[vtk-developers] Google Summer of Code

Soumitra Saxena soumitrasaxena1993 at gmail.com
Tue Mar 4 15:24:38 EST 2014


Hello !

My name is Soumitra Saxena. I'm in my pre-final year , studying Electronics
and Electrical Engineering at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science
, Pilani , India.

I've been a student of Computer Graphics (particularly the implementation
part - OpenGL/C++) for 2 semesters now. Biomedical/Biochemical
visualization is one application of computer graphics that I was
particularly drawn towards.

I've even tried my hand on some visualization myself (DNA , the first thing
that comes to mind) in OpenGL/C++ . Here's the link to the summary , if i
may -

https://medium.com/code-is-biology/dea574c3be54

I would like to participate in GSoC 2014, and contribute to the
Biochemistry Visualization project.

VTK is what I believe , a solid visualization tool with immense
possibilities. GPU accelerated volume rendering , to be precise , can be
taken advantage of in detailed visualization of the electronic structure ,
and even improve upon any previous visualizations related to the same.

Now I have a few questions related to the same -

1. How do I present my idea ? The idea page has broad classifications , do
you require something specific in each classification ? Or do we develop an
idea encompassing all the points mentioned under a heading ?

2. Also , to what extent will any knowledge in Biology/BioChemistry help ?
Do we need a solid background , or the Bio 101 course we did in our first
semester suffice ?

3. Is the project , particularly Biochemistry Visualization , more focussed
on implementation of visualizations using VTK , or improving certain
algorithms in VTK itself for better visualizations ?


Thanks a lot for reading !
Soumitra Saxena,
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