Introduction

QEMU is applying as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2014. This page contains our ideas list and information for students and mentors.

Note to students: Google has not yet announced participating organizations for 2014. We do not know whether or not QEMU can participate this year, so use your time wisely and don't invest too much effort yet.

Find Us

IRC (GSoC specific): #qemu-gsoc on irc.oftc.net
IRC (development):
- QEMU: #qemu on irc.oftc.net
Mailing list:
- QEMU: http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel

Please contact the mentor for the project idea you are interested in. IRC is usually the quickest way to get an answer.

For general questions about QEMU in GSoC, please contact the following people:

Stefan Hajnoczi (stefanha on IRC)
Anthony Liguori (aliguori on IRC)

Important links

Project Ideas

This is the listing of suggested project ideas. Students are free to suggest their own projects by emailing qemu-devel@nongnu.org and (optionally) CCing potential mentors.

QEMU projects

Project idea template

=== TITLE ===
 
 '''Summary:''' Short description of the project
 
 Detailed description of the project.
 
 '''Links:'''
 * Wiki links to relevant material
 * External links to mailing lists or web sites
 
 '''Details:'''
 * Skill level: beginner or intermediate or advanced
 * Language: C
 * Mentor: Email address and IRC nick
 * Suggested by: Person who suggested the idea

Information for mentors

Mentors are responsible for keeping in touch with their student and assessing the student's progress. GSoC has a mid-term evaluation and a final evaluation where both the mentor and student assess each other.

The mentor typically gives advice, reviews the student's code, and has regular communication with the student to ensure progress is being made.

Being a mentor is a significant time commitment, plan for 5 hours per week. Make sure you can make this commitment because backing out during the summer will affect the student's experience.

The mentor chooses their student by reviewing student application forms and conducting IRC interviews with candidates. Depending on the number of candidates, this can be time-consuming in itself. Choosing the right student is critical so that both the mentor and the student can have a successful experience.