[Caml-list] OCaml projects for the FOSS Outreach Program

[Caml-list] OCaml projects for the FOSS Outreach Program

[Anil Madhavapeddy]

Dear Caml-list,

The Xen Project will be participating in Round 9 of the GNOME Outreach Program, which aims to help groups that are underrepresented in free and open source projects to get involved.  This was initially aimed at female participants, but as a pilot is now being expanded to participants in the Ascend Project.  It is a continuation of the very successful GNOME Outreach Program for Women and we are running the program in conjunction with GNOME and other prominent open source projects.

There are further instructions here:
http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/OutreachProgram/Round9
https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen

You can find OCaml-related projects on the ideas list (primarily to do with Mirage OS), but bear in mind that this list is not exhaustive.  

http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Outreach_Program_Projects

If there is an area that you would like to work on as an intern, please get in touch with myself, Thomas Gazagnaire <thomas.gazagnaire@cl.cam.ac.uk>, Dave Scott <dave.scott@citrix.com> or Richard Mortier <richard.mortier@nottingham.ac.uk> directly to discuss your ideas.

Two previous participants in the program last summer that worked on OCaml and Mirage OS blogged about their experiences in depth:

 - Mindy Preston: http://www.somerandomidiot.com/blog/2014/08/22/opw-fin/
 - Jyotsna Prakash: http://1000hippos.wordpress.com/

Beginners are most welcome, but bear in mind that this round runs from Dec 9th 2014 to March 9th 2014 and  so will not work for full-time students.  Full-time students should aim to apply for Round10 which runs over the summer of 2015.

best,
Anil