---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Narendra Sisodiya <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 1:35 PM Subject: [LUG@IITD:12365] Contribute FOSS with Summer internship at IIT Bombay - FOSSEE project To: iitdlug <[email protected]>
Summer Internship Poster -> http://www.scilab.in/files/workshop_materials/Poster-HiRes.pdf Or http://www.scilab.in/files/workshop_materials/Poster-LowRes.pdf Website -> http://www.scilab.in/Textbook_Companion_Internship Summer internship for the Textbook companion project The FOSSEE textbook companion project is part of the FOSSEE project at IIT Bombay. This project is handled by the following professors at IIT Bombay: Prabhu Ramachandran (Aerospace Engg Dept), Kannan Moudgalya (Chemical Engg Dept), Madhu Belur (Electrical Engg Dept), Mani Bhushan (Chemical Engg Dept), PSV Nataraj (Systems and Control). Textbook companion summer internship project can be taken up by students in various colleges who want to undertake a summer internship at IIT Bombay. The project will involve a teacher of the student (from the same college) who has taught the subject for at least one or two years. The teacher will guide the student through the project and will be responsible for the student's submissions. The procedure is as follows: You should know or learn Scilab. Resources are provided here. For use of any package (other than scilab) you should contact us separately at [email protected]. You should propose three books in order of your preference using the proposal form available at this link (you have to register in order to access the proposal form). You must ensure that the book you are proposing has not been completed under this project or is currently being undertaken under this project by someone else, (click Completed Books and Books in Progress to see the respective lists). We will try to tentatively allot one of the three proposed book. To see examples of the books that have already been worked upon, visit Completed Books Please note that the last date for sending codes of one typical chapter is now extended to 18th March, 2011 It is suggested that you propose the book as early as possible and do not wait for the last date as your favourite book may get assigned to someone else. After we receive your proposal (from the form in item 2 above), we will respond within a day about which book is tentatively allotted to you. After tentative allotment, you will submit to us all the codes for one typical chapter within five days of the allotted book. Fill the proposal form keeping this 5-days-constraint in mind. The procedure and format for submitting the codes will be informed by email. If you will submit correct and good quality codes then your allotment will be final with that book. You will be intimated about the approval or disapproval for your proposal via email within 2 days. If you are selected then your name along with the textbook proposed will appear in Books in Progress. After the final allotment you will start coding of the examples of entire book in your college itself. You are required to send your progress/codes to us every week at [email protected]. Also send the same to your college teacher. (Note: Lack of regularity on your part may force us to cancel your internship and the project will assigned to another intern.) Simultaneously, you should fill the IITB registration form (Link will be made available soon on the website) and post it to us. The time-frame for completion of the book coding will be decided between you, your college teacher and us. You will come to IIT Bombay for one week to carry out the changes suggested by the reviewer. The exact dates for coming to IIT Bombay will depend upon Your Vacation Availability of accommodation at IIT Bombay Completion of the book Review of the book Candidates who finish the report as per specified procedures at the end of their one week stay here in IIT Bombay will get a certificate: "Certified that the work completed is equivalent to six weeks of training under the supervision of the faculty of IIT Bombay". You will be given an honorarium of Rs. 10,000 for completing this work and Rs. 5,000 to your college teacher. For details please click here You will have to pay all other expenses. For example, some are travel to and from IIT, boarding and lodging, and internship registration fees: This will be intimated. For more details about the Textbook Companion Project, please click here. For any further query or clarification, please contact us at the following email address: [email protected] -- LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My Life with GNU/Linux : http://goinggnu.wordpress.com Free/Open Source Jobs : http://fossjobs.in _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
