Wes Turner
From Open Source Ecology
- 180 students
- 20 free students
- Saw my TED Talk
- Shuttle tracker - hardware tracking the shuttle on campus
- Submittee - used by CS department.. ECSE - electrical and computer science engineerin
- RCOS - Rensselaer Center for Open Source
- Some paid projects - from outside companies, but inside more. Issue with paid projects - keeping it open source
- Shawn - alumnus - started with a $1M grant.
- License - requires an open source license by OSI standard. Has good relationship - Patrick Masson - director of OSI.
- Interested in - with respect to multiple universities
- Wes is part of Teaching Open Source
- CSAW, YAKS - larger projects?
- Citizens Science for South African Waters
- University - but doesn't have funds to pay for much. Does have a makerspace with 3D printers.
- Good penetration in the CS department.
- Trying to be less software and bring in other interests outside of software.
- RPI is a tech oriented university. Has some humanities.
- Broaden student base - artistic and hardware interest as well.
- Hoped to invite me to come down. But things have changed. RPI is close to NYC - COVID -
- Open to a student group - collaboration between RCOS and OSE.
- Would potentially be an advisor. How can we leverage RCOS for any projects?
- If leverage RCOS. Students are given a lot of freedom.
- We can propose a project - that is open source, collaborative, audacious, and is technology for good.
- Hardware, software, enterprise, marketing, architecture, writing, communition.
- Summer - runing RCOS - interesting to brainstorm a collaboration. Relatively small chunk project.
- Initial proof of concept application - rising Juniors. People who just completes software year. Will have 30-40.
- Would normally do a selection process. We put in OSE as part of a selections. Proposal for remote control tractor.
- When is the Summer School? May 20-Aug 20 summer semester. Has semesters - but now have Fall, Sprint, and Summer.
- Pitch day - people pitch project. Find out ahead of time - get some students interested ahead of time.
- 8 projects with - 4-6 students per project.
- Remote control tractor - interesting. Medical imaging and robotics. Looking for projects.