Dear QEMU and KVM communities, QEMU will apply for the Google Summer of Code internship program again this year. Regular contributors can submit project ideas that they'd like to mentor by replying to this email by February 7th.
About Google Summer of Code ----------------------------------------- GSoC (https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/) offers paid open source remote work internships to eligible people wishing to participate in open source development. QEMU has been doing internship for many years. Our mentors have enjoyed helping talented interns make their first open source contributions and some former interns continue to participate today. Who can mentor ---------------------- Regular contributors to QEMU and KVM can participate as mentors. Mentorship involves about 5 hours of time commitment per week to communicate with the intern, review their patches, etc. Time is also required during the intern selection phase to communicate with applicants. Being a mentor is an opportunity to help someone get started in open source development, will give you experience with managing a project in a low-stakes environment, and a chance to explore interesting technical ideas that you may not have time to develop yourself. How to propose your idea ------------------------------ Reply to this email with the following project idea template filled in: === TITLE === '''Summary:''' Short description of the project Detailed description of the project that explains the general idea, including a list of high-level tasks that will be completed by the project, and provides enough background for someone unfamiliar with the code base to research the idea. Typically 2 or 3 paragraphs. '''Links:''' * Links to mailing lists threads, git repos, or web sites '''Details:''' * Skill level: beginner or intermediate or advanced * Language: C/Python/Rust/etc More information ---------------------- You can find out about the process we follow here: Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNVCX7YMUL8 Slides (PDF): https://vmsplice.net/~stefan/stefanha-kvm-forum-2016.pdf The QEMU wiki page for GSoC 2024 is now available: https://wiki.qemu.org/Google_Summer_of_Code_2025 What about Outreachy? ------------------------------- We have struggled to find sponsors for the Outreachy internship program (https://www.outreachy.org/) in recent years. If you or your organization would like to sponsor an Outreachy internship, please get in touch. Thanks, Stefan
