[SciPy-Dev] Contributing to SciPy through GSoC

[Tyler Reddy]

It is perhaps worth noting that I have written a low-level (Cython) Slerp
function in https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/8069. There was no real
intention to make that a standalone user-facing function, but if things do
move forward with rotation-related development, worth keeping in mind that
we have some pretty well-working source code for that particular routine.
Even if the referenced PR doesn't get merged some day, could always
cannibalize _slerp from there as a starting point.

On 3 March 2018 at 04:26, Anubhav Patel <anubhavp28 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I wanted feedback regarding whether a combination of rotation class and
> implementation of quaternion SLERP algorithm and Davenport's Q-method
> solving Wahba's Problem, will be enough for GSoC? Should I include more
> rotation related algorithm for implementation? Any suggestions what more I
> could do?
>
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 9:30 PM, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Anubhev,
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 2:12 AM, Anubhav Patel <anubhavp28 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> I want to work on SciPy as part of GSoC and I have few queries.
>>>
>>> 1. On the Ideas Page, there was a mention of scipy.spatial.transform
>>> module. I want to know what will be the exact purpose of this module?
>>>
>>
>> Did you read the whole idea? There's a lot of detail. It says for example
>> "The aim of this project is to create a module which will allow to
>> conveniently describe, apply and compose rotations. ". That answer your
>> question I think.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> 2. Whether the idea for a module for numerical differentiation was
>>> dropped completely?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, for now that's off the table - at least not feasible for a GSoC
>> we've concluded after several attempts.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> 3. Apart from those ideas listed on ideas page, are there any other area
>>> where you guys would like to see contribution on?
>>>
>>
>> Ideas for new features on http://scipy.github.io/devdocs/roadmap.html
>> are of interest, or ones you may have yourself. But given that they're not
>> on the ideas page, it's not guaranteed we can find mentors for those.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ralf
>>
>>
>>
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