[CUWiN Press Release] Cuwin Announces Paid Summer Programming Work for Students--Applications Due May 8

[Ross Musselman]

Cuwin Announces Paid Summer Programming Work for Students
Applications Due by Monday, May 8, 2006 (17:00 PDT)

The Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN) announces paid 
programming positions through Google's Summer of Code project.  The Summer 
of Code provides students interested in software development with the 
opportunity to spend their summer partnering with cutting edge developers 
in the wireless field and get paid for their work. To apply, please read 
the FAQ and fill out the brief application on the Google Summer of Code 
website:

http://code.google.com/soc

The application window opened Monday, May 1, 2006 and all applications are 
due by Monday, May 8, 2006 by 17:00 Pacific Daylight Time.

CUWiN's projects for the Summer of Code include building cross-platform 
support for CUWiN software, gateway selection in a dynamic mesh wireless 
network, integration of a node configuration GUI, and many, many others. 
For more information about our project ideas, visit the CUWiN Summer of 
Code information website:

http://cuwireless.net/2006soc

Already knowledgeable about CUWiN and have an idea for a Summer of Code 
project?  Feel free to pitch it to our developers at: cu-wireless-dev at cuwireless.net

Have questions not answered by the FAQ?  You can contact the CUWiN team 
at: cu-wireless-support at cuwireless.net

ABOUT CUWIN:  The Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN) 
seeks to: connect more people to Internet and broadband services; develop 
open-source hardware and software for use by wireless projects world-wide; 
and, build and support community-owned, not-for-profit broadband networks 
in cities and towns around the globe.  CUWiN develops and implements 
community wireless technology around the world, including ongoing projects 
in Ghana and South Africa as well as in our own back yard in Urbana, and 
Chicago, Illinois.  For more information about CUWiN, go to 
http://cuwireless.net or contact CUWiN's Outreach Coordinator, Ross 
Musselman, at (217) 278-3933.