GSoC 2016

GSoC 2016 Projects

Complete list of Google Summer of Code 2016 projects with organizations and technology stacks. 1032 projects across 178 organizations.

Total Projects

1032

accepted

Organizations

178

participating

Avg Projects/Org

5.8

per organization

First-Time Org Projects

0

100% of orgs are new

Key Insights for GSoC 2016

Top Organization

Python Software Foundation led with 49 projects

Most Used Technology

Python was used by 57% of organizations

First-Time Organizations

100% of organizations joined GSoC for the first time

2016 Statistics & Trends

Top Programming Languages
Most commonly used languages across organizations
Python dominates with 57% adoption
Showing top 10 programming languages

Top Organizations by Projects

Organizations with most accepted projects

Project Difficulty Distribution

Breakdown of project difficulty levels in 2016

1032 total projects

1032

projects

Beginner: 0 (0%)

Intermediate: 1032 (100%)

Advanced: 0 (0%)

First-Time Organizations

Organizations that joined GSoC for the first time in 2016

178 New
Python Software FoundationPython Software Foundation(49)The Apache Software FoundationThe Apache Software Foundation(35)KDE CommunityKDE Community(32)R project for statistical computingR project for statistical computing(22)DebianDebian(20)OSGeo (Open Source Geospatial Foundation)OSGeo (Open Source Geospatial Foundation)(20)Systers, an Anita Borg Institute communitySysters, an Anita Borg Institute community(19)FOSSASIAFOSSASIA(18)GNOME FoundationGNOME Foundation(18)GNU ProjectGNU Project(15)National Resource for Network Biology (NRNB)National Resource for Network Biology (NRNB)(15)MozillaMozilla(13)INCFINCF(12)RubyRuby(12)The FreeBSD ProjectThe FreeBSD Project(12)ApertiumApertium(11)Eclipse FoundationEclipse Foundation(11)OpenCVOpenCV(11)The Honeynet ProjectThe Honeynet Project(11)The Linux FoundationThe Linux Foundation(11)WSO2WSO2(11)Berkman Klein Center for Internet and SocietyBerkman Klein Center for Internet and Society(10)CERN SFTCERN SFT(10)Computational Science and Engineering at TU WienComputational Science and Engineering at TU Wien(10)The JPF teamThe JPF team(10)The Julia LanguageThe Julia Language(10)BRL-CADBRL-CAD(9)Drupal AssociationDrupal Association(9)JBoss CommunityJBoss Community(9)LibreOfficeLibreOffice(9)OpenMRSOpenMRS(9)Scala CenterScala Center(9)Blender FoundationBlender Foundation(8)CiviCRMCiviCRM(8)DBpediaDBpedia(8)LabLuaLabLua(8)freifunkfreifunk(8)FFmpegFFmpeg(7)Indic ProjectIndic Project(7)International Catrobat AssociationInternational Catrobat Association(7)LLVM Compiler InfrastructureLLVM Compiler Infrastructure(7)NumFOCUSNumFOCUS(7)Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF)Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF)(7)Open RoboticsOpen Robotics(7)OpenAstronomyOpenAstronomy(7)SCoRe LabSCoRe Lab(7)SymPySymPy(7)TEAMMATES @ National University of SingaporeTEAMMATES @ National University of Singapore(7)jQuery FoundationjQuery Foundation(7)AOSSIE - The Australian National University's Open-Source Software Innovation and EducationAOSSIE - The Australian National University's Open-Source Software Innovation and Education(6)BeagleBoard.orgBeagleBoard.org(6)Beam CommunityBeam Community(6)CCExtractor DevelopmentCCExtractor Development(6)Fedora ProjectFedora Project(6)Health Information Systems ProgrammeHealth Information Systems Programme(6)Open Genome InformaticsOpen Genome Informatics(6)Portland State UniversityPortland State University(6)QEMUQEMU(6)The Mifos InitiativeThe Mifos Initiative(6)Wikimedia FoundationWikimedia Foundation(6)mlpackmlpack(6)openSUSE ProjectopenSUSE Project(6)Biomedical Informatics, Emory UniversityBiomedical Informatics, Emory University(5)Computational Biology @ University of Nebraska-LincolnComputational Biology @ University of Nebraska-Lincoln(5)GNU OctaveGNU Octave(5)Gentoo FoundationGentoo Foundation(5)Joomla!Joomla!(5)MIT App InventorMIT App Inventor(5)MariaDBMariaDB(5)Nmap Security ScannerNmap Security Scanner(5)OWASP FoundationOWASP Foundation(5)Orange – Data Mining Fruitful & FunOrange – Data Mining Fruitful & Fun(5)PRISM Model CheckerPRISM Model Checker(5)Public LabPublic Lab(5)RTEMS ProjectRTEMS Project(5)Red Hen LabRed Hen Lab(5)RoboCompRoboComp(5)SageMathSageMath(5)ScilabScilab(5)Sugar LabsSugar Labs(5)The Tor ProjectThe Tor Project(5)Xapian Search Engine LibraryXapian Search Engine Library(5)cBioPortal for Cancer GenomicscBioPortal for Cancer Genomics(5)BuildmLearnBuildmLearn(4)Ceph FoundationCeph Foundation(4)D Language FoundationD Language Foundation(4)GitHubGitHub(4)HomebrewHomebrew(4)Inclusive Design InstituteInclusive Design Institute(4)KolibriOS Project TeamKolibriOS Project Team(4)Liquid Galaxy projectLiquid Galaxy project(4)MetaBrainz Foundation IncMetaBrainz Foundation Inc(4)MoodleMoodle(4)OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap(4)ReactOS FoundationReactOS Foundation(4)Ruby Science FoundationRuby Science Foundation(4)Ste||ar groupSte||ar group(4)Stony Brook University Biomedical InformaticsStony Brook University Biomedical Informatics(4)The NetBSD FoundationThe NetBSD Foundation(4)libvirtlibvirt(4)lowRISClowRISC(4)stracestrace(4)syslog-ngsyslog-ng(4)52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH(3)ASCENDASCEND(3)BioJSBioJS(3)Canadian Centre for Computational GenomicsCanadian Centre for Computational Genomics(3)CelluloidCelluloid(3)Eclipse Vert.xEclipse Vert.x(3)Free and Open Source Silicon FoundationFree and Open Source Silicon Foundation(3)GNSS-SDRGNSS-SDR(3)GNU Mailman ProjectGNU Mailman Project(3)Gambit - Software Tools for Game TheoryGambit - Software Tools for Game Theory(3)Global Alliance for Genomics and HealthGlobal Alliance for Genomics and Health(3)Green NavigationGreen Navigation(3)MBDynMBDyn(3)McGill Space InstituteMcGill Space Institute(3)Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit (MRPT)Mobile Robot Programming Toolkit (MRPT)(3)ModSecurityModSecurity(3)MuseScoreMuseScore(3)Netfilter projectNetfilter project(3)Physical Web ProjectPhysical Web Project(3)Plone FoundationPlone Foundation(3)RadareRadare(3)ScummVMScummVM(3)ShogunShogun(3)Soletta ProjectSoletta Project(3)TARDIS SNTARDIS SN(3)The Terasology FoundationThe Terasology Foundation(3)Timelab Technologies Ltd.Timelab Technologies Ltd.(3)Urban Energy Systems Laboratory, EmpaUrban Energy Systems Laboratory, Empa(3)VideoLANVideoLAN(3)ZulipZulip(3)aimacodeaimacode(3)corebootcoreboot(3)vitrivrvitrivr(3)ArchCArchC(2)Boston University / XIABoston University / XIA(2)ChapelChapel(2)Classical Language ToolkitClassical Language Toolkit(2)CloudCVCloudCV(2)Copyleft GamesCopyleft Games(2)DiscourseDiscourse(2)Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment (DUNE)Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment (DUNE)(2)GNU RadioGNU Radio(2)Genes, Genomes and VariationGenes, Genomes and Variation(2)InkscapeInkscape(2)Matrix.orgMatrix.org(2)MixxxMixxx(2)Open ChemistryOpen Chemistry(2)Open DetectionOpen Detection(2)Open EphysOpen Ephys(2)OpenKeychain (OpenPGP for Android)OpenKeychain (OpenPGP for Android)(2)P2PSP.orgP2PSP.org(2)Performance Co-PilotPerformance Co-Pilot(2)The Wine ProjectThe Wine Project(2)TimVideos.usTimVideos.us(2)Unitex/GramLabUnitex/GramLab(2)X.Org FoundationX.Org Foundation(2)gRPCgRPC(2)ownCloudownCloud(2)CVXPYCVXPY(1)Django Software FoundationDjango Software Foundation(1)FOSDEMFOSDEM(1)GPACGPAC(1)GanetiGaneti(1)GitGit(1)JenkinsJenkins(1)OSU Open Source LabOSU Open Source Lab(1)Oppia FoundationOppia Foundation(1)PLASMA-UMassPLASMA-UMass(1)SigmahSigmah(1)The Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based ModelingThe Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling(1)The Monarch InitiativeThe Monarch Initiative(1)WaylandWayland(1)JSK Robotics Laboratory / The University of TokyoJSK Robotics Laboratory / The University of Tokyo(0)PeragroPeragro(0)XWikiXWiki(0)

All Projects

1032 projects from GSoC 2016

Showing 20 of 1032 projects

Terrain Model Generation and Analysis

5429283996565504

aishcat5

Mentors: CDanowski, Benno Schmidt

Usability improvements for smle

5429283996565504

sheff_146

Mentors: jansch, Carsten Hollmann, Simon Jirka +1 more

Visual Analytics of EnviroCar Tracks

5429283996565504

Naveen Jafer

Mentors: dewall, Matthes Rieke, Christoph Stasch

Implementation of Module on Logic (Chapters 7 – 9) for 4th Edition

5549354102292480

anurag_rai

Mentors: ctjoreilly

Python Implementations & Visualization of Algorithms in AIMA 4th Edition.

5549354102292480

reachtarunhere

Mentors: PeterNorvig

‘aima-python’ code to accompany the book “AI: A Modern Approach”

5549354102292480

SnShines

Mentors: PeterNorvig

Implementation of theorem prover based on Skeptik's data structures and Conflict Resolution algorithm

5127141637226496

itegulov

Mentors: Katya, Bruno Woltzenlogel Paleo

Local Community Detection Search Using a Conceptual View

5127141637226496

Omid Rezvani

Mentors: Qing

Parsers implementation and extension of proof compression algorithms from propositional to first-order logic

5127141637226496

Ezequiel Postan

Mentors: Katya, Bruno Woltzenlogel Paleo

Dynamic Network Analysis in Rogas

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Yan Xiao

Mentors: Minjian Liu, Qing

Private medical data comparison functions for similar patient matching

Mentors: Peter Christen, Dinusha Vatsalan

Extempore - Live coding with simulation codes

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JPenington

Mentors: benswift, Digego

Mapping between the GeoTIFF metadata to ISO 19115

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haonguyen

Mentors: rmarechal, Martin Desruisseaux

Improving Discussion Threads and UI/UX of Apache Allura

Mentors: Heith, Dave Brondsema

Apache Hama benchmark against Spark and Flink

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bsikander

Mentors: Edward J. Yoon

Running Docker from Apache Taverna

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nadeesh092

Mentors: Alan R Williams

Port core OS and a subset of the utilities to a new 32-bit microcontroller

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Pradeep Sanjeewa

Mentors: Will, aditihilbert

Notebooks for Weather Data Analytics

Mentors: Suresh Marru

White Box and Regression Testing of the Mynewt OS

5934639780724736

Nges Brian

Mentors: ccollins, mkiiskila

Apache Cassandra: Make streaming operations resumable

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Kaide Mu

Mentors: yukim, Paulo Motta

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