Add Constellation project

Author: stephanlachnit

_gsocprojects/2025/project_Constellation.md

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+---
+project: Constellation
+layout: default
+logo: Constellation-logo.png
+description: |
+  [Constellation](https://constellation.pages.desy.de/) Constellation is a
+  control and data acquisition system for small-scale experiments and
+  experimental setup with volatile and dynamic constituents such as testbeam
+  environments or laboratory test stands. Constellation aims to provide a
+  flexible framework that requires minimal effort for the integration of new
+  devices, that is based on widely adopted open-source network communication
+  libraries and that keeps the required maintenance as low as possible.
+summary: |
+  Constellation is a control and data acquisition system for small-scale experiments.
+---
+
+{% include gsoc_project.ext %}

_gsocproposals/2025/proposal_ConstellationUI.md

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+---
+title: Extending the User Interface
+layout: gsoc_proposal
+project: Constellation
+year: 2025
+organization: DESY
+difficulty: medium
+duration: 350
+mentor_avail: June-August
+---
+
+## Description
+
+Constellation is a framework used for lab setups or small-scale experiments in
+HEP. One of its most important goals is that the framework should be easy to
+use for both scientists implementing new devices as well as experiment
+operators.
+
+Constellation features a Qt-based User Interfaces to control and monitor all
+devices in the experimental setup. The focus of this GSoC project is to add new
+user interfaces to Constellation and extend the current ones.
+
+## Project Milestones
+
+* Creating a new GUI to display monitoring data from devices using Qt Charts
+* Modularization of UI elements into reusable Qt widgets
+* Adding the monitoring widget to the existing GUI for device control
+
+## Requirements
+
+* Modern C++
+* Knowledge of Qt is helpful but not required
+* Practical experience with Unix and git
+
+## Mentors
+
+* [Stephan Lachnit](mailto:[email protected]) (DESY)
+* [Simon Spannagel](mailto:[email protected]) (DESY)
+
+## Links
+
+* [Repository](https://gitlab.desy.de/constellation/constellation)
+* [Documentation](https://constellation.pages.desy.de/)

gsoc/2025/mentors.md

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 ## Full Mentor List (Name, Email, Org)
 * Andy Buckley [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) UofGlasgow
 * Chris Gutschow [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) UCLondon
+* Stephan Lachnit [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) DESY
+* Simon Spannagel [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) DESY
 * Valentin Volkl [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) CERN