Gsoc 2013 Matt Bates

Student Information:

Name: Matthew Bates

Email: BatesMatthewJ@GMail.com

Telephone: 1+ (540) 907-6417

Github Username: ToyDragon

Skype: toyofdragon

Blog: http://0x3a77.blogspot.com/

University: Virginia Commonwealth University

Major: Computer Science

Current Year: Freshman year, expected graduation 2016

Degree: Undergraduate

Project Proposal information:

Proposal Title: Database of Local Data

Proposal Abstract: In solar physics the analysis of observational data plays a big role, and the size of the data files varies from few kB to TB for a whole day observation depending the instruments used. Therefore, it is common that not all the downloaded data is storage in the same place. This project aims to create a personal database which registers the local path where the data is saved, but also some other metadata (wavelength, provider, etc... ). This will benefit the user on being able to choose a sub-set of the data stored locally and by saved on bandwidth if the data is requested again.

Proposal Detailed Description: TODO

Link to patch/code sample: https://github.com/ToyDragon/sunpy, I added the split(int) function to the TimeRange class. A pull request was submitted and accepted.

Link to additional information: My C.V. can be found at:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wSzAn8wZEY9Rd8E3Y-FEWcbDTX9GhtN9Vq157vJEP5Y/edit?usp=sharing