[Biojava-l] Google summer code proposal

[Mostafa Shokrof]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Jason Stajich <jason.stajich at gmail.com>wrote:

> Mostafa -
>
> I may have accidently deleted your post to biojava-l about GSOC that was in
> the held queue for the mailiman system. If you can resend it to the list one
> more time I will make sure it goes through.
>
>
> Name :Mostafa EL-Sayed Shokrof
>
> Email:mostafa.shokrof at gmail.com
>
> Physical Address:7 el gomhoreya off tarh el bahr st - el shark -portsaid
> -Egypt
>
> Telephone Number:02-016755576
>
> I am a third year student in Bioinformatics department computer science
> faculty Ain shams university with average grade A. I am interested in
> applying for amino acid properties calculation project which-i do believe-
> is a great opportunity to enhance my experience. I chose Open-Bio
> organization as it offers interaction with real world Bioinformatics applications
> which would certainly help me a lot in my graduation project next semester.
> Choosing this project in particular was based on several reasons. Firstly I
> believe in the project's importance as it addresses core Bioinformatics
> problems and applies Bioinformatics algorithms..Second it will be
> implemented in Java ,which has two main advantages ,it is Object oriented
> and cross platform . ,so I think BIO-Java project is very useful.
>
> I also believe I am well suited for this project as I passed both
> Algorithms and OOP courses with grade A ,besides my strong background in
> biology as I studied biology and Bioinformatics at college.
>
> Not only did I gain my programming experience by attending training courses
> in CIT Global Mobi dev company for mobile applications last summer , but I
> also studied the following courses:
>
> 1.Structural Programming
>
> 2.Data Structure
>
> 3.OOP
>
> 4.Algorithms
>
> 5.File Organization
>
> 6.Software Engineering
>
> Courses being studied this semester are:
>
> 6.Numerical Analysis
>
> 7.System Analysis
>
>
>
> Concerning my biological background,I have studied:
>
> 1.Introduction to Biology
>
> 2.Introduction to Biochemistry
>
> 3.Introduction to Biophysics
>
> 4.Introduction to Molecular Cell Biology
>
> 5.Advanced Molecular Genetics
>
> 6.Introduction to Bioinformatics
>
> Courses being studied in this semester:
>
> 7.Biotechnology
>
> 8.Structural Bioinformatics
>
>
>
> Unfortunately Google schedule does not fit me since our exams are expected
> to be delayed due to the current circumstances in Egypt ,so I hope I will be
> free on the beginning of July .
>
> But after that I will dedicate my summer to GSCO .I can work an average 8
> hours a day ,five days a week of total 40 hours a week. The New semester
> starts at the half of September. so I will have plenty of time .Finally I
> would be really grateful if you provided me this cherish opportunity which
> would help me out in my career further on.
>
>
>
>
>
> I attached time line for the project ,UML design ,Abstract of how the
> implementation will look and , the Short code Exercise with the proposal,
>
> I will appreciate your feedback..
>
resourceshttps://
> docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B-lMAeKAGH9gYjFjNWFmZmItMGZkMC00NDIwLWFlODgtMDUzYzhlYWEwNzk0&hl=en:
>
>
> my regards,
>
> Mostafa Shokrof
>
> Bioinformatics student
> Ain Shams University
>