<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear Samanvay,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sorry for a slightly delayed reply to your message. I see that you've commented on several Open Chemistry projects, which is great. But I think the most important thing would be for you to pick one project from Open Chemistry and think about that.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As for the plan and timeline, there's advice on the wiki:</div><div class=""><a href="http://wiki.openchemistry.org/Applying_to_GSoC" class="">http://wiki.openchemistry.org/Applying_to_GSoC</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you decide that the biological visualization is the project you'd like to focus on, please let me know and I'd be happy to provide some pointers.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">-Geoff</div><br class=""><div class="">
---<br class="">Prof. Geoffrey Hutchison<br class="">Department of Chemistry<br class="">University of Pittsburgh<br class="">tel: (412) 648-0492<br class="">email: <a href="mailto:geoffh@pitt.edu" class="">geoffh@pitt.edu</a><br class="">web: <a href="http://hutchison.chem.pitt.edu/" class="">http://hutchison.chem.pitt.edu/</a>
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 27, 2017, at 11:09 AM, Samanvay Sharma <<a href="mailto:sammy.gts@gmail.com" class="">sammy.gts@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span class="gmail-im"><span style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Hello. I am a CS undergrad student and I am interested in working with your organisation as part of the Google Summer of Code program. I was hoping to receive some of your guidance to make an effective application and gain more insight into the project I was planning to work on.</span><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div></span><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">I am interested in the project <b class="">Biological Data Visualization</b> from the proposal list. I would appreciate if you could give me more details about the project. It'll be helpful if you could also lend guidance to prepare an effective implementation plan and timeline.</div><span class="gmail-im"><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">I shall be grateful if you wish to provide any other advice/recommendation regarding the project or the proposal.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></span><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">A brief introduction:</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">My name is Samanvay Sharma. I am currently a 2nd year Computer Science undergraduate student at Jaypee Institute of Information Technology(Noida), India.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">I am extremely enthusiastic about science and technology in general, which is one of the reasons I chose to take this as an opportunity to work in a research-based field. Additionally, I have <b class="">experience in Chemistry</b> and have also studied <b class="">Biotechnology</b> as a school course for 2 years, so I have an idea of <b class="">biomolecules and proteomics</b> too. This is the first time I plan to work as part of an open source community, which is why I am really eager to begin with it via this platform. I may not be THE best person for the job, but I can vouch that this experience will benefit me by honing my skills and my passion to contribute to society, and by the end of this program I hope you will agree that you made a good decision by selecting me for this project.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""> </div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">I know I have started pretty late for this but I am clear with the standard procedure and will be able to submit an official proposal as soon as I may receive word from you.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Regards,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Samanvay</div></div>
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