[ros-dev] Summer of Code

[Nate DeSimone]

Hello Everyone,

    I've been lurking on this list for a few years and I'm considering 
applying for the Google Summer of Code 2006.  I am a Computer Systems 
Engineer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, just finishing up my 
junior year.  My GPA is 3.06, and I have taken a good amount of computer 
science courses including Data Structures and Algorithms and Database 
Systems.  I have programmed in C, C++, C#, VB, Perl, PHP, Java and 
Javascript before.  I'm also familiar with Sybase and MySQL and HTML 
design.  I have also done some Win32 programming on my spare time, you 
can look at some of my projects at:

http://www.rpi.edu/~desimn <http://www.rpi.edu/%7Edesimn>

    I have never done kernel mode programming before and I'm not certain 
if I'm quite ready for it yet, so if possible I would like to stay in 
the user mode space.  The enhance explorer and add "wow factor" sounds 
interesting to me.  Is there anything else that would involve at least 
almost all user mode work?  Also I was wondering, approximately how many 
hours would you expect me to put forth every week should I be accepted?

Thank You,

Nate DeSimone