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Re: [boost] [GSoC 2018] A Few Questions about Boost.uBLAS
by luucamphi＠gmail.com 23 Mar '18

23 Mar '18

Hello Stefan, Here is my Programming Competency Test repo: https://github.com/philectron/gsoc2018-boost-ublas-competency What are the next steps I need to take to get involved in Boost.uBLAS? Thank you! <quote author='Boost - Dev mailing list'> On 19.03.2018 00:11, philectron via Boost wrote: > Hello, > > I'm interested in working on *Boost.uBLAS* library. *I've fundamentally > finished the Programming Competency Test for this project. I'm currently > improving it.* I need more information on the following: > > *1.* Can multiple people who also apply for GSoC work on this same > project? Note that you are only referring to "Boost.uBLAS" as a whole. As you'll see on https://github.com/boostorg/boost/wiki/Boost-Google-Summer-of-Code-2018, there are actually multiple project proposals for this library. Also, note that these are mere proposals. There is no reason to restrict yourself to those. Feel free to suggest your own. (In fact, taking the initiative to reframe things according to your own expertise and interest demonstrates your ability to work autonomously, which is very valuable.) > > *2.* How will I submit my Programming Competency Test? I suggest you create a (temporary) github repo for it and then us (the potential mentors) the link to it. > > *3.* Has anyone taken this project already? There are a few submissions for the Boost.uBLAS library, yes. None are formally "taken" though. They are all in development, and will further evolve till the deadline. > > *4.* If 3 = yes, do you allow multiple people working on the same project > for GSoC 2018? See my answer to 1). I have no idea how many slots Google will give to Boost, and accordingly, how many slots an individual library (such as Boost.uBLAS) will get. > > *5.* If 5 = no, what project should I work on? I have never used or worked > with Boost Library before, so I don't know what in Boost Library needs to > be > improved. What project do you think would be feasible for > > Thank you! That's very hard to say without knowing a bit more about your programming experience and your interests. I suggest you put together a little "resume" of your education and programming background, then pick one of the competency tests above, just to get started. Then we can iterate over that and see whether there is a possible match. Regards, Stefan -- ...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin... _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost </quote> Quoted from: http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/GSoC-2018-A-Few-Questions-about-Boost-uB… _____________________________________ Sent from http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com

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[GSoC18] Working on my proposal for the Boost.Real project
by Laouen Belloli 23 Mar '18

23 Mar '18

Hi, I have made some modifications to my Google Summer of Code proposal and I have posted the new version here <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DGlShhVgfo4HXcXOvhDE1s-lv48p3xkt/view?usp=…>. please comment on it if you have some time so I can continue improving my proposal. The modifications in this new version are extensions to the next sections: - Availability - Software development tools - Software documentation tool I have also specified that this project is based on a precanned project but it is not the same as the one posted on the boost Github. Best regards, Laouen. 2018-03-17 13:37 GMT-03:00 Laouen Belloli <laouen.belloli(a)gmail.com>: > Hi, I was in contact with Damián Vicino talking about a proposal for the > Boost Real project. I posted here > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KwPUioBYy19HM0X9O1e6X6gigOkmzoqZ/view?usp=…> what > I got so far, please comment on it if you have some time so I can improve > it following your suggestions. > > I would appreciate very much your opinion as I have no experience writing > GSoC proposals. > > Thanks and Best regards to all, > Laouen. > > -- > Laouen Mayal Louan Belloli. > LIAA - DC - FCEyN - UBA. > C.A.B.A. - Buenos Aires - Argentina. > https://liaa.dc.uba.ar > +54 9 11 38675694 > -- Laouen Mayal Louan Belloli. LIAA - DC - FCEyN - UBA. C.A.B.A. - Buenos Aires - Argentina. https://liaa.dc.uba.ar +54 9 11 38675694

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[GSoC18] Astronomy Project Proposal
by Pranam Lashkari 23 Mar '18

23 Mar '18

Hello, Boost community, I was in constant contact with Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira talking about this project. I have made this proposal for the same. Hope you go through the proposal. I will appreciate your feedback to improve proposal and the betterment of the project. Proposal: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZdS__MZr6cSJggkK0P_w2jXQQeRWubPk Thank you, Pranam Lashkari

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[gsoc18] Draft proposal for Project 1.1: Add statistics and machine learning functions
by Dattatreya Mohapatra 23 Mar '18

23 Mar '18

Hi, I have submitted a draft proposal for the above-mentioned project on the GSoC website. I have been in contact with the mentors of the project (cc'ed) for the past couple of weeks, working on their feedback and improving the draft. *I request the community to review the draft and suggest any additions/improvements as feedback.* I have put a link to my competency test implementation in the proposal. Thanks and regards, Dattatreya Mohapatra‌

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[gsoc2018]
by Akshay Raut 22 Mar '18

22 Mar '18

Hello Boost community. I had already introduced myself. I am Akshay, computer science undergrad 3rd year. This is my project proposal on Boost.Real project. Please go through this and suggest changes if any required. Thank you all much. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W4V4tvhl-6ZyK4Jq_NLcd1HAoOP5AWcrIU8dw3Q…

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GSOC 18 Enhancing Boost.Intrusive Library
by Athul Pai 22 Mar '18

22 Mar '18

Hello! I am Athul pai a 3rd year B.TECH student . It would be great if I get some feedback on my proposal. The link for the proposal is below Proposal <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rmvzq4nqsu-qEfiTbhWhSxPI31RVHoYGadbMJ7u…> Regards Athul

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[gsoc18]Mentor search for Boost.Geometry project :Similarity between geometries
by Abhinav Siddharth 22 Mar '18

22 Mar '18

*Hello, My name is Abhinav and I am currently a Btech second-year student of IIT Patna, India. Recently, I was going through the project ideas listed on the Wiki page of Boost and I am very interested to work on the project idea- "Similarity between geometries". I am very keen to share my ideas on the project and I would give a detailed description of this very idea in my proposal shortly. I sincerely look forward to your reply. Thanks. Regards, Abhinav Siddharth *

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Fwd: Fwd: [gsoc18] Boost.Detour & Mentor Search
by Michael Kiros 22 Mar '18

22 Mar '18

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Kiros <michaelakiros(a)gmail.com> Date: 22 March 2018 at 10:16 Subject: Re: [boost] Fwd: [gsoc18] Boost.Detour & Mentor Search To: Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira <vini.ipsmaker(a)gmail.com> What's the proper interception place then? If the game's main function was called main and your hook function was called _main_hook, then you'd need a way to get your function inside of the same address space of game's process. So that would mean DLL injection, adding your DLL to the list of loaded modules etc. What's the workflow? For software where the source code is available you'd simply compile your executable with the hooks and you wouldn't have to go through the problem of having your shared library/DLL getting loaded by the process. On 21 March 2018 at 23:25, Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira < vini.ipsmaker(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 2018-03-22 1:16 GMT-03:00 Michael Kiros <michaelakiros(a)gmail.com>: > >> That repo represents the last, latest state of the repository [...] >> > > Thanks. > > [...] Like you said, it's easier to work with DLLs because their functions >> are exported so you'd just located the address >> of the function using the export symbol table and the Windows API >> functions/POSIX equivalent. >> > > I was more concerned with the separation of library/application when I > made the question. > > Suppose I want to change Tibia to cheat the game. There is a main function > there on the executable (it's not _your main_). What's the proper > interception place then? What's the workflow? Open the executable using > your executable and transfer control flow once you prepare the hooks? > > The 'hook types' that would be required would be specializations of a >> single type and each type >> would represent a different approach to hooking a function. >> > > Thanks. > > > -- > Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira > https://vinipsmaker.github.io/ >

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Fwd: [gsoc18] Boost.Detour & Mentor Search
by Michael Kiros 22 Mar '18

22 Mar '18

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Kiros <michaelakiros(a)gmail.com> Date: 15 March 2018 at 02:30 Subject: Re: [boost] [gsoc18] Boost.Detour & Mentor Search To: David Bellot <david.bellot(a)gmail.com> Hi David, I have written the draft of a proposal to add a new library (or work on it during the Summer of Code 2018). It's a proposal for the addition of Boost.Hook, a function hooking and control flow augmentation library. It's something I've worked on a lot in the past and would like to incorporate into Boost so that both I and others have a centralized, agreed way of taking an approach to function hooking. I also have plans of integrating it with Boost.Process and some memory mapping libraries from Boost so that there are fewer "third-party dependencies". Here's a link to the draft: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nh436adVvIHC_ AXTAJi6Wr_uLpM4-SSc/view?usp=sharing I would really like to know the feedback to this and if anyone's interesting in mentoring me during the build up of this project. It's a very interesting, useful topic. I can assure anyone that. On 14 March 2018 at 07:01, David Bellot <david.bellot(a)gmail.com> wrote: > an explanation of the idea with examples would be good. > Please follow the instructions on https://github.com/boostorg > /boost/wiki/Boost-Google-Summer-of-Code-2018 > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 12:50 PM, Michael Kiros <michaelakiros(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Would the proposal be in the form of code or just an explanation of the >> idea? >> >> On Mar 14, 2018 7:41 AM, "David Bellot" <david.bellot(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Michael, >> >> as it is a new project in Boost, ideally you want to write a first draft >> proposal and submit it to this list too (via a link please, do not attach >> document). >> >> I'm sure someone would be interested in mentoring for GSoC especially if >> the idea is brilliantly explained. >> As we have a few days left before submission to Google, I encourage you >> to start working on it right now. >> >> Cheers, >> David >> >> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 8:19 AM, Michael Kiros via Boost < >> boost(a)lists.boost.org> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm a C++ developer and have been developing in C++ for over 6 years now >>> in >>> my personal time. I wanted to accomplish two things with this post: >>> >>> 1. Propose the idea of boost::detour >>> 2. Find a mentor in the process >>> >>> Boost.Detour is not something new that I'd like to implement but a >>> concept >>> in programming that I have been using for a very long time now and would >>> love to have it easily accessible with the inclusion of a simple >>> <boost/detour.hpp>. The idea is to have function hooking easily >>> accessible >>> to everyone using C++. Though it may seem like a niche feature, function >>> hooking is more commonly used than most people think (e.g. modifying >>> binaries after compilation for feature addition, reverse engineering >>> proprietary software). It's a beautiful concept when you see it working. >>> >>> In the process I need a mentor to guide me through the process of putting >>> down my ideas to paper and implementing them according to the standards >>> that Boost holds. This includes replacing components from my library with >>> Boost concepts (e.g. boost::process). >>> >>> I'm also a student at Texas Tech University studying Computer Science. >>> >>> Can't wait to hear from someone. >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman >>> /listinfo.cgi/boost >>> >> >> >> >

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[gsoc18] Project proposal for Boost.Geometry (set operations on boxes)
by Tinko Bartels 22 Mar '18

22 Mar '18

Hi, one week ago I posted a mail searching for mentors for a Boost.Geometry idea about implementing the basic set operations (difference, union_, sym_difference) for <box,box,Collection<box> and I was happy to see interest voiced by Vissarion and Adam. I have now completed my proposal with a slightly extended version of that idea and I'd be thankful for any comments: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gNtqTbkDVXp9dPCRZZut4bBgjvQwJNdoV-EJOrE… I've also improved my proof of concept/self-designed competency test, added a check for correctness and committed it to the github repository: https://github.com/tinko92/boost_geometry_difference_demo It now includes a patch for the boost_1_66_0 source tree, that allows tests of that implementation with the proper call: boost::geometry::difference(box1,box2,box_vector) (hopefully, if I didn't break anything I didn't see) without breaking it for other geometries. This was tested on GCC (main.cpp can be built if the folder tree from the repository is copied to some directory XYZ with the command g++ main.cpp -o main -IXYZ), VC9 and VC15. Thanks in advance for any comments on the proposal or the preliminary implementation of difference. Best, Tinko -- Sent from: http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/Boost-Dev-f2600599.html

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