Google SoC 2007 - Revision history

Yuval at 03:32, 18 September 2007

2007-09-18T03:32:06Z

Erik Krause: /* Steering Committee */ typo

2007-07-14T20:27:36Z

‎Steering Committee: typo

Yuval: /* 2007 Organization */

2007-06-25T12:43:49Z

‎2007 Organization

Yuval at 12:43, 25 June 2007

2007-06-25T12:43:06Z

Yuval: /* Next Deadline */

2007-06-25T12:29:29Z

‎Next Deadline

Yuval: /* Next Deadline */

2007-03-28T13:16:26Z

‎Next Deadline

Girlliyanli: /* Next Deadline */

2007-03-26T07:51:14Z

‎Next Deadline

Erik Krause: overview link added

2007-03-24T14:12:25Z

overview link added

Jdsmith: /* RAW conversions / HDR / tonemapping / other digital photo techniques */

2007-03-23T22:17:47Z

‎RAW conversions / HDR / tonemapping / other digital photo techniques

Jdsmith: /* CP generator */

2007-03-23T22:17:04Z

‎CP generator

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-We are passionate about [http://www.worldwidepanorama.com/ our images]. We look for students passionate about their code to help us make better images.
+The Google Summer of Code 2007 was a success for hugin/panotools. Watch this space for 2008!
 See [[SoC 2007 overview]] for usage hints and a page list.
 ==2007 Organization==
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 ==Project Ideas / Our Software Universe==
-feel free to add / specify the [[SoC2007_projects|projects]] ideas.
+feel free to add / specify the [[SoC2007_projects|projects]] ideas. <b>The project idea page is a living document. keep on adding!</b>
-While we might consider application from students to write code in related fields / other application, our interest is to recruit students to work on these tools:
+While we might consider application from students to write code in related fields / other application, our interest is to recruit students to work on the following tools.
 ===hugin===
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 ==Community Backing==
 This organization is supported and endorsed by [[SoC2007_Supporters|these]] people and organizations.
 [[Category:Community:Project]]

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 We have a steering committee of experienced industry and community leaders to advise the Mentors and Students.
 * [[SoC2007_application#G._Donald_Bain|Don Bain]], USA, University of California Berkeley, co-founder of the WWP and board member of IVRPA.
-* [[SoC2007_application#Aldo_Hoeben|Aldo Hoeben]], The Netherlands, devloper of the SPi-V shockwave panorama engine, and board memberf of IVRPA.
+* [[SoC2007_application#Aldo_Hoeben|Aldo Hoeben]], The Netherlands, devloper of the SPi-V shockwave panorama engine, and board member of IVRPA.
 * [[SoC2007_application#Erik_Krause|Erik Krause]], Germany, a well-known member of the user community around PanoTools.
 * [[SoC2007_application#Mickael_Therer|Mickael Therer]], Belgium, Photographer.

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 ==2007 Organization==
-===Students===
+===[http://code.google.com/soc/pano/about.html Students]===
 * Ippei Ukai, Japan
 * Jing Jin, USA
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 * [[SoC2007_application#Ken_Turkowski|Ken Turkowski]], USA, of the original QuickTimeVR team.
 * [[SoC2007_application#Luca_N._Vascon|Luca N. Vascon]], Italy, professor at the Multimedia Laboratory of IUAV university in Venice.
 ==Project Ideas / Our Software Universe==

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 * [http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=60325&topic=10729 program timeline]
-==Students==
+==2007 Organization==
-Want to participate?  We want to help you be a successful candidate.
-* '''Deadline: March 24'''
+===Students===
-* join the [http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/panotools-devel mailing list]
+* Ippei Ukai, Japan
-* read [http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-announce/web/guide-to-the-gsoc-web-app-for-student-applicants Applicants Guide] and check if you qualify.
+* Jing Jin, USA
-* prepare the answers to [http://wiki.panotools.org/SoC2007_application#Does_your_organization_have_an_application_template_you_would_like_to_see_students_use.3F_If_so.2C_please_provide_it_now]
+* Mohammad Shahiduzzaman, Bangladesh
-* read below about our software universe.
+* Leon Armando Moctezuma de Uriarte, Mexico
-* read the [[SoC2007_projects|projects]] ideas.
+* Zoran Mesec, Slovenija
-* if you have an idea that is not listed there, please propose it to the mailing list.
-* if you see an idea there that you like, take ownership of it.
+===[[SoC2007_application#Mentors|Primary Mentors]]===
-* '''Contact the mentioned mentor and/or the mailing list if no mentor is mentioned.'''
+* Yuval Levy, Canada
-* refine the idea, add detail, describe what you intend to do and how, work with your mentor and with the steering committee at fleshing your project out so that Google's Open Source Program Office will accept it.
+* Pablo, d'Angelo, Germany
-* on the idea page add a short bio, motivate why you are interested in taking up that particular idea, your relationship to panorama making in general and to hugin in particular.
+* John Cupitt, United Kingdom
-*  [http://code.google.com/soc/student.html apply] to Google before March 24. We will do our outmost to help you to a successful application.
+* Aldo Hoeben, The Netherlands
-* if your application is accepted by Google, be ready to submit a detail work plan with the sub-tasks of your project and the time you intend to allocate to each of them. We will help you shape that too.
+* Herbert Bay, Switzerland
 ==Project Ideas / Our Software Universe==
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 The resulting images are 2D, but a full spherical 360°x180° panorama can be reprojected to create a VR. There are a number of technologies to view VR and [http://freepv.sourceforge.net/ freepv] is an effort to build a universal viewer
-==Organization==
+==Community Backing==
-We have successfully applied as [[SoC2007_application|mentoring organization]]
+This organization is supported and endorsed by [[SoC2007_Supporters|these]] people and organizations.
-===[[SoC2007_application#Mentors|Mentors]]===
+==History==
-* Pablo, d'Angelo, Germany
-* Herbert Bay, Switzerland
-* John Cupitt, United Kingdom
-* Daniel M. German, Canada
-* JD Smith, USA
-===[[SoC2007_application#Coordinators|Organizers]]===
+===Organization===
-Our Organizers
+We have successfully applied as [[SoC2007_application|mentoring organization]]
-* Yuval Levy, Canada
-* Alexandre Prokoudine, Russia
-===[[SoC2007_application#Steering_Committee|Steering Committee]]===
+===Student's Application Process===
-We have a steering committee of experienced industry and community leaders to advise the Mentors and Students.
+We helped students apply successfully.
-* [[SoC2007_application#G._Donald_Bain|Don Bain]], USA, University of California Berkeley, co-founder of the WWP and board member of IVRPA.
+* '''Deadline: March 24'''
-* [[SoC2007_application#Aldo_Hoeben|Aldo Hoeben]], The Netherlands, devloper of the SPi-V shockwave panorama engine, and board memberf of IVRPA.
+* join the [http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/panotools-devel mailing list]
-* [[SoC2007_application#Erik_Krause|Erik Krause]], Germany, a well-known member of the user community around PanoTools.
+* read [http://groups.google.com/group/google-summer-of-code-announce/web/guide-to-the-gsoc-web-app-for-student-applicants Applicants Guide] and check if you qualify.
-* [[SoC2007_application#Mickael_Therer|Mickael Therer]], Belgium, Photographer.
+* prepare the answers to [http://wiki.panotools.org/SoC2007_application#Does_your_organization_have_an_application_template_you_would_like_to_see_students_use.3F_If_so.2C_please_provide_it_now]
-* [[SoC2007_application#Ken_Turkowski|Ken Turkowski]], USA, of the original QuickTimeVR team.
+* read below about our software universe.
-* [[SoC2007_application#Luca_N._Vascon|Luca N. Vascon]], Italy, professor at the Multimedia Laboratory of IUAV university in Venice.
+* read the [[SoC2007_projects|projects]] ideas.
+* if you have an idea that is not listed there, please propose it to the mailing list.
-===Community Backing===
+* if you see an idea there that you like, take ownership of it.
-This organization is supported and endorsed by [[SoC2007_Supporters|these]] people and organizations.
+* '''Contact the mentioned mentor and/or the mailing list if no mentor is mentioned.'''
 [[Category:Community:Project]]

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 See [[SoC 2007 overview]] for usage hints and a page list.
 ==Next Deadline==
-* Students applications are now closed
+* July 16 midterm evaluation
-* Mentors and students are working closely on better specify their projects
-* we will know early April how many slots are assigned by Google to our mentoring organization
-* the final list of accepted student projects will be published by Google on April 11
 * [http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=60325&topic=10729 program timeline]

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 ===RAW conversions / HDR / tonemapping / other digital photo techniques===
-Panorama making presents some unique challenges to what is the standard image processing workflow in modern digital photography.
+Panorama creation presents some unique challenges to the standard image processing workflow in modern digital photography.
-* lenses distorsions and their effect on RAW conversion.
+* lens distorsions and their effect on RAW conversion.
-* higher dynamic range across the image.
+* higher [[dynamic range]] across the image.
 ===freepv panorama viewer===

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 [http://hugin.sourceforge.net/panotools Project Page]
-===CP generator===
+===Control Point Generator===
 One of the critical tasks of stitching images is to register the position of each image to another with so called control points. hugin works with a plug-in for that. The most popular are autopano and autopano-SIFT.