We’re pleased to announce the selection of our mid-year 2020 interns fromGoogle Summer of Code(GSoC) andOutreachy! Both of these programs aim to support students and early career professionals as they venture into open source software development.
Over the next three months, these interns will work with members of the Creative Commons’ team on projects that support our mission and community. We can’t wait to get started!
Meet our interns!
Dhruvi Anand Butti (Outreachy)
I am Dhruvi, a third-year undergrad from IIIT Surat. I beautify things and even break them. I am very much into user experience as a concept and I would love to excel in that area. I have worked on JavaScript and it’s various frameworks, I am comfortable with various designing tools and I look forward to learning more on my journey. I love cooking, watching movies, trying, and reading about different cuisines.
Dhruvi will work on converting CC’s websites to our new design system,Vocabulary, starting withCC Open Source. See the new designshere. Dhruvi will be mentored by CC’s Web Developer Hugo Solar and previous GSoC internDhruv Bhanushali.You can follow the progress of this project through theGitHub repoand#cc-developerschannel on ourSlack community.
Ayan Choudhary (GSoC)
Hello, I am Ayan Choudhary, an electrical engineering undergrad at IIT Roorkee. I have been involved with coding quite heavily for the past couple of years which is one of my numerous hobbies. Some of the sectors which really fascinate me include network security, blockchain, and data science. Apart from this I love reading and painting and am quite interested in PC gaming and binge-watching online shows.
Ayan将致力于增加CC搜索的国际化，这意味着CC搜索界面将很容易翻译，因此，可用于多种语言。Ayan还将致力于提高所有用户对CC搜索的可访问性。Ayan will be mentored by CC’s Front End Engineer Breno Ferreira and Open Source Community CoordinatorAri Madian.You can follow the progress of this project through theGitHub repoand#cc-search channel on ourSlack community.
K S Srinidhi Krishna (GSoC)
I am Srinidhi Krishna, a computer science undergraduate student from Govt Model Engineering College, in India. My field of interest is in data science and have experience working with data analytics and data quality checking on a small scale. I also have experience in writing automation scripts in Python. I spend my free time watching TV series and movies, and like listening to music. I’m also part of the university cricket team and love swimming.
Srinidhi will work on adding new sources to the CC Catalog, which in turn will make them show up in the CC Catalog API and CC Search. Sources are trackedhere. He may also work on some infrastructural improvements to the CC Catalog, as well as add audio sources. Srinidhi will be mentored by CC’s Data Engineer Brent Moran and Director of Engineering Kriti Godey.You can follow the progress of this project through theGitHub repoand#cc-dev-catalogchannel on ourSlack community.
Mayank Nader (GSoC)
我是Mayank Nader，来自印度的计算机科学专业大三学生。目前，我主要感兴趣的领域是Python脚本、JavaScript开发、后端和API开发。我最近也对算法和数据结构产生了兴趣，因此开始做一些有竞争力的编程。除此之外，我还喜欢听音乐，看电影、纪录片和电视节目。开源给了我很大的启发，并试图在任何可能的时候做出贡献。
Mayank is a returning GSoC intern from last year and will work on extending theCC Search browser extensionto have even more features, including adding related images and image tags, and caching and organizing bookmarks better. Additionally, he will be updating the extension UI to use CC’s design system,Vocabulary, and extending the supported browsers to Microsoft Edge in addition to currently supported Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. Mayank will be mentored by CC’s Software Engineer Alden Page and Director of Engineering Kriti Godey.You can follow the progress of this project through theGitHub repoand#cc-dev-browser-extensionchannel on ourSlack community.
Charini Nanayakkara (GSoC)
I am a third-year Ph.D. student from the Australian National University, where my research area of focus is record linkage. I experiment on novel algorithms that can improve the quality of linking records, whereas I extensively use Python and related data analytics libraries for algorithm implementation. Prior to starting my Ph.D. I was employed as a software engineer at the WSO2 Sri Lanka branch for two years where I did open source development in Java. I have a first-class honors BSc degree in Computer Science from the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) in Sri Lanka. Reading, playing the organ, and exploring Buddhism are few things I like to do in my free time. I recently resumed taking piano lessons after several years and started following a program customized for amateur runners. I am excited to be part of GSoC 2020!
Charini will work on adding new sources and making infrastructural improvements to the CC Catalog alongside Srinidhi. Charini will also be mentored by CC’s Data Engineer Brent Moran and Director of Engineering Kriti Godey.You can follow the progress of this project through theGitHub repoand#cc-dev-catalogchannel on ourSlack community.
Subham Sahu (GSoC)
I am Subham Sahu, an undergraduate student at IIT Ropar. As an electrical engineering student, I am fortunate to have exposure to domains related to both circuits and programming and developed interests in both. I love problem-solving, and I am familiar with mobile app development in Flutter, and web development in NodeJS and Django. I have worked on many projects which include pipeline enabled RISC V web simulator, a mobile application which automates the filling of bank forms efficiently and a twitter sentiment analysis model using deep learning. I am fond of discussions and love constructive debates on practically every topic.
Subham will be working to add more features toThe Linked Commons(previous blog post), including better ways to search for specific data, better metrics, and key takeaways, as well as general improvements to the user experience and code. Subham will be mentored by CC’s Data Engineer Brent Moran and previous GSoC intern Maria Belen Guaranda.You can follow the progress of this project through theGitHub repoand#cc-dev-cc-catalog-vizchannel on ourSlack community.
Krystle Salazar (Outreachy)
I am Krystle Salazar, a computer scientist and software developer from Venezuela. Mostly focused on web technologies, data modeling, and more recently on open-source software. I consider myself a curious person and avid learner, who wants to make a positive impact in the world. Apart from code, I like to watch anime, reading, chocolate, and dogs. I am happy to have this opportunity to work with CC and aim to share my learning of the process.
Krystle will work on modernizing CC’sLegal Databasewith a new backend and integrating CC’s design system,Vocabulary, on the frontend. This will improve workflow and user experience for both CC’s internal team and for the public. Krystle will be mentored by CC’s Director of Engineering Kriti Godey and Core Systems ManagerTimid Robot Zehta.You can follow the progress of this project through theGitHub repoand#cc-dev-legal-databasechannel on ourSlack community.
