Grants:TPS/Nischayn22/SMWCon 2012

User name

Nischayn22

User location (country)

India

Event name

SMWCon Fall 2012

Event Web site

SMWCon_Fall_2012

Event date(s)

October 24-26 2012

Event location (city)

Cologne, Germany

Amount requested (remember to specify currency!)

USD 1554 (Request for advance disbursement)

Endorsements

• Markus Krötzsch (talk)
• Sumana Harihareswara
• Jeroen De Dauw

Budget breakdown

• Travel: INR 70,000 = USD 1296 (approx)

(Bangalore,India to Cologne,Germany Economy round-trip)

• Accommodation: EUR 50 per night x 3 nights = EUR 150 = USD 184 (approx)
• Visa : EUR 60 = USD 74 (approx)

Proposed Participation

I am an active contributor to MediaWiki (contributions). I have been selected in Google Summer of Code under WikiMedia Foundation for my project GreenSMW . At SMWCon I will meet with other MediaWiki developers and Wikimedia staff to exchange ideas that solve technical problems and create new features, I will thus have the chance to work on technical issues directly with other MW developers. I will also be giving a talk about my GSoC (Google Summer of Code) work, where I will be speaking about performance improvements I did, this will be helpful in usage of MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki in wikis (most of these provide free knowledge). I will also be encouraging others to contribute to MediaWiki by illustrating how beneficial it has been to me.

Goal and Expected Impact

As a result of my participation, I will be able to contribute more to MediaWiki and specifically to Wikidata (I will be meeting with members of the Wikidata team). As a result of my talk, audiences will understand and share more technical details in MediaWiki.

Other sources of Scholarships

I have also looked for other scholarships and Google's Open Source Programs Office is ready to endorse USD 500 for such a GSoC mentor approved travel. However, this isn't a public announcement and will be awarded only after the program. In that case, I will return USD 500 to Wikimedia Grants.