52°North mentors for Google Summer of Code 2023!
We are so excited to have been selected as one of 172 mentoring organizations for this year’s Google Summer of Code! The Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a global program that offers students/contributors stipends to write code for Open Source projects.
At 52°North, we pair contributors with our mentors and embed their work in our ongoing research projects. Hence, GSoC participants gain valuable exposure to real world software development scenarios. Students also have the opportunity to work in areas related to their academic pursuits. In turn, we are able to improve our software projects, move forward in our projects as well as identify and draw in new developers more easily. This helps us to expand our Open Source community.
We have a number of project ideas. The overall goals are to improve usability of products and to extend the user base to new domains. Students interested in writing code can find more information on our GSoC page. Student Application opens MARCH 20, 2023 and proposal deadline is APRIL 4, 2023.