GSOC 2016/Student Application zyzhang

           GSOC-2016 PROPOSAL

PROJECT-FEDORA TINYKDUMP

CONTACT INFORMATION- Zhengyu Zhang

zhangzhengyu@ncic.ac.cn +86 15811301868 FAS username-zyzhang IRC-freeman-zhang

WHY FEDORA- Fedora project is the leading one in open source. It is attended to build a nice operating system, which I am very interested in.

GSOC PARTICIPATION- This is the first time I’m taking part in GSOC.

CONTRIBUTION- I am interning at RedHat Kernel Developing Team, taking care of bugs concerning kdump/kexec, collaborating with many open source peole. I had my first patch merged into linus's kernel tree. I am now fight my way out in Eudyptula Challenge.

WHY CHOOSE ME- I am dedicated to OS(kernel) since I am in my sophomore year. Now I am a postgraduate student in ICT,CAS and a intern in RedHat, so fundamental knowledge about computer system and open sources become available. Plus, I am backed up by these super-talented colleagues 8-) I have plenty of time from May to September.

WHAT ELSE I CAN DO- I can draw cartoons ...

TIMELINE Here is a time line draft. More detailed plan comes after discussing with mentor.

18March-25March: Applying stage.

25March-1Apil  : Familiarizing with the community and documentation.

1April-19June  : School's Spring term finishes on in 17 June. Before that I have plenty of free time to complete the code and document the project.

19June-17July  : School's Summer term begins. Might not be much time to focus on the project. Do some bug fixes.

18July-deadline: Summer holiday, work fullday. Complete the project with testing/beautifying and submission for final evaluation.

FINAL DELIVERABLES- Stable system and fully documented code.