GSoC 2012 Application Vipul A M : Sympy for Android

===About=== ==Name:== Vipul A M ==University:== Pune Institue of Computer Techonology, Pune ==Short Bio:== I'm currently pursuing my final year in Computer Science from Pune University. I previously completed my diploma in Computer Engineering from GPPune. I have been contributing to Open source from last three to four years and have been a tutor and freelancer in J2EE/Android since two years.

===Contact===
==Mail :== vipulnsward@gmail.com ==Github Handle :== @vipulnsward ==IRC Nick :== vipulnsward

===Coding Skills=== I am a polyglot programmer and have over 7 – 8 years of developement experience. I have coded in C, C++, Java, Ruby, Python, Web 2.0 etc. I am seasoned J2EE/ Android Developer. I have been working on a linux box, since the beginning, and have been evagelizing the same. I have used Python before for working on Web{Flask Framework} realated apps and Google App Engine Development. My Final Year Project was in creating a torrent extension for jgit{Java Implementation of Git} and creating changes to internal workings of its pack-file representations. This was for creating a sharing infrastructure, for sharing Blender realted movie production data, for Chamba Open Movie Project {chambaproject.in} So yes, I do know git. Apart from git, I had to reasearch cvs, svn, mercurial, bazaar, monotone, etc. I have mostly worked on Java, on 20-25 odd projects.

Android Experience: I have been an Android Developer and Tutor for the Last 2 years. I teach Android Basics and Advanced for {xpertechnologies.com} Xpertecnologies, Pune. I also develop App for the same. Last year I happen to have presented Demo at Droidcon{International Android Conference/ droidcon.in}, Bangalore, on Cloud to Device Messaging, which demostrated push notifications from GAE. I specialize in “anything new” for Android and have created in core Bitmap Convolution Libraries, Iris recognition, Geo-Informatics potholes tracker{Research project at IIT, Bombay}, and other Research Applications. You can find more of my work over at Github.

Sympy: I have been communicating with Sympy community and working accordingly based on the feedback for an Android Solution. I concentrated on the Android Solution using SL4A and provided a demo at

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sympy/7oqm4LOX2m0/soRuJD0wkpsJ

which I thinks is the conterpart for the Sympy Patch Requirement, as I will be concentrating on the Android Solution more.

Project:

I will be creating a solution for working on Sympy for Android. I would be creating a packaged solution built on top of Sympy for Android and SL4A. This idea was proposed by Roberto Colistete Jr. on the ideas list. I selected to work on the same considering my past experiences with working on Android.

I have provided above my experience of working on Android as a Developer. This breifly gives an idea of the level of solutions I could work on.

Having demostrated use of Sympy and WebView for SL4A by the demo app, and considering my past development experience makes me best suited to create the solution.

I have been working and learing SL4A for the past month, and interacting with the Sympy Community. I finish my semesters in a Month, and will be able to devote the required time for working on Sympy during and after GSoC. Being an Android Developer and passing out soon, will help me concentrate even after the GSoC period ends.