[SciPy-Dev] Electronics student with programming background - Like to participate in SciPy - Write some code and learn!

[Daniel Smith]

Hello,

I am also looking for ways to contribute to Scipy. I have experience
with Python, C/C++ and limited experience with the Numpy C API. In
particular, I have some code implementing the kernel density estimator
bandwidth selection algorithm from the following paper:

Z. I. Botev, J. F. Grotowski, and D. P. Kroese. Kernel density
estimation via diffusion. The Annals of Statistics, 38(5):2916–2957,
2010.

That method is more resilient to multi-modal data than the standard
plug-in estimators. I would love to add that method to the current
SciPy stats package if there is interest.

Thanks,
Daniel

> Hi,
>
> I am Surya, studying Junior Year - Electronics & Communication Engineering
> with Computer Science/ Programming background. I have looked into SciPy and
> its really amazing!
>
> In this regard, I would like to explore the possibility of contributing to
> this project by writing code and simultaneously learn the real engineering
> stuff. My skills lie in Python, Django, C - and little Facebook API, Cloud
> platforms (Openshift), Git.
>
> Also, I wrote some fun-stuff projects during week ends which you might like
> to take a look.
>
> 1. Https://apps.facebook.com/pingmee -- Lets people ping their friends
> using cartoons (Python, Django -- PIL)
> 2. Https://apps.facebook.com/suryaphotography -- social reader framework
> for my photography blog; Not yet finished (Python, Django -- Google Feed
> API) - Got to finish if time permits
> 3. Https://github.com/ksurya -- Github handle
>
> So, I am ready to take up any work and get along with it that involves
> Python!
>
> Regarding my scientific skills, I studied Engineering Mathematics, Digital
> Signal Processing (now studying), Signals & Systems etc. [ More on signals ]
>
>
> Thanks for reading! waiting for your reply
>
> -- Surya