Google Summer of Code 2010 Talk in UTM

The talk was scheduled on the 27th of March at University Technology Malaysia (Skudai, Johor). The crowd turnout was a great as they were enthusiastic about the topic at hand. Looking forward to a growing number of local students participating in GSoC 2010. Pictures of the talk are attached below.


                  Introduction about the program by the students


                              Setting up for the presentation


                              The crowd - 1


                              The crowd - 2


Faculty lecturer sharing her thoughts on working throughout students schedules


                              Group photo


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Google Summer of Code 2009 talk in MMU Cyberjaya

I would like to thank the Open Source Alliance(OSA) of MMU Cyberjaya for organizing the event and everyone who attended. The presentation slides for Umit have been uploaded on the ASEAN Google SoC group. This group serves a medium for interested students within the ASEAN region to exchange thoughts about the program.


               A snapshot of the talk

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) and Umit Project Talk

Open Source Alliance Cyberjaya in collaboration with IT Society, MMU Cyberjaya is organizing a talk on Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2009 and Umit Project. Details as follows:

Date : 12th March 2009 (Thursday)
Time : 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Venue : FIT XR 0001 (FIT Theatre Hall), Multimedia University, Cyberjaya

Bluetooth Sniffer idea for Google Summer of Code 2009

As for the impending Google Summer of Code program this year, UmitBT is pushing towards a new bold direction with the Bluetooth Sniffer idea. We intend to extend UmitBT's functionality by integrating Bluetooth protocol sniffing capabilities. Bluetooth protocol sniffing would allow users to monitor Bluetooth traffic to understand their Bluetooth spectrum in an indepth manner. Currently, Bluetooth protocol sniffing is available through costly hardware and software packages. This idea would allow users to sniff Bluetooth packets and display it in an intuitive manner similiar to Wireshark. Considerations for this idea are:

* Integrated into UmitBT
* Sniffing capability should be multi-platform.
Implementation may vary.
* Understanding of PyBluez and LightBlue.
* May require intermediate knowledge on Bluetooth firmwares


The impact of this idea is vastly significant to the community as this would be the first open source implementation of Bluetooth protocol sniffing. Students would be apart of making history with us besides a cool USD$4,500 for 4 months of implementation work, a t-shirt, an invaluable certificate from Google and a mystery book. Hope to hear from you soon and good luck.


References:



[1] http://umitbt.umitproject.org

[2] http://www.umitproject.org/?active=gsoc&mode=ideas

[3] http://www.umitproject.org/?active=contacts

[4] http://code.google.com/opensource/gsoc/2009/faqs.html

[5] http://blog.umitproject.org

The Star TechCentral GSoC press coverage

Date: 5th January 2009
The Star : TechCentral
For the love of code

More GSoC 2008 press coverage

Date: 29th December 2008
The New Straits Times : Tech & U
Local coders graduate from Google stint

Date: 8th December 2008
Oriental Daily : Education(Page 4-5)


                                                                Page 4



                                                                Page 5


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Google SoC media event

      The Hoffman Agency organized a media event on the 18th last month for the Malaysian Google Summer of Code students. Apart from me, there's Raj who worked for MySQL and Phua for freeCAD. It was great to have finally met them in person. The media event was held at Telawi Street Bistro, Bangsar. The members of press from Sin Chew, The Star and The New Straits Times were among the few who were there. The setup was awesome and the event went on swimmingly. Congrats to Raj and Phua on successfully completing their projects. Thanks to Jana and Rene for organizing a classy event.


                                 The interview


                                 Photo shoot 1


                                     Photo shoot 2


                    The Star Youth2 newspaper article
                    The complete press release from The Star Youth2


                      Sin Chew newspaper article

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UmitBT 0.7 released

ChangeLog snapshot

Changes since 0.7RC2
  -Distinction made between Sony Ericsson,
   Sony Entertainment & Sony Corp
   (ex:the PS3 is distinguished and mapped accordingly)
  -New manufacturers added to the detection scheme
   *Blaupunkt
   *Cisco
   *Apple
   *Microsoft
   *Intel
   *DoCoMo
   *Samsung
   *Google

For more information, check out the UmitBT project page

Note: The Windows installer will be updated to 0.7 shortly.
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24th Chaos Communication Congress Videos

Got an email from my mates of 2600 Sydney about the 24th Chaos Communication Congress. The videos are up and can be downloaded from this torrent. It's over 6GB so do make sure there is sufficient space and bandwidth. Better yet, just burn em out and pass em around.