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VALS Project & Semester of Code Juan Cruz-Benito GRIAL Research Group University of Salamanca [email protected] @_juancb TEEM’14 Conference, October 2, 2014 540054-LLP-L-2013-1-ES-ERASMUS-EKA

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Francisco J. García Peñalvo, Juan Cruz-Benito, Dai Griffiths, Paul Sharples, Scott Wilson, Mark Johnson, George Papadopoulos, Achilleas Achilleos, Marc Alier, Nikolas Galanis, Miguel Ángel Conde, Elena Pessot, Raymond Elferink, Edwin Veenendaal and Steve Lee. http://virtualalliances.eu

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VALS Project & Semester of Code

Juan Cruz-Benito

GRIAL Research Group University of Salamanca

[email protected] @_juancb

TEEM’14 Conference, October 2, 2014

540054-LLP-L-2013-1-ES-ERASMUS-EKA

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Outl ine

1.  Introduction 2.  Previous projects

3.  VALS Project 4.  VALS path

5.  Semester of Code 6.  Win-win solutions

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Introduction

Virtual Alliances for Learning Society (VALS) - European Project

Virtual placements for informatics students

Semester of Code initiative

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We expect to achieve success !

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Previous projects

Google Summer of Code https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/

Undergraduate Capstone Open Source Projects (UCOSP)

http://ucosp.ca/

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VALS Project Consortium: •  Universities (University of Salamanca, University

of Bolton, University of Cyprus, University of Udine, OSS Watch – Oxford University)

•  SMEs (Raycom BV, Open Directive Ltd, Mindshock)

European funded project: 533.337€ - 2 years

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VALS Project Goal: •  Build partnerships between HE & Business •  Create virtual placements: Students solving

real problems from Business through Open Innovation & Open Source (FOSS / OSS)

Target of the project: •  Students, Universities (European scope) •  Enterprises / foundations (World scope)

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VALS path •  Begins: October 2013 •  Ends: September 2015

•  Semester of Code pilots: •  September 2014 – January 2015 •  February 2015 – July 2015

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Semester of Code •  VALS initiative for virtual placements •  Pilot phase in 2014-2015 •  Several universities engaged apart of those

present in the Consortium (University of León, UPC Barcelona, Paris 8, etc.)

•  First pilot: September 2014 - January 2015 •  228 projects engaged •  We are engaging students at this moment

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Win-win solut ions •  The VALS project and Semester of Code approach is to

provide win-win solutions for all stakeholders.

•  Win-win solutions: •  Students get academic rewards and some professional

experience before leave their degrees related to CS, informatics, etc.

•  Universities solve the problem of placements (mandatory in some of educational systems) through offering virtual placements for their students.

•  Companies receive students from all HE levels that solve real problems from their business, and finding talent by this way if they want.

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Find us!

http://virtualalliances.eu http://semesterofcode.com

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VALS Project & Semester of Code

Juan Cruz-Benito

GRIAL Research Group University of Salamanca

[email protected] @_juancb

TEEM’14 Conference, October 2, 2014

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