2006 to
>
> now, he studies Signal and Information Processing in Engineering Network and
> New Media
>
> Engineering Technology Research Center, Institute of Acoustics, Chinese
> Academy of Science
>
> for PhD.
>
>   He gained strong c++ and java programming skills. He has 3 years
> experience in Symbian
>
> Os and J2me programming. He is familiar with cell phone application
> development.
>
> He would like to share his knowledge and abilities with the open source
> society.
>
> I’m a self-motivated, diligent, open minded, team spirited guy.
>
>
>
> 10.Conclusion
>
>   I wish I have included the needed details to present my ideas for Summer
> of Code. In
>
> case of any questions, feel free to ask.
>
>
>
>   Email: suxiaoqiang at gmail.com
>
>
>
>  With best regards,
>
>   Xiaoqiangu
>
> 2009-03-27
>
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