Re: GSoC 2017 Application - Interval Package

[siko1056]

Urathai wrote
> 
> siko1056 wrote
>> 
>> Urathai wrote
>>> Hi!
>>> 
>>> I'm interested in GSoC for this year, more specifically I'm interested
>>> in improving the interval package. I have filled in my application and
>>> would really appreciate any feedback.
>>> 
>>> As I mention in the application I'm not sure about which project, on the
>>> interval package, that I want to work on. Any comments on which one
>>> might be the most important or appropriate one would be great. One idea,
>>> as I also mention in the application, I have is to implement a package
>>> for Taylor arithmetic in Octave. I think this would be of great use for
>>> the interval package as well as Octave in general. Though I am not sure
>>> if it is a good idea to start a whole new package for GSoC and I'm not
>>> sure I could find a mentor for that. If you would be interested in this
>>> please let me know.
>>> 
>>> Application link: http://wiki.octave.org/User:Urathai
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> Joel Dahne
>> Hello Joel Dahne,
>> 
>> What you are willing to work on really depends on you. If you would like
>> to start a Taylor arithmetic package, why don't you already do so? The
>> GSoC program will not blame you for starting before May 30th. Your
>> repository [1] looks like a good start, what makes you stop working on
>> it? We are interested in long term developers, so we would "blame" you
>> for not working on your package after August 21st ;-) The last thing we
>> need, is another abandoned, half-finished, and unmaintained package. Thus
>> no one stops you and if you notice that you need help or ideas, we might
>> be able to give you useful suggestions. And if it comes to GSoC, we can
>> define precise dates and goals to achieve, without having to implement
>> all imaginable functions. But right now I cannot see that you are serious
>> about the package and hardly support it as I don't know much about your
>> interest on it.
>> 
>> In [2] you write a timeline about N-dimensional matrix support, you
>> didn't even mention a word about this. So do you care about this feature?
>> How does this fit in the picture that you want to create Taylor
>> arithmetic package?
>> 
>> Best,
>> Kai
>> 
>> [1]: https://github.com/Urathai/octave-taylor-POC
>> [2]: http://wiki.octave.org/User:Urathai
> Hello Kai,
> 
> Thank you for the feedback! I will try to answer some of it here and
> will also update my application accordingly.
> 
> I'm very eager to work on a Taylor package! However I'm new to this kind
> of projects and it will take some time for me to get it ready for
> release. Working on it as a GSoC project would allow me to spend much
> more time on it and probably get it ready for release during the
> summer. There are two reasons why I'm not sure about doing this as a
> GSoC project: 1. I'm not sure about how I would go for finding a mentor
> for a whole new package (it would be tightly connected to the interval
> package so maybe Oliver could do this?) 2. I'm not sure about the amount
> of work required for creating a new package, it might not be suitable
> for GSoC. If this could be handled I would be very happy to work on this
> as a GSoC project. Most likely I will continue to work on it anyway, but
> will have less time to spend on it.
> 
> Continuing on the N-dimensional matrix support for intervals I think
> that this is a really important step for the interval package. First of
> all I think it would be required for support of higher dimension Taylor
> arithmetic in a reasonable way, this alone would be motivation for
> me. Also I think that to make the step from non-validated to validated
> numerics easier I think it is import that they have similar support for,
> for example, matrices.
> 
> Working on the interval package, in any way, would allow me to learn
> more about this specific package but also how packages in Octave
> normally works. I would learn more about the Octave organization and its
> infrastructure. This would prepare my for later on managing my own
> package.
> 
> I hope this answers some of questions and please let me know if you have
> any more.
> 
> Best regards,
> Joel

Dear Joel,

Okay, then stick with the interval package. I think you and Oliver have some
ideas about how you start working on the package.

Best,
Kai



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