After a long, long wait, the results of Google Summer of Code were finally announced. And to my utmost elation, I passed the final evaluation! In fact all the 7 students that worked with DBpedia passed their evaluation and all our efforts have finally paid off! This officially concludes this years GSoC, and it was an exceptional experience working on it. I got to meet so many developers and community members from different fields and places and it was fun collaborating with everyone. It was a…

This blog post is going to be an “informal” summary of my work over the past 3-4 months, with excerpts from the official report. For the official, more “formal” and “technically articulated” report, refer the following links:

The last few weeks have been really intense and I wasn’t able to finish the weekly blogs. I did pass my second evaluation, and recieved some feedback on the work I’ve been doing. This was going to be the final phase of my project, and I still had a lot to do. I didnt get much time to finish the blogs with university resuming after the summer break, so I decided to compile all of it into one post. So, for the final time, here we go.

Okay, It has been some time since I last posted an update on my project. The last 2 weeks have probably been the busiest of my life, working on my GSoC project, last minute preparation for the upcoming campus placement drive and of course, the exams and interviews of various companies. It was a long, lifeless, sleep deprived, caffeine ridden mindf*ck of an experience, and the most intense time I’ve ever been through all my life.

So, the results of the first evaluations were out last week, and thankfully, I passed the evaluation with flying colors. My mentors seemed happy with my work so far and asked me to keep it up!

Last Sunday marked the end of the 4th week of my 3-month long Summer of code project. Another significant corollary from that is, this was the final week before the first evaluations that take place this week. I’ve done what I could’ve and now my fate lies in the hands of my mentors…