updated idea list

Author: robkooper

gsoc_ideas.html

@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ <h4><a name="cran">PEcAn packages on CRAN [R package development]</h4>
     ‘rOpenSci packages’ and the book ‘R packages’ by Hadley Wickham</dd>
   <dt>Contact person:</dt>
   <dd>Chris Black, @infotroph</dd>
+  <dt>Duration:</dt>
+  <dd>Size: 175 hours for proposals that focus on dependency removal, 350 hours for proposals that split modules.</dd>
+  <dt>Difficulty:</dt>
+  <dd>Easy.</dd>
 </dl>
 
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@@ -127,6 +131,10 @@ <h4><a name="pecan.ma">Submit PEcAn.MA to CRAN [Data Science]</h4>
   <dd>R and SQL, plus package development as described in the PEcAn packages on CRAN project.
   <dt>Contact person:</dt>
   <dd>David @dlebauer, Kristina</dd>
+  <dt>Duration:</dt>
+  <dd>Large (350hr)</dd>
+  <dt>Difficulty:</dt>
+  <dd>Hard some knowledge of how the meta analysis package works is needed for this</dd>
 </dl>
 
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@@ -159,6 +167,10 @@ <h4><a name="pecan.ma">Input Processing / Asynchronous workflow execution [Data
   <dd>R.</dd>
   <dt>Contact person:</dt>
   <dd>@Alexis Helgeson (1, 2c), @HenriKajasilta (2a,b), Istem Fer @istfer (2a,b), David LeBauer @dlebauer (2b).</dd>
+  <dt>Duration:</dt>
+  <dd>1 data update [size: large (350hr), 2.a ECMWF [size: small (175 hr), difficulty: easy], 2.b Management standards [size: large (350 hr), difficulty: medium] 2.c Neon [size: small (175hr)]</dd>
+  <dt>Difficulty:</dt>
+  <dd>1 data update [difficulty: hard], 2.a ECMWF [difficulty: easy], 2.b Management standards [difficulty: medium], 2.c Neon [difficulty: easy]</dd>
 </dl>
 
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@@ -175,7 +187,11 @@ <h4><a name="api">Extend API / Distributed file sharing [Computer Science]</h4>
   <dt>Prerequisites:</dt>
   <dd>Knowledge of R and Rest</dd>
   <dt>Contact person:</dt>
-  <dd>Rob Kooper @kooper
+  <dd>Rob Kooper @kooper</dd>
+  <dt>Duration:</dt>
+  <dd>Depending on the number of API calls added this can be both small (175hr) and large (350hr) project</dd>
+  <dt>Difficulty:</dt>
+  <dd>Easy</dd>
 </dl>
 
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@@ -194,6 +210,10 @@ <h4><a name="kubernetes">Kubernetes [Computer Science]</h4>
   <dd>R, Docker, and kubernetes.</dd>
   <dt>Contact person:</dt>
   <dd>Rob Kooper, @kooper</dd>
+  <dt>Duration:</dt>
+  <dd>Small (175hr), adding more features can grow this to large (350hr)</dd>
+  <dt>Difficulty:</dt>
+  <dd>Easy</dd>
 </dl>
 
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@@ -204,8 +224,17 @@ <h4><a name="uncertainty">Uncertainty Analysis: [Data Science]</h4>
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 
 <dl>
+  <dt>Expected outcome:</dt>
+  <dd>Primary - New Sobol functions within the PEcAn.uncertainty module. Outputs from those functions for provided inputs.
+    Secondary - Summary report on proposed ensemble data structures and file formats. Implementation of proposal if time permits.</dd>
+  <dt>Prerequisites:</dt>
+  <dd>R required, experience in statistics preferred</dd>
   <dt>Contact person:</dt>
   <dd>Mike @Dietze, @Alexis Helgeson</dd>
+  <dt>Duration:</dt>
+  <dd>Small (175 hr) for primary alone, Large (350) for both primary and secondary goals.</dd>
+  <dt>Difficulty:</dt>
+  <dd>Understanding current system - Medium; Implementing new components once you understand that system - Easy.</dd>
 </dl>
 
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@@ -223,8 +252,16 @@ <h4><a name="ci">Continuous Integration / Workflow Hardening</h4>
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 
 <dl>
+  <dt>Expected outcome:</dt>
+  <dd>Larger number of integration tests and higher percentage of successful tests (>75% as a Small project, >90% as a Large project)</dd>
+  <dt>Prerequisites:</dt>
+  <dd>R, Github Actions</dd>
   <dt>Contact person:</dt>
   <dd>Mike @Dietze, Chris Black @infotroph</dd>
+  <dt>Duration:</dt>
+  <dd>Flexible to work as either a Small (175hr) or Large (350 hr)</dd>
+  <dt>Difficulty:</dt>
+  <dd>Goals 1 & 2 are Easy, Goal 3 is Medium.</dd>
 </dl>
 
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