SciRuby Summer of Code 2012 sponsored by Brighter Planet

Application: SciRuby Summer of Code 2012 sponsored by Brighter Planet

Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability. You may provide long or short answers, as you feel is appropriate.

Don't feel that you should limit yourself if you have important things to say; but don't feel that you have to make things up. Sometimes one word is appropriate, sometimes one sentence, and sometimes many paragraphs.

1. Contact information. Please provide your email address, GitHub username, and approximate physical location.

2. Why do you like Ruby?

3. What do you like about science and why? What area do you like best?

4. Describe your experience with the following: Ruby, C, other languages.

5. Describe your educational background (school, degree plan, major, past degrees, research area).

6. Are you a current or recently-graduated student?

7. Please describe what you plan to work on for this project. (Check out the NMatrix and SciRuby issue trackers for ideas.)

8. What would be the outcome of your work over the summer?

9. If selected, you will be making regular demonstrations of you work over the summer. What milestones do you envision for your project?

10. What other projects and/or jobs are you working on this summer? How will you allocate and manage your time?

11. How do you feel about chunky bacon?

12. Is there anything else you think we should have asked but didn't?

Email your answers to sciruby.project on gmail. Please include a resume or curriculum vitae.