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Hi,</p><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I am Tejas Nikumbh, an undergrad at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. I will be participating in GSoC this year. [GSoC 2013]. In order to imporve my chances for getting selected this year, I would like to start contributing early on to Open Source development via xapian.</div>
<div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Here's a little background info : </div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
</div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong>Languages proficient in : </strong>Java, Python, Javascript [+jQuery] , HTML[+HTML5 Canvas], CSS [+CSS3]. C++ should be on the list soon.</div>
<div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong>CS Theory :</strong> Discrete Math, Probablity and Random Processes, Data Structures and Algorithms. </div>
<div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong>SVN : </strong>Github, Mercurial</div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
.</div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong>Basic Machine learning [Regression algos and some classification algos]</strong></div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
</div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Based on the above info, are there any projects which might suit me?</div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
</div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Also, Picking up something reasonable quickly shouldn't be a problem.</div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Thanks,</div><div><br></div><span class="HOEnZb" style="font-size:12.800000190734863px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#888888"></font></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br></div>-- <br><div style="text-align:left">
<font color="#888888">Tejas Nikumbh,</font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#888888">Third Year Undergraduate,</font></div><div style="text-align:left"><font color="#888888">Electrical Engineering Department,</font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font color="#888888">IIT Bombay.</font></div>