From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 21 17:00:26 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92722106564A for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:00:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from outN.internet-mail-service.net (outn.internet-mail-service.net [216.240.47.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7891E8FC12 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:00:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from idiom.com (mx0.idiom.com [216.240.32.160]) by out.internet-mail-service.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B877C72F; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:46:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e Received: from julian-mac.elischer.org (home.elischer.org [216.240.48.38]) by idiom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E36982D600E; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:46:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49C519FF.6010006@elischer.org> Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:46:55 -0700 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Macintosh/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gabriele Modena References: <1fe1d5d60903210422g70efef15hdd685695cdf8df3c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1fe1d5d60903210422g70efef15hdd685695cdf8df3c@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSoC: Semantic File System X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:00:27 -0000 Gabriele Modena wrote: > Hello, > I am an AI master student at the university of Amsterdam. > > On of my current research interests lays in the area of information > retrieval and I would like to do a project > within my University research group starting next june. > > I am actually studying background literature about semantic filesystem > and information retrieval over local files. > > Being also quite interested in kernel development, I would like to > propose a proof of concept that implements such techniques. > My goal, though, would not be just a reimplementation of existing > code, but possibly some more extensive work > that combines techniques already used in other domains of II. > > Could this be an interesting Summer of Code proposal for the FreeBSD Foundation? > > I plan to write down some notes/ideas (and details) I have on a wiki > starting from next week. It sounds like something that would at least be worth following further. For myself I wouldn't mind knowing a bit more about what hind of "semantic filesystem" techniques you would mean to implement but that is just my own curiosity, (and, I admit it, complete lack of knowledge in that area (pointers welcome :-) ) ) Julian > > > Regards. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"