Re: GSoC Introduction

Hi Charlie,

I was writing a much longer email, but let's first get the formal
blocker out of the way:

You need to upload a proof of enrollment before you can even upload
your proposal to the GSoC website. The latter needs to happen by March
31, no exceptions. Will that work out for you? A 19 day timeframe from
"I anticipate I will be eligible" to "I'm definitely eligible, here's
my proof of enrollment (not: acceptance)" sounds ambitious.

**Will** that work out? If it won't, it might be smarter to prepare
this for the coming year.

Best regards,
Marcus

On Thu, 2020-03-12 at 07:38 -0400, Charlie Phillips wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm Charlie Phillips, a High School Senior at Florida's Suncoast Community High School. Although I am not currently enrolled in an undergraduate program, I am in the process of selecting the University that I will pursue my computer science undergraduate degree and I anticipate that I will be eligible for participating to Google's Summer School of Code for 2020.
>
> During the past two years, I have been working with GNU Radio software for programming software-defined radio platforms (such as PlutoSDR and LimeSDR) in I-SENSE and the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University under the supervision of Dr. George Sklivanitis. I have experience on testing basic digital signal processing concepts by implementing Out-Of-Tree modules in GNU Radio, and I am proficient in C++ and Python.
>
> Part of my work at Florida Atlantic University included experimentation with gr-lora for command and control of unmanned sea-surface vehicles and simulation of a binary FSK transceiver for underwater acoustic communications. I was wondering if the development of a a new module "gr-underwater" for simulation and emulation of underwater acoustic links would be of interest to the GNU Radio community.
>
> I look forward to your feedback.
>
> Thanks,
> Charlie Phillips