Want someone to pick up some of the stuff you don't have time for? :) He's saying he only has 2-3 months, so probably the NSR stuff wouldn't suit (needs longer term commitment?), but I'm thinking maybe some of the practical bits around getting (Open)SSL nice for SysAdmins to use or something? Thoughts? + Justin ----- Forwarded Message ----- > Hi Justin, > > I'd like to work preferably in C or Python. BTW apart from Java, language is > not a barrier for me if the problem being encountered is challenging. > > Also I won't say I'm very good at maths, but I'm quite comfortable with > pursuing any topic that might be relevant to the project. > Please do refer me to any relevant topics that I should look at. > > Regards > Vipul Nayyar > > > > On Thursday, 7 August 2014 9:06 PM, Justin Clift <justin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Hello, > > > > I'm Vipul. I'm currently in my final year of computer engineering and would > > like some guidance on choosing an academic project to spend 2-3 months > > working on it. I've got a little experience in some internal Glusterfs > > components. But overall, I'm interested in contributing to the field of > > Distributed systems, OS or Cloud. Although an opportunity to contribute > > back > > to an Open source project including Gluster or some another would be great, > > but a research oriented project in this domain would be really exciting to > > work on. > > As a first thought before recommending stuff, which programming languages do > you have a good understanding of (and like to use)? > > That will help figure things out. Also, how good are your math skills? If > they're very strong, then some of the clustering algorithm stuff might be > the thing to look at. :) > > > > > On another note, I apologize if this email perceives you to be a misuse of > > the mailing list, but I'd really be grateful, if I could get any pointers > > regarding this. > > You're fine. It's not abuse of the mailing list at all. :) > > Regards and best wishes, > > Justin Clift > > -- > GlusterFS - http://www.gluster.org > > An open source, distributed file system scaling to several > petabytes, and handling thousands of clients. > > My personal twitter: twitter.com/realjustinclift -- GlusterFS - http://www.gluster.org An open source, distributed file system scaling to several petabytes, and handling thousands of clients. My personal twitter: twitter.com/realjustinclift _______________________________________________ Gluster-devel mailing list Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel
