GNSS-SDR as a mentoring organization for the Google Summer of Code 2022 program

GNSS-SDR is an open source Global Navigation Satellite Systems software receiver developed, among others, by former teachers and students of the ETSETB. This is the tenth consecutive year that GNSS-SDR is participating in the scholarship program of Google Summer of Code.

GNSS-SDR is a software receiver, written in C++, that is able to work either from raw signal samples stored in a file, or in real-time with a radio-frequency front-end as signal source, and performs all the signal processing until the observable computation and Position-Velocity-Time solution. Its modularity allows users to populate the framework with their own algorithms, allowing them to put the focus on the signal processing implementation without worrying about how to embed that algorithm in a whole GNSS receiver. It also makes possible fair performance benchmarks using real GNSS signals, and its open source license allows free downloading, use and code inspection.

This year, GNSS-SDR is serving again as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code program (also known as GSoC), a global program that offers students stipends to write code for open source projects during the summer.

There are two types of scholarships:

• Medium sized projects (~175 hours), with a fee of 2100 US $

• Large projects (~350 hours), with a fee of 4200 US $

The scholarships are intended for students of master or doctorate in the field of telecommunications and computer programming.

Some background on C++, digital signal processing and GNSS is a plus, but not a requirement.

Students can register and submit their applications between April 4 and April 19