Five Unikraft Projects Selected at Google Summer of Code 2024

It is our pleasure to announce that 5 Unikraft projects are part of Google Summer of Code 2024 (GSoC'24).

It is our pleasure to announce that 5 Unikraft projects are part of Google Summer of Code 2024 (GSoC'24) 🚀 This is a continuation of the 5 Unikraft projects that took part last year in Google Summer of Code 2023.

For GSoC'24, we presented a diverse list of project ideas. We've had 16 applications, out of which 5 were selected and are currently funded for GSoC'24.

The 5 applicants, and their projects are:

Mihnea Firoiu from POLITEHNICA Bucharest in Bucharest, Romania

• Project: Linux x86 Boot Protocol Support
• Mentors: Ștefan Jumărea, Răzvan Deaconescu, Michalis Pappas

Yang Hu from University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada

• Project: Synchronization Support in Internal Libraries
• Mentors: Răzvan Vîrtan, Radu Nichita, Marc Rittinghaus

Ujjwal Mahar from Sharda University in Greater Noida, NCR, India

• Project: Supporting User-provided, Long-lived Environmental Variables for Unikraft Builds
• Mentors: Cezar Crăciunoiu, Luca Serițan, Alexander Jung

Maria Pană from POLITEHNICA Bucharest in Bucharest, Romania

• Project: Multiboot2 Support in Unikraft
• Mentors: Cristian Vijelie, Sergiu Moga, Michalis Pappas

Sriprad Potukuchi from PES University in Bengaluru, India

• Project: UEFI Graphics Output Protocol Support in Unikraft
• Mentors: Sergiu Moga, Răzvan Vîrtan, Michalis Pappas

Congratulations Mihnea, Yang, Ujjwal, Mia, Sriprad! 🥳 Let's get hacking! 🛠️