Pof pof… April 5, 2008

On wednesday, Bilkent University Computer Club ( BUCC) organized a linux kernel seminar. As a general secretary of club,  I were there to help registration and because of my interest in Linux. However, it was the most awful seminar which I have attended so far. The talker used a boring slide show to present the important points(!). However, the background was just a plain penguin and it has never changed. The tone of his voice was very stable and sleepy. After the second period of the seminar, there were only 3 or 4 people rather than the club members. After the real presentation, the talker has demonstrated a bit of compilation, but we could not see the end of it:) I thank to the one who insists on inviting this talker.

On the GSoC 2008  side, the project I applied is very popular that 14 people have applied so far. It looks depressing. Nevertheless, it is not a problem for me, because I have already started to learn lots of things about concurrent programming and testing mechanisms. Today, I went to the library to search about the books related to the project. They are pretty good but quite out of date. I will probably need the new versions for further details. There is no chance other than waiting.

Waiting… April 2, 2008

I have said “I have formally applied to Google Summer of Code. I hope two weeks will past as soon as  possible.”  on Sunday. However, Google decided to postpone student applications deadline to 7 April and the announcements to 21 April. In this time, I will have a chance to improve my proposal, if I can get feedback from mentors.Last week was incredibly busy for me, It would be better to hear these news before.

What a busy week! March 29, 2008

Google Summer Of Code 2008 March 28, 2008

It is an amazing organization that give students a chance to focus on a project and improve themselves in a specific topic throughout the summer. I have been informed by Pardus Planet a week ago, and started to research about some projects.I have been preparing my proposal for Google Summer of Code. Actually, I had also heard someone from Turkey who attend to GSoC last year. It is a very good opportunity for me to improve my Java skills. Especially, Java Path Finder project attracts me very much. The goal of this project is to collect a set of Java programs from several textbooks to verify with JPF. The JPF project has been developing for 9 years mostly by researchers from the Robust Software Engineering (RSE) group at the NASA Ames Research Center. Although my childhood dream for being an astronaut did not come true, I can have an opportunity to work with this unique group.

Another project which looks interesting is from Berkeley. Ptolemy II project is also considerable for me. My interest in wireless systems can develop by this project. I will put my proposals in here later on. I hope I can wear the lovely T-shirt of GSoC as soon as possible:)

Ta taaa! March 23, 2008

It is not my first and last blog but I’ve changed my mind and moved to WordPress. My Turkish blog is not moved, it is there

I have just come to my room now, I am really filled with Japanese Hiragana images are streaming on my mind. I have to work on it. I want to construct my brain box again. I have heard it a year ago on a website but I can not remember the url of it. I will mention about it later on. I have to work on my project proposal. Although I have 3 exams, 1 presentation, 1 assigned hw and 1 important lab project, I won’t give up searching and working on it.

On the other hand, Java is growing up I have to catch it. Today’s lecture was funny and interesting. I will study on Java’s mouse interaction, it is a bit different. Components at the top get the event such that we can not restate the movement of mouse on the buttons and frames