Outreachy Alums, May 2024 to August 2024

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Outreachy May 2024 to August 2024 Interns

34 interns were selected for this cohort.

Bioconductor

Scholastica Patrick Urua

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Kaduna/Nigeria

Bioconductor mentor(s): Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic and Esther Afuape
Project: Microbiome Study Curation
Project skills: Literature review skills, Microbiome knowledge

caMicroscope

Victoria Nduka

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

caMicroscope mentor(s): Birm
Project: Accessibility Testing and Improvement for Biomedical Imaging
Project skills: Accessibility, UX Design, Writing Automated Tests

CNCF OpenTelemetry

Eromosele Akhigbe

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Nigeria

CNCF OpenTelemetry mentor(s): Juraci Paixão Kröhling and Yuri Oliveira Sa
Project: Implement one logging bridge
Project skills: Go

Ersilia Open Source Initiative

Jumoke Olantun ADEYEMI

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria

Ersilia Open Source Initiative mentor(s): Dhanshree Arora
Project: Extension of the Ersilia Model Hub, a FOSS platform featuring pretrained AI/ML models for biomedical
Project skills: Data Science, Docker, GitHub Actions, Python 3

Malik Badmus

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Ersilia Open Source Initiative mentor(s): Dhanshree Arora and Ini-Abasi Bernard
Project: Extension of the Ersilia Model Hub, a FOSS platform featuring pretrained AI/ML models for biomedical
Project skills: Data Science, Docker, GitHub Actions, Python 3

Fedora

Mehmet Baran

Location: Ankara/Turkey

Fedora mentor(s): Aurélien Bompard and Akashdeep Dhar
Project: Create a gateway from webhooks to Fedora Messaging
Project skills: JSON schemas, Python, Web development

Tosin Isabella

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nigeria, Lagos State

Fedora mentor(s): Justin W. Flory and Joseph Gayoso
Project: Create an outreach strategy, write documentation, run a marketing campaign, and measure results
Project skills: Discourse, GitLab, Graphic design, Managing a schedule, Office productivity software, Social media, WordPress

Roseline Bassey

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nigeria

Fedora mentor(s): Justin W. Flory and Joseph Gayoso
Project: Create an outreach strategy, write documentation, run a marketing campaign, and measure results
Project skills: Discourse, GitLab, Graphic design, Managing a schedule, Office productivity software, Social media, WordPress

GNOME

Udo

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Delta State, Nigeria

GNOME mentor(s): Allan Day and Aryan Kaushik
Project: Conduct a series of short user research exercises, using a mix of research methods
Project skills: Communication in English, Running Linux systems, User Research

Tamnjong Larry Tabeh

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Cameroon
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Tamnjong Larry Tabeh

GNOME mentor(s): Allan Day and Aryan Kaushik
Project: Conduct a series of short user research exercises, using a mix of research methods
Project skills: Communication in English, Running Linux systems, User Research

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

Azhar Ismagulova

Location: London (city)
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Azhar Ismagulova

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team mentor(s): Sam Woodcock
Project: Create a Python-based mobile application to collect OpenStreetMap data in the field.
Project skills: OpenStreetMap, Python, UI Design

Oluwanifemi Daramola

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team mentor(s): Kshitij Raj Sharma and Olushola Ogunkelu
Project: Create backend tests and API documentations
Project skills: Python Programming

Linux Kernel

Tahera Fahimi

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Canada

Linux Kernel mentor(s): Mickaël Salaün and Paul Moore
Project: Improve Landlock access control
Project skills: C programming, Git, Operating systems

LLVM

Sophiellie S.

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania

LLVM mentor(s): Samuel Tebbs
Project: Improve Arm 64-bit performance
Project skills: Command line usage, Compiler knowledge, C++ programming

MDAnalysis

Adetutu Oluwasanmi

Location: Nigeria

MDAnalysis mentor(s): Jenna Swarthout Goddard and Micaela
Project: Develop a communications strategy for a growing MDAnalysis user and contributor base
Project skills: Accessibility, Content Creation, Python, Science Communication, User Research

ModECI

Rimjhim Mittal

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: India

ModECI mentor(s): Padraig Gleeson and Ankur Sinha
Project: Streamlit based interface for running/visualizing ML/AI models in MDF
Project skills: ML, Python, UI development

moja global

Nikita Vema

Location: bhubaneswar ,odisha ,India

moja global mentor(s): Simple Shell
Project: Developing a FLINT Forest Monitoring tool using Land Sector datasets
Project skills: Data Science, MongoDB, Python

Siziwe

Pronouns: xe/xem/xyrs
Location: Hilbrow , Johannesburg , South Africa

moja global mentor(s): Simple Shell
Project: Packaging FLINT for cross-platform usage
Project skills: C++, CMake, Shell scripting

OCaml

Alan Matthew

Location: Singapore

OCaml mentor(s): Paul-Elliot and Julow
Project: Create an accessible diff viewer
Project skills: git, OCaml

Siddhi Agrawal

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Siddhi-agg

OCaml mentor(s): Nathan Rebours and Shon and Odinaka Joy
Project: OCaml library API diff tool
Project skills: Functional Programming, Git, OCaml, Unix command line

Divyanka

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: India
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Divyanka

OCaml mentor(s): Cuihtlauac Alvarado and Sayo Bamigbade and Shakthi Kannan
Project: Run OCaml Exercises Everywhere
Project skills: Functional programming, Git, Unix command line

ODK-X

Henry Onuoha

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

ODK-X mentor(s): Caroline Krafft and Waylon Brunette
Project: Create Android Tests for ODK-X’s Android tools
Project skills: Android, Java, Testing

Chinedu Ihedioha

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Ile-Ife

ODK-X mentor(s): Caroline Krafft and Waylon Brunette
Project: Create Android Tests for ODK-X’s Android tools
Project skills: Android, Java, Testing

Jua Yuoh

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Buea-Cameroon

ODK-X mentor(s): Caroline Krafft and Mbah Redeem Anjoh and Ben Green
Project: ODK-X mobile apps UI Design Consistency
Project skills: Android Studio, JavaScript, User Interface Design skills

OpenStack

AbbyNduta

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nairobi, Kenya, Africa
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Abby Nduta

OpenStack mentor(s): Tatiana Ovchinnikova and rdopiera
Project: Extend image service support in OpenStack Horizon
Project skills: Django, Githab, JavaScript, Python Programming

Mohd Ariq

OpenStack mentor(s): Goutham Pacha Ravi and Carlos da Silva and Ashley Rodriguez
Project: Implement new features in the OpenStack Manila Dashboard
Project skills: git version control system, Linux, Python Programming

Okeke Christian Chima

Pronouns: he/him/his
Location: Lagos

OpenStack mentor(s): Goutham Pacha Ravi and Carlos da Silva and Ashley Rodriguez
Project: Implement new features in the OpenStack Manila Dashboard
Project skills: git version control system, Linux, Python Programming

Oppia

Judith Juwah

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Nigeria
IRC/Chat/Forum username: Judith

Oppia mentor(s): Aanuoluwapo Adeoti and Rafiat Sulaimon
Project: Create and illustrate effective and engaging online lessons on Science and Financial Literacy
Project skills: Clear communication, Graphic design, Proficiency in English Language, Research skills, Teaching Experience, Translating text into other languages, Understanding of various techniques for providing constructive feedback, User research, Writing skills

Rhoda M

IRC/Chat/Forum username: Tech-gurl

Oppia mentor(s): Yigakpoa Samuel
Project: Enhancing Brand Awareness, Go-To-Market Activities and User Research
Project skills: Analytics, Communication, Content creation, Copywriting, Design & Video editing, Report Writing, User Research

Parsl

Kelechi Nwankwo

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: Aba, Abia, Nigeria.

Parsl mentor(s): Sophie Bui and Logan Ward
Project: Increasing Access to Distributed Computing in Python: Improving Parsl’s Website and Documentation
Project skills: Distributed Computing, GitHub, HTML & CSS, Python, Technical Writing

Perl & Raku

Success Abidemi

Perl & Raku mentor(s): Stéphane Gigandet and Alex G.
Project: Extend Open Food Facts to enable food manufacturers to open data and improve food product qualy
Project skills: Perl

Ushahidi

Rose Kivuva

Location: Nairobi

Ushahidi mentor(s): Anna Iosif and Mary Obiagba
Project: Accessibility review and accessibility improvement of the Ushahidi Platform Client
Project skills: Accessibility, HTML, Typescript

Wikimedia

Mahima Agarwal

Pronouns: she/her/hers
Location: India

Wikimedia mentor(s): Pablo Aragón and Isaac Johnson and Caroline Myrick
Project: Build a data visualization tool for the evolution of Wikipedia articles maintained by WikiProjects
Project skills: HTML CSS JS, Jupyter notebooks, Python3

James Okolie

Pronouns: he/him/his
IRC/Chat/Forum username: devJames

Wikimedia mentor(s): Éder Porto
Project: Create tool for informative infographics from structured information from Wikimedia projects
Project skills: Data Visualization Libraries, MediaWiki APIs, Python

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