Google Summer of Code 2007

"Google Summer of Code is a program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source projects. Google works with a several open source, free software and technology-related groups to identify and fund several projects over a three month-period. Historically, the program has brought together over 1,000 students with over 100 open source projects to create hundreds of thousands of lines of code."

get more open source code created and released for the benefit of all
inspire young developers to begin participating in open source development
help open source projects identify and bring in new developers/committers
provide students in Computer Science and related fields the opportunity to do work related to their academic pursuits during the summer (think 'flip bits, not burgers')
give students more exposure to real-world software development scenarios (e.g., distributed development, software licensing questions, mailing list etiquette

[http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html Find out more]

What is Cytoscape?

Overview of Ideas

IDEA: AJAX

moving nodes around; pathway editing
limited subset of functions

IDEA: Non-biological Networks

social
environmental
publications: degrees of separation

IDEA: Cellular-level Visualization

zooming from cell to molecular!

IDEA: Animating the Temporal Dimension

IDEA: Export Clickable HTML Pages

Save project to Web Report

IDEA: Model Timecourse Data

w.r.t. Transcriptional networks

IDEA: Mapping multiple data points/types per node

IDEA: Matrix view of networks

IDEA: Scripting language to facilitate layout or editing

e.g., A transports B

IDEA: Illustrator, AutoLISP, powerpoint features/tools

IDEA: Layout Ideas

IDEA: General scripting

IDEA: Data cleaning

If you want to apply

We would like to know who you are and how you think. Incorporate the following into your application:

Your interests w.r.t. programming
The background behind your interests
Your ideas for a project (or expand from one above)
Refer to and link to other projects or products that illustrate your ideas
What can you bring to the team?

For more background information see:

[http://cytoscape.org Cytoscape Website]: Our open source network visualization tool.

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