From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 523191382C5 for ; Tue, 18 May 2021 18:11:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 45AFCE041F; Tue, 18 May 2021 18:11:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ua1-x92b.google.com (mail-ua1-x92b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::92b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 306E0E041F for ; Tue, 18 May 2021 18:11:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ua1-x92b.google.com with SMTP id 105so3533990uak.8 for ; Tue, 18 May 2021 11:11:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=IDMcspjBIbTZotC8fOb+K4CyiH8Bn9LWaMcs71vdHs8=; b=E+lTxXPr0AiPsZfXiiPrQsSh2mh2oUkKYsYP4yRoakJKyGYReb5KTVK3YEZyiU1s4j bzYtXmRFVncKEeYOSSI2rvFcH9cvjxtI1LqFd0SJjwVzIqZ1/NpK/iTey1W6oGEwjqiS JaUaAmuY0DmF+70BfnXUGEv1a8y/EXDpW2l/KjMdnMDZbM/yjX1tMTFJhl50TanMwxnJ 9FIbYaqooeUbgD470miavgo/e7BMLcfrjnp+wjdxyhhN1K1s7f9t4GjNyuQgnqi3YKi/ WGfr1hHwKgrBI7y76VGKvrQxaw0aKV15zPOJc44ZxpgaMSjSHoj/C63ZcYervmhtibdl GFJg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=IDMcspjBIbTZotC8fOb+K4CyiH8Bn9LWaMcs71vdHs8=; b=iN1ShRnBwmAjo6ztU7atc9Ps9wBiCW+0ftxhjd42h3jleQ2BCJig0cMzp7y7cIz7xm 1D3O7S/+ws/l1ggwiiX+V9x0Le5DaCjIGzRqTr4arsIhN5yl915+DDI9rjYkpU3aXAXG SD4j8k85KZdgLqRZzRb9qee/L4NqFwhSYnyrqzTzp/HRoczVo/tbiOWtRNkQNG+kT/IS oUVScyXLq2uR0koxZcu6UQVU4D9y/pZ1EVz85WcZAtDyg2SEafbF6ARPmZLysvIU/va0 SeAAulpAfgqzhm3l/+DHTjfanuW1VMbFOXy12uddTR9dYqCC/rgShK9b0k11/+pUbO2X qdzQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5337n13Tz0F1vIy74tEoL3xI+bge6PcYcZmwEPyOCm1Zvy514s/5 98P3I5KtF9vOlJapICxvtykMokhf9rw4tDEq0vJ880yWPP4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzYHnvxuqI9Md2L5iE78PcsI5g4ACKXgwA8Os/ITK2O2tDQ67rLFD6E7NmdsVvQaSXDJ+IfFH0qOD858/S/U0A= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:7212:: with SMTP id u18mr8086192uao.91.1621361500925; Tue, 18 May 2021 11:11:40 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-soc@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-soc@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "Yuan Liao (Leo)" Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 11:11:04 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: [gentoo-soc] GSoC 2021 Admitted Student Self-introduction To: gentoo-soc@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: b2a1d40c-b16b-4fd5-85cd-7604d4564729 X-Archives-Hash: 7ce90a7ff7ea13276010e269a823eaf3 Hi folks, This is Leo, the student who will work on packaging scientific and big-data Java libraries and other stuff for Gentoo during this year's GSoC activity. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with my mentor, Benda, and everyone else here! I am currently a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Washington. I am studying Computer Science as my major and Informatics as minor. I will graduate at the time I start to do my GSoC project, and my current plan after graduation is to continue learning about software engineering in a graduate school. In this particular school term, I am also a teaching assistant for a software engineering course offered by my school. My main duties are to help students complete a software project they define on their own, monitor their progress, supervise collaboration, evaluate their work, supply feedback, and provide guidance and advice on using version control, implementing quality assurance processes, writing documentation, etc. (Sounds a little bit like the jobs of a GSoC mentor doesn't it? ;) ) My extracurricular time is mainly spent on contributions to free software communities. Three years ago, I started to work on a Minecraft mod that aims to improve the game's user experience. Doing this project was how I learned and practiced most of my Java skills. The mod is provided as a free software project so others can audit, study, and modify it freely. Later, I began to contribute to a few existing free software projects by submitting patches for their code, scripts, and documentation. In particular, my contributions to Gentoo include some ebuild patches and updates to Wiki articles. I have also been publishing articles and tutorials about configuring and using Gentoo on my personal blog website. I believe this is a short and sweet introduction of my background relevant to Gentoo and GSoC. If you would like to learn more about me, please visit my personal website at , which you can use as a pointer to my blog articles, GitHub profile, and then almost everything about my work and interest in free software communities. Thanks for reading, and again, I am looking forward to working with you all in GSoC! Best, Leo