Call for GSoC internship project ideas

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>]

Dear QEMU and KVM communities,
QEMU will apply for the Google Summer of Code internship
program again this year. Regular contributors can submit project
ideas that they'd like to mentor by replying to this email by
February 7th.

About Google Summer of Code
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GSoC (https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/) offers paid open
source remote work internships to eligible people wishing to participate
in open source development. QEMU has been doing internship for
many years. Our mentors have enjoyed helping talented interns make
their first open source contributions and some former interns continue
to participate today.

Who can mentor
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Regular contributors to QEMU and KVM can participate as mentors.
Mentorship involves about 5 hours of time commitment per week to
communicate with the intern, review their patches, etc. Time is also
required during the intern selection phase to communicate with
applicants. Being a mentor is an opportunity to help someone get
started in open source development, will give you experience with
managing a project in a low-stakes environment, and a chance to
explore interesting technical ideas that you may not have time to
develop yourself.

How to propose your idea
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Reply to this email with the following project idea template filled in:

=== TITLE ===

'''Summary:''' Short description of the project

Detailed description of the project that explains the general idea,
including a list of high-level tasks that will be completed by the
project, and provides enough background for someone unfamiliar with
the code base to research the idea. Typically 2 or 3 paragraphs.

'''Links:'''
* Links to mailing lists threads, git repos, or web sites

'''Details:'''
* Skill level: beginner or intermediate or advanced
* Language: C/Python/Rust/etc

More information
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You can find out about the process we follow here:
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNVCX7YMUL8
Slides (PDF): https://vmsplice.net/~stefan/stefanha-kvm-forum-2016.pdf

The QEMU wiki page for GSoC 2024 is now available:
https://wiki.qemu.org/Google_Summer_of_Code_2025

What about Outreachy?
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We have struggled to find sponsors for the Outreachy internship
program (https://www.outreachy.org/) in recent years. If you or your
organization would like to sponsor an Outreachy internship, please get
in touch.

Thanks,
Stefan