<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello Gromacs Developers,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As part of <a href="https://www.mdanalysis.org/2020/02/22/gsoc2020/#google-summer-of-code-2020" class="">Google Summer of Code 2020 with MDAnalysis</a> we proposed a project to work on the TNG format. Originally the plan was to just make sure that MDAnalysis can work with TNG but after a chat with Erik at BPS (and in the spirit of the last MolSSI interoperability workshop) we thought that it would be more useful to take a step back and possibly work towards <a href="https://github.com/MDAnalysis/mdanalysis/wiki/Project-Ideas-2020#project-6-implement-tng-support" class="">finalizing the TNG format</a> with the goal to make it usable in any MD
analysis code (including MDAnalysis). The preliminary objectives would
be:</div><div class="">
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<li class="">Fully define the API and capabilities of TNG.</li>
<li class="">Write documentation.</li>
<li class="">Write a reference library implementation (C or C++).</li>
<li class="">Write tests.</li>
<li class="">Bonus: Write Python bindings (see start in our <a href="https://github.com/MDAnalysis/pytng" class="">pytng</a> library) and integrate with MDAnalysis</li>
</ol><div class="">This project outline is not set in stone and we would be more than happy to adapt it according to your expert input.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We have at least one promising candidate student who is interested in working on this project during 10 weeks this summer. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We would need at least one knowledgable co-mentor from the GROMACS developer community who could commit to mentoring. See <a href="https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/" class="">https://google.github.io/gsocguides/mentor/</a> what is expected of mentors. In short, you would be involved in selecting students, communicating with the student (primarily using mailing lists and issue trackers) on a near-daily basis, help with keeping the project on track, and evaluating the student for GSoC (midterm and final evaluation at pass/fail level). About 5h/week is a realistic minimum.</div><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">We completely understand that in the current global crisis, you might have more urgent things to do. But if you think that you could be a co-mentor for this project, please let us know soon because students have to write their applications; their deadline is March 31 but they can submit applications now and unless we have a GROMACS co-mentor we will not be offering the TNG project so students. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Oliver (for the MDAnalysis GSoC 2020 Mentors)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
<div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><br class="">--<br class="">Oliver Beckstein, DPhil * <a href="mailto:oliver.beckstein@asu.edu" class="">oliver.beckstein@asu.edu</a><br class=""><a href="https://becksteinlab.physics.asu.edu/" class="">https://becksteinlab.physics.asu.edu/</a><br class=""><br class="">Associate Professor of Physics<br class="">Arizona State University<br class="">Center for Biological Physics and Department of Physics<br class="">Tempe, AZ 85287-1504<br class="">USA<br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: pre; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"> </span><br class="">Office: PSF 348<br class="">Phone: +1 (480) 727-9765<br class="">FAX: +1 (480) 965-4669<br class=""><br class="">Department of Physics: https://physics.asu.edu/content/oliver-beckstein<br class="">Center for Biological Physics: https://cbp.asu.edu/content/oliver-beckstein</div></div></div>
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