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  • Summer of Code: bringing together students with Open-Source space organizations

    Paper number

    IAC-19,E1,3,12,x51305

    Author

    Mr. Andreas Hornig, Germany, University of Stuttgart

    Coauthor

    Mr. Kai Wilke, Germany, AerospaceResearch.net

    Coauthor

    Prof. Dieter Fritsch, Germany, Institute for Photogrammetry (IFP), University of Stuttgart

    Coauthor

    Mr. Manfred Ehresmann, Germany, Institute of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart

    Coauthor

    Ms. Blagica Jovanova, Germany, AerospaceResearch.net

    Coauthor

    Dr. Mario Merino, Spain, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

    Coauthor

    Mr. Ulrich Beyermann, Germany, Jugendforschungszentrum Herrenberg-Gäu Aerospace Lab e.V.

    Year

    2019

    Abstract
    There is an age-old problem of scholastic backsliding: During the academic year students study hard and learn a great deal, but with a lack of the right employment opportunities or other pursuits outside of school, technical skills atrophy rather than get honed and expanded.
    And during the semester breaks from university, students normally have the opportunity to start an internship in a company as required by their course of studies, earning money for their tuition fees and their living expenses, or just having vacation.
    
    So it is difficult for students to find the time to develop their professional skills or it is difficult to reach the desired company due to the distant location of the company of choice.
    
    In the software development field, Google Summer of Code (GSOC) is trying to solve this optimizing problem. It firstly encourages students to participate in open source projects because the development occurs online. That is solving the geography problem as well es giving students the chance to work in a globally distributed team. Working on an open source project provides exposure to the entire software development process and tool chain. And lastly it grants cash stipends from Google allowing students to focus on their development work rather than getting a job unrelated to their academic pursuits.
    The idea for the Summer of Code came directly from Google's founder Larry Page.
    
    The exection itself is organized by volunteering organizations from the open-source movement that are providing the project ideas for the students and most importantly, the mentors supporting the students and teaching them how to work on their 3 month programming projects and finish it within a team under the team's conditions.
    This programm was so sucessfull that it was copied and adapted unde the name Summer of Code in Space by the European Space Agency (ESA) with a pure emphasis on space software.
    
    This paper describes the experiences and the lessons learned of 5 GSOC and 4 ESA SOCIS participants of the AerospaceResearch.net organization. The importance of a merger of software and algorithms for earth observation in the age of big data with the knowledge of space missions will grow within the next years. Programmes like these can help to bring together international students of other fields with space organizations, agencies and companies. It will create new, innovative interdisciplinary solutions for the benefit of the space sector and also expand space open-source community.
    Abstract document

    IAC-19,E1,3,12,x51305.brief.pdf

    Manuscript document

    IAC-19,E1,3,12,x51305.pdf (🔒 authorized access only).

    To get the manuscript, please contact IAF Secretariat.