Welcoming our 2010 Summer of Code Participants

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects. Google has worked with several open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund several projects. Since its inception in 2005, the program has brought together nearly 2500 successful student participants and 2500 mentors from 98 countries worldwide, all for the love of code. Through Google Summer of Code, accepted student applicants are paired with a mentor or mentors from the participating projects, thus gaining exposure to real-world software development scenarios and the opportunity for employment in areas related to their academic pursuits. In turn, the participating projects are able to more easily identify and bring in new developers. Best of all, more source code is created and released for the use and benefit of all. This year Ushahidi is excited to announce the winning proposals from students interested in extending our SwiftRiver platform. Proposals were selected on three criteria: applicant background and existing portfolio, demonstrated understanding of problems to be solved, and feasibility of their technical proposals for completing the proposed projects. Soe Thiha for RiverID, our centralized authentication and decentralized reputation system. Mang-Git Ng for Reverberations, our system for tracking the influence of content across the web. Nishith Rastogi for SiLCC, our NLP & Active Learning program. These students will work alongside our core developer team for the next three months in varying capacities. We're excited to welcome them aboard and eager to begin working with them. Click here to find out more about the Google Summer of Code Program.