Hello everyone,

I am writing you to apply for the Google Summer of Code projects. I am long time Linux user and I have used Gentoo and Fedora for several years. I learned so much about computer science and operating system thanks to Gentoo that I want to become a contributor.

I have recently graduated from the Technology University of Vannes (IUT de Vannes, in Brittany, France) with a technology degree in computer science (called DUT in France). After these two years, I joined the Engineer School of Rennes (ESIR, in Brittany, France) into the information system department along with the advanced CS option. I plan to do a PhD in CS after my engineer degree. During my years of schooling, I have done an apprenticeship and several projects.

Throughout the last year of my technology degree at the Technology University of Vannes, I have done an apprenticeship in a startup called Smartmoov located in Rennes (Brittany, France) working in the industry of connected cars. I was conducting the development of the Android application  and I did some research about a new architecture that allows installation of features into an existing application. This experience was a success but now I want to try working for open-source organization I appreciate like Gentoo. You may find my other projects in my resume or my GitHub page (link in the resume below).

I am particularly interested in two of proposed projects. The first one is the support for multiple MPI implementations. I have read some MPI documentations and I will inform myself about the current MPI implementation. The second project I would apply for is the Porthole update. I used to use this software but because of the lack of updates I prefer to use the command line. Nevertheless I will be very happy to make it usable again and adapt it to the latest version of Portage. I think I have the skills needed to carry out those projects and learn a lot. Moreover, I can learn the necessary skills very quickly to be the most productive for the 3 months for GSoC.

The Google Summer of Code is an opportunity for me to get involved into the open-source world, develop my technical skill and learn a lot from free software organization like Gentoo. Even if I am not hired, I would be very happy to contribute to Gentoo. I would be very pleased to discuss with developers and mentors more technically about the projects and learn more about the team. I do not know if you prefer to communicate in email, mailing list or irc but I will be connected into the gentoo-soc IRC channel as agicquel and very attentive to my emails.

You can find my resume online at this link (notice the wonderful Gentoo colors ;-) ) : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pv2PWVn-xLPVREC5-XXh704d-gVtIRas

I will remain attentive and answer any questions you may have. Thank you, in advance, for your time and your consideration.

Antoine Gicquel