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