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Project Catalogue for Student Contributors

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Project Catalogue

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iSchool Practicum Project, Virtual Environment Infrastructure

Overview

Work with Rokwire Community (part of the Rokwire Initiative) during Fall 2021! Be part of an open-source community that enables privacy-aware mobile applications and smart, healthy communities. Learn more about us at the links below.

While this is not a paid position, course credit is available through the iSchool practicum program. Contact us for more information. In the future, there may also opportunities to become a paid contributor.

Rokwire Initiative

https://rokwire.org/

Rokwire Community on the Web

https://rokwire.org/community-navigator

Rokwire Community blog

https://publish.illinois.edu/bradly-alicea

Project Description: We are seeking an intern to support the establishment of a virtual environment infrastructure. We are in the process of building virtual collaboration spaces in spaces hosted on platforms such as Mozilla Hubs and Minecraft. You will be involved in helping to construct, manage, and grow community in these space as we inaugurate this exciting element of our open-source organization!

Qualifications: Ideally, the applicant should be comfortable working with 3-D modeling software (Blender) in addition to working on associated programming tasks. Experience with perspective drawing may also be helpful. We will use version-control and project management tools quite extensively, so having a working familiarity with such platforms is expected. While it is not required that you have previous experience working with an open-source organization, applicants must be willing to adopt an “open” ethos.

Contact: Bradly Alicea, Open-source Community Manager ([email protected]). This internship will be fully virtual.

iSchool Practicum Project, Open-source Management

Work with Rokwire Community (part of the Rokwire Initiative) during Spring 2022! Be part of an open-source community that enables privacy-aware mobile applications and smart, healthy communities. Learn more about us at the links below.

While this is not a paid position, course credit is available through the iSchool practicum program. Contact us for more information. In the future, there may also be opportunities to become a paid contributor.

Rokwire Initiative

https://rokwire.org/

Rokwire Community on the Web

https://rokwirecommunity.web.illinois.edu/

Rokwire Community blog

https://publish.illinois.edu/bradly-alicea

Project Description: You will be involved in helping to construct, manage, and grow community in these space as we inaugurate this exciting element of our open-source organization. You will be exposed to a variety of tasks: help organize public events, work with version-control systems like Github, help develop community public resources such as the Community Wiki, engage with and moderate community discussions, and prepare tutorials on a variety of technical topics.

Qualifications: Good organizational skills and familiarity with tools like Slack, Jitsi/Zoom, Github, Atom.io, and Notion. If you do not have familiarity with these specific tools, then a willingness to learn is essential. Decent writing/editing skills. A familiarity with Markdown is ideal. A willingness to engage with a variety of tasks. While it is not required that you have previous experience working with an open-source organization, applicants must be willing to adopt an “open” ethos.

Contact: Bradly Alicea, Open-source Community Manager ([email protected]). This internship will be fully virtual.

Google Summer of Code

Application period is in early spring. Contact us to see if projects are active for this year.

Creation of Interactive Applications for the Open-source Contributors Community

Support the Rokwire Community of mobile developers by creating sample applications as tutorials for new open-source contributors. Rokwire is an open-source platform for developing mobile applications that enable smart communities. Existing applications include the Illinois App (campus app for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) and Safer (a public health and COVID management app). These apps will allow potential contributors to create their own capabilities and talents for incorporation into a customized smart community mobile app. Capabilities and talents are build atop the Rokwire building blocks, which enable users to have a customized, privacy-assured experience. Your efforts will also help to facilitate adoption of the Rokwire platform, serve to establish a set of community standards, and participate in educational opportunities related to open-source. This project requires familiarity with some or all of the following languages: Python, Golang, Dart, and Flutter.

Mentors: Bradly Alicea ([email protected]), Sandeep Puthanveetil Satheesan ([email protected]), and Joe Grohens ([email protected])

Extended Reality (XR) for Open-source Community-building

Help the Rokwire Community to develop an extended reality (XR) infrastructure. The focus will be building upon the Mozilla platforms A-Frame (web framework), Mozilla Hubs (virtual rooms), and Spoke (3-D social scenes). Your efforts will culminate in two outcomes. The first outcomes involves developing a pipeline of virtual experiences for education and collaboration in the Rokwire Community. Secondarily, we would like to develop Augmented Reality resources to be integrated into mobile apps. Contribute to our broader vision of smart communities in XR! Familiarity with Python, JavaScript, and HTML are a must, and familiarity with Dart and Golang is desirable.

Mentors: Bradly Alicea ([email protected]), Sandeep Puthanveetil Satheesan ([email protected]), and Isaac Galvan ([email protected])

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