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 # gRPC Summer of Code Project Ideas
 
-C Core:
+Hello students!
 
-1. Port gRPC to  one of (Free, Net, Open) BSD platforms and create packages for them. Add kqueue support in the process.
-2. Fix gRPC C-core's URI parser. The current parser does not qualify as a standard parser according to [RFC3986]( https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986). Write test suites to verify this and make changes necessary to make the URI parser compliant.
-3. HPACK compression efficiency evaluation - Figure out how to benchmark gRPC's compression efficiency (both in terms of bytes on the wire and cpu cycles). Implement benchmarks. Potentially extend this to other standalone implementations -- Java and Go.
+We want gRPC to be the universal protocol for all computing platforms and
+paradigms, so while these are our ideas of what we think would make good
+projects for the summer, we're eager to hear your ideas and proposals as well.
+Try us out and get to know the gRPC code and team!
+
+**Required skills for all projects:** git version control, collaborative
+software development on github.com, and software development in at least one
+of gRPC's ten languages on at least one of Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
+
+-------------------------------------
+
+gRPC C Core:
+
+1. Port gRPC to  one of the major BSD platforms ([FreeBSD](https://freebsd.org), [NetBSD](https://netbsd.org), and [OpenBSD](https://openbsd.org)) and create packages for them. Add kqueue support in the process.
+ * **Required skills:** C programming language, BSD operating system.
+ * **Likely mentors:** [Craig Tiller](https://github.com/ctiller), [Nicolas Noble](https://github.com/nicolasnoble).
+1. Fix gRPC C-core's URI parser. The current parser does not qualify as a standard parser according to [RFC3986]( https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986). Write test suites to verify this and make changes necessary to make the URI parser compliant.
+ * **Required skills:** C programming language, HTTP standard compliance.
+ * **Likely mentors:** [Craig Tiller](https://github.com/ctiller).
+1. HPACK compression efficiency evaluation - Figure out how to benchmark gRPC's compression efficiency (both in terms of bytes on the wire and cpu cycles). Implement benchmarks. Potentially extend this to other full-stack gRPC implementations (Java and Go).
+ * **Required skills:** C programming language, software performance benchmarking, potentially Java and Go.
+ * **Likely mentors:** [Craig Tiller](https://github.com/ctiller).
 
 
 gRPC Python:
 
- 1. Evaluate the port of gRPC's Python implementation to PyPy. Investigate the state of [Cython support](http://docs.cython.org/src/userguide/pypy.html) to do this or potentially explore cffi
- 2. Develop and test Python 3.5 Support for gRPC. Make necessary changes to port gRPC and package it for supported platforms.
+1. Port gRPC Python to [PyPy](http://pypy.org). Investigate the state of [Cython support](http://docs.cython.org/src/userguide/pypy.html) to do this or potentially explore [cffi](https://cffi.readthedocs.org/en/latest/).
+ * **Required skills:** Python programming language, PyPy Python interpreter.
+ * **Likely mentors:** [Nathaniel Manista](https://github.com/nathanielmanistaatgoogle), [Masood Malekghassemi](https://github.com/soltanmm).
+1. Develop and test Python 3.5 Support for gRPC. Make necessary changes to port gRPC and package it for supported platforms.
+ * **Required skills:** Python programming language, PyPy Python interpreter.
+ * **Likely mentors:** [Nathaniel Manista](https://github.com/nathanielmanistaatgoogle), [Masood Malekghassemi](https://github.com/soltanmm).
  
 gRPC Ruby/Java:
 
-1. jRuby support for gRPC. Develop a jRuby wrapper for gRPC based on grpc-java and ensure that it is API compatible with the existing Ruby implementation and passes all tests.
+1. [jRuby](http://jruby.org) support for gRPC. Develop a jRuby wrapper for gRPC based on grpc-java and ensure that it is API compatible with the existing Ruby implementation and passes all tests.
+ * **Required skills:** Java programming language, Ruby programming language.
+ * **Likely mentors:** [Michael Lumish](https://github.com/murgatroid99), [Eric Anderson](https://github.com/ejona86).
 
 
-Other:
+gRPC Wire Protocol:
 
-1. Develop a Wireshark plugin for the gRPC protocol. Provide documentation and tutorials for this plugin. Bonus: consider set-up and use with the mobile clients.
+1. Develop a [Wireshark](https://wireshark.org) plugin for the gRPC protocol. Provide documentation and tutorials for this plugin.
+ * **Bonus:** consider set-up and use with mobile clients.
+ * **Required skills:** Wireshark software.
+ * **Likely mentors:** [Nicolas Noble](https://github.com/nicolasnoble).