[Haskell-cafe] Getting ready for Summer of Haskell 2017

Tue Apr 25 21:57:14 UTC 2017

Hey all,

The student applications for Summer of Haskell 2017 are now open! You can
apply at:

https://goo.gl/forms/OAfyD0Oen2KvKu6t2

The application period is open until the 6th of May, so that should give
you plenty of time.

At this time, we are also actively *seeking mentors*.  In case you would
like to mentor a project, please let us know:

https://summer.haskell.org/contact.html

Thanks to the generous donations of our sponsors, we will be able to
sponsor around 10 students this year (depending on the applications we
receive).

Our sponsors are:

   - haskell.org kicked things off this year by funding a student and
   organizing the Summer of Haskell 2017 after a successful Summer of
   Haskell 2016
   <https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2016-December/125702.html>
   .
   - Asahi Net <https://asahi-net.jp/en/> is a Japanese Internet service
   provider that has been running stable systems for over 25 years.  They are
   a proud sponsor of the Summer of Haskell, and contribute to the Japanese
   Haskell community.
   - Awake Networks <http://www.awakenetworks.com/> is building a next
   generation network security and analytics platform. They are a proud
   sponsor of the Summer of Haskell and contribute broadly to the Haskell
   community.
   - CodeWorld <http://code.world/> is an educational project that blends
   mathematics and Haskell programming into a visual playground.  Chris Smith
   has volunteered to fund two students to work on CodeWorld in particular.
   - Digital Asset <http://digitalasset.com/> provides Distributed Ledger
   solutions for financial institutions globally. They have developed a pure,
   typed, functional, domain specific language for writing contracts, called
   DAML. They are a proud sponsor of the Summer of Haskell and contribute
   broadly to the Haskell community.
   - Facebook <http://facebook.com/> uses Haskell in its anti-abuse
   infrastructure
   <https://code.facebook.com/posts/745068642270222/fighting-spam-with-haskell/>
and
   as part of that effort we open-sourced the Haxl
   <https://github.com/facebook/Haxl> framework which is being used at
   scale in production to automatically parallelise data-fetching code.
   We're delighted to be able to support the Haskell community's efforts by
   sponsoring a student for this year's Summer of Haskell.
   - Fugue Inc. <http://fugue.co/> radically simplifies cloud operations
   with its software-defined system for dynamically orchestrating and
   enforcing cloud infrastructure at scale. Fugue uses Haskell in its product
   and is proud to sponsor a student to improve the ecosystem.
   - Galois <http://galois.com/> applies cutting-edge computer science and
   applied mathematics to solve difficult technological problems, delivering
   practical solutions tailored to our clients’ needs. Haskell and other
   functional programming languages are key tools we use in providing these
   solutions.
   - IOHK <https://iohk.io/> is a technology company committed to using
   peer-to-peer technologies to provide financial services to the three
   billion people who don't have them. We implement our first-principles
   cryptographic research in Haskell and we are committed to the development
   of the Haskell ecosystem.
   - Tweag I/O <http://tweag.io> is a network of software innovation labs
   across Europe. We develop novel solutions and products for our clients
   around the world. Haskell is key to delivering fast, correct and
   maintainable code. We have shipped Haskell in anything from tiny web
   services to large high-performance compute clusters with custom
   hardware. We're particularly keen to help the community grow Haskell
   into the strongest systems programming language and ecosystem out there.
   We're very proud to sponsor a student this summer to help make it happen.
   - Davean has volunteered to fund a student expressly to work on the Hadrian
   build system for GHC <http:///ideas.html#hadrian-ghc>.

Best,
Niki Vazou & Jasper Van der Jeugt
for the Haskell.org Committee

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Niki Vazou <nikivazou at gmail.com> wrote:

> We are happy to announce that Summer of Haskell 2017 will host at least 8
> students, funded from the Haskell community and corporate sponsors.
>
> You can find all information (including the timeline) at the Summer of
> Haskell new webpage:
>
>    https://summer.haskell.org/
>
> Students can submit applications from April 25th until the May 6th. We
> recommend that interested students start thinking about their proposals and
> brainstorm with potential mentors. In case you would like to participate as
> a student, but you have no idea what to work on, we have a page dedicated
> to ideas here:
>
>    https://summer.haskell.org/ideas.html
>
> Teachers of FP courses at universities around the world are strongly
> encouraged to share this announcement with their students.
>
> Mentors, as well as everyone from the community, are encouraged to
> contribute ideas by sending pull requests to the Summer of Haskell
> repository (or contacting us):
>
> https://github.com/haskell-org/summer-of-haskell
>
> Sponsors are still welcome, as we can add more slots if the necessary
> funds become available. Combining our current individual donations with
> partial sponsors, we only need $2000 more to fund an additional student.
> Please consider making a small donation towards that goal. If you would
> like to contribute do not hesitate to contact us or donate directly:
>
>    https://wiki.haskell.org/Donate_to_Haskell.org
>
> We’d like to thank our current sponsors for making this Summer of Haskell
> possible:
>
> haskell.org kicked things off this year by funding a student and
> organizing the Summer of Haskell 2017 after a successful Summer of
> Haskell 2016
> <https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2016-December/125702.html>
> .
>
> Asahi Net <http://asahinet.com/> is a Japanese Internet service provider
> that has been running stable systems for over 25 years. They are a proud
> sponsor of the Summer of Haskell, and contribute to the Japanese Haskell
> community.
>
> Awake Networks <http://www.awakenetworks.com/> is building a next
> generation network security and analytics platform. They are a proud
> sponsor of the Summer of Haskell and contribute broadly to the Haskell
> community.
>
> CodeWorld <http://code.world/> is an educational project that blends
> mathematics and Haskell programming into a visual playground. Chris Smith
> has volunteered to fund two students to work on CodeWorld in particular.
>
> Facebook <http://facebook.com/> uses Haskell in its anti-abuse
> infrastructure
> <https://code.facebook.com/posts/745068642270222/fighting-spam-with-haskell/>,
> and as part of that effort we open-sourced the Haxl
> <https://github.com/facebook/Haxl> framework which is being used at scale
> in production to automatically parallelise data-fetching code. We're
> delighted to be able to support the Haskell community's efforts by
> sponsoring a student for this year's Summer of Haskell.
>
> Fugue Inc. <http://fugue.co/> radically simplifies cloud operations with
> its software-defined system for dynamically orchestrating and enforcing
> cloud infrastructure at scale. Fugue uses Haskell in its product and is
> proud to sponsor a student to improve the ecosystem.
>
> Galois <http://galois.com/> applies cutting-edge computer science and
> applied mathematics to solve difficult technological problems, delivering
> practical solutions tailored to our clients’ needs. Haskell and other
> functional programming languages are key tools we use in providing these
> solutions.
>
> Tweag I/O <http://tweag.io/> is a network of software innovation labs
> across Europe. We develop novel solutions and products for our clients
> around the world. Haskell is key to delivering fast, correct and
> maintainable code. We have shipped Haskell in anything from tiny web
> services to large high-performance compute clusters with custom hardware.
> We're particularly keen to help the community grow Haskell into the
> strongest systems programming language and ecosystem out there. We're very
> proud to sponsor a student this summer to help make it happen.
>
> Finally, Davean has volunteered to fund a student expressly to work on
> the Hadrian build system for GHC
> <https://haskell-org.github.io/summer-of-haskell/ideas.html#hadrian-ghc>.
>
> Feel free to contact us at (nvazou at cs.umd.edu and m at jaspervdj.be)
> if want to help or if you have any ideas, questions, or concerns.
>
> Best,
>
> Niki Vazou & Jasper Van der Jeugt
>
> for the Haskell.org Committee
>
>
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